Pettersonskan paratiisi (1937)

Pettersonskan paratiisi (1937). Pettersonskan paratiisi: Directed by Weyler Hildebrand. With Thor Modéen, Carl Hagman, Nils Ericsson, Maritta Marke. The tenants in a Swedish boarding house are expecting a visit from Don Carlos, a famous opera singer from Argentina. When an unexpected visitor turns up, he is mistaken for Don Carlos.

“u0026quot;The love of the old things is not because they are old. Itu0026#39;s just that aging and decay give the necessary distance, or arouse the necessary sympathy.u0026quot; – Susan Sontag in her famous essay on camp, first published in Swedish in Chaplin 1966.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn various grounds, Weyler Hildebrandu0026#39;s Pensionat Paradiset (1937) is a veritable Swedish classic, some would call it a cult film. Early on, it came to be called, to some extent deceptively, u0026quot;the pilsner film of the pilsner filmsu0026quot;. A couple of weeks after the premiere, it came to trigger the famous Concert Hall debate, after the criticism of the Swedish film had been heard strongly throughout the thirties.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was a meeting arranged by the Swedish Writersu0026#39; Association in order to scourge the scarcity of Swedish film and at best also suggest improvements. Several well-known cultural personalities participated, among them Vilhelm Moberg, the educator Gunnar Hirdman and the film critic Carl Björkman. In his review of Pensionat Paradiset in u0026quot;Dagens Nyheteru0026quot;, Björkman had coined the later classic statement: u0026quot;Swedish film – a disgrace to our cultureu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePensionat Paradiset ended up in the loophole for this blistering criticism. Is it a question about substandard art or exalted kitsch? The fact is that the audience has since loved the film as much as the cultural elite hated it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFrom being originally ridiculed by critics, Pensionat Paradiset is today considered the crown jewel of the Swedish comedy in film.nBursting with immortal lines and crazy jokes, wonderfully revelry in archipelago environments and smorgasbord tables and of course Thor Modénu0026#39;s priceless singing effort with u0026quot;A real Mexicanu0026quot;.”