"Sandrews makes good films" ""Lena Nyman!" "Drama Student!" "Age 22!"" " Please!" " No!" ""Vilgot Sjoman!" "Director!" "Age 42!"" " But I really want to!" " No!" "I AM CURIOUS" "I'm not!" "You and your films!" " I thought it was my mom!" " Your mom!" "I AM CURIOUS" "Buy our film, the only film in two versions:" "One yellow, one blue!" "Buy the yellow, buy the blue, buy our film 'cause it is two!" "The same, but different, that's true." " True, not mellow." " Blue and yellow." " This is the yellow version!" " Buy the yellow version!" "A YELLOW FI LM" ""Yevtushenko!" "Russian poet!" "Age 33!"" "Louder!" "Right on, radical students!" "Farther left!" "Left!" "Left!" "Left!" "Farther left!" "In Rio deJaneiro You can screw for free" "Do you see that guy?" "His name's Magnus!" "He's an actor!" "He'd be great as the slave!" "Him?" "I could have a love scene with him!" " What kind of love scene?" " Just a quickie, you know!" "Well!" "Dear friends!" "I've heard this is a revolutionary student organization!" "But if you organize the revolution like this meeting, can it succeed?" "It's a damned shame she doesn't understand politics." "But God, drama students!" "Over Babi Yar there are no memorials!" "The steep hillside!" "I must tell Lena about the fate of Swedish socialism." "No, about the two heads of Swedish socialism." "The big, self-satisfied one, and the little, shrunken one." "I like my own sweet name" "I like the touch of fame" "LENA ON THE ROAD" "I "smuggled"Lena into my bed." "She doesn't dare tell her mom she's spending the night with me." "Her mom thinks she's spending the night with a girlfriend." "Bergman always used to say it's bad to fall for your star." "You get blind to her affectations." "It never happened to him, though." "I met Lena when we shot 491, but nothing much happened then." "We felt a little attraction." "Small fireworks, that's all." "Those were the days!" " Is there a class system in Sweden?" " A class system?" "I don't think so!" "We have!" "I mean, everybody sort of sticks together!" "I don't know!" "I can't answer that!" "Ask someone else!" " I don't think so!" " You don't?" "No politics, thanks!" " Does Sweden have a class system?" " Yes!" "An architect or a doctor earns 10-15 times a restaurant worker's wage!" "Do you think that's fair?" " Yes, it's fair!" "It takes at least seven more years of studies and a lot of self-sacrifice!" "But 10-15 times more - that's an awful lot!" "Isn't it too much?" "Well, I wouldn't say it's far too much!" "It's fair because those who don't have the intellectual ability could never manage a grueling higher education!" "Not everybody can manage it!" "I have to go now!" " Thank you!" " Do women have equal opportunities?" " Yes, I suppose so!" "Sure, if not more so!" "Aren't women the ones who rule now?" "Is this hospital a hierarchy?" "No!" "So there's no difference between a doctor and a nurse's assistant?" "Well, of course, in the dining hall, then there's a difference!" " When you eat?" " Yes, when you eat!" "Is there a class system in Sweden?" "No!" " Could you say more?" " I missed the question!" "Sorry to interrupt your newspaper reading!" "Does Sweden have a class system?" " I'm not Swedish!" " You don't understand Swedish?" " I do, but I'm not Swedish!" "I don't understand!" "I only speak German!" "I!" "Not!" "Swedish!" " Do we have a class system?" " Yes, we do!" " Class society?" " In a way!" "Yes, I think so!" " No, I don't think so!" " Have the class barriers gone?" "We have a bit further to go!" "We can't go much further!" "Wages have to differ for productivity if society is to function!" "No interviews!" "It was the white-collar workers in the '30s!" "The gap's wider today!" "It depends on the people!" "Undress them and they're all alike!" "Dress them, and you have a class system!" "To learn more about this," "I visited the Labor Movement headquarters." "There can't be a class system!" "We live in a democratic society!" " Are you from the Labor Movement?" " No!" " None of you?" " No!" " No!" " No!" "How come the Labor Movement is so damned conservative on women's equality?" "So you found it to be so?" "If that's true, it could be because a lot of Swedes are conservative!" "So there must be plenty in the Labor Movement, too!" "Why don't women have equal job opportunities?" " That's what you allege!" " Are you saying it isn't true?" "I'm just saying give me proof!" "Present facts, not just words!" "My mother is a fur seamstress!" "She works every day of the year!" "She earns about 14,000 crowns!" " What would I make as a seamstress?" " You'll never be one!" " Who knows?" "Does Sweden have a class system?" "Yes, to a certain extent!" "What are you doing about it?" "I'm going to climb!" "Because I'm part of this society!" " You work in the Labor Movement!" "No!" "I'm an architect!" " Yes, there is a class system!" " What are you doing about it?" " Nothing at the moment, anyway!" " Why not?" "Our society has class barriers, and we follow democratic laws over which the individual doesn't have much influence!" " The individual can't do much!" " Can't he or she do anything?" "I don't think so!" "I'm not an active union member!" " We're going to negotiate!" " What happens then?" "You don't know how these things work?" "No!" "That's why I'm asking you!" "Read the newspapers!" "What happens at such negotiations?" "Do they get results?" "How long will it take to remove class barriers?" "A very long time, probably!" "People are very conservative!" "They don't want radical change!" " Such as what?" "Extended governmental activities, for one thing!" "And more extensive control over businesses is another!" "Anything else?" "What else are we going to do?" "So you think you're doing something to get rid of the class system?" " As much as I can!" " Why can't you do more?" "It has to do with what your social position is!" "So you have to be at the very top?" "No!" "It must be pressure from below that is felt all the way to the top!" "Do the really powerful, influential big shots do what they can, then?" ""Olof Palme!" "Minister ofTransport!" "Age 39!"" "I think we still have strong elements of a class system!" "Someone called it a class system based on income, and it's easy to see why!" "Rural workers earn less than city workers!" "Women earn less than men!" "Older people earn less than the young!" "Our educational system perpetuates the class system!" "Those who graduate from a university earn 6-7 times more than those who leave school to work out in the countryside!" "Come out instead!" "That banging is recorded on the sound track!" "I have found this problem of a class system in Sweden to be a tough one!" "What is your own background?" "I come from a middle-class family!" "You read, you see what's happening, and suddenly a pattern emerges!" "This happened to me between the ages of 15 and 20, when I observed American society!" " You traveled in the States?" "When?" " In '47-'48!" "I hitchhiked!" "Through 34 states!" "Three months with no money!" "I've been influenced by a lot of things I've read!" "Fiction has enormous political importance, and political economics and visual impressions!" "It's a good mixture!" "What would you like to say?" " How much more time do you need?" " Another 15 minutes!" ""Marten, Age 5!"" "Mouse!" "That's right!" "Mouse wanted to be here!" "He forgot his question!" "He didn't want Olof to become a minister!" "Neither did I!" "Foreigners tend to think that we're far ahead of everyone else!" "Are we?" "Compared to other countries, yes!" "And compared to Sweden's situation 30-40 years ago, too!" "But we haven't come far in making our dream of an egalitarian society come true!" "Most of the work is yet to be done." "But isn't it sad that after 30 years in power, our Social Democratic government has achieved so little there?" " Not right now!" " Are you pissed off?" "Yes, you are pissed off!" "1974!" "That's in 6-7 years!" " So you intend to live that long!" " Stop horsing around, will you!" "You're sulking!" "Hell, yes!" "After the way you and Magnus behaved at the Palmes'!" "To make this film I need some peace, and there you sit while I'm trying " "I can't listen to Palme!" "I don't know what he's talking about!" "You could at least pretend to understand what it's all about!" "Is that why I don't get a love scene with Magnus?" "You're crazy!" "You want a girl in your film and a girl in your bed, don't you?" "And if you can combine the two, all the better, right?" "So what?" "Don't you want the leading role and someone in bed, too?" "So who is using whom?" "Okay, but not on the same terms!" ""Martin Luther King, Jr!" "Age 37!"" "I like him!" "Yes, of course you do!" "He talks about more interesting things than Palme!" " That's what you say!" " Yes, it is!" "Nonviolence?" "Isn't that what mods do?" " Have you heard of nonviolence?" " No, I haven't!" "Thank you!" "Aren't they those educated people who don't want to hurt others?" "Martin Luther King, for instance!" " Do you know about his methods?" " He won't fight for his beliefs!" " Can you see better or worse?" " Worse, I think!" "Could you consider being a conscientious objector?" "No!" "Yes!" "I guess I have the same ambition as others:" "To get out as quickly as possible!" "I think it'll go faster if you don't resist!" "You have to serve longer if you won't bear arms!" "The army pays me for ten months!" "I get to live here in Stockholm with free room and board!" "What's more, you learn how to kill!" "We are part of a system of violence!" "YOU ARE FREE FROM MI LITARY DUTY" "We have no position as to our stance in a war!" " So we should maintain our defense?" " Absolutely not!" "Why not refuse completely?" "One should refuse military service!" "But one shouldn't refuse to work for peace in some civil institution!" "There are alternatives in civilian service!" "We encourage all citizens to refuse military service!" "If Sweden were occupied, how would we defend ourselves?" "Do you think there would be any way to continue the fight?" "I wasn't taught such things, because I wasn't trained for combat!" " What about those who were?" " Ask them!" "I don't think so!" "It depends on their military rank!" "What would the rest of you do if we were invaded?" "Not give up!" "Sweden doesn't give up!" "And ignore all radio messages saying Sweden's been defeated!" " Is that what you learn?" " It's in the book In Case of War." "It was sent to everybody!" "REFUSE TO KI LL!" "REFUSE MI LITARY SERVICE!" "NONVIOLENCE IS YOUR DEFENSE!" "If you can teach everyone in the country, then they'll have a better chance!" "I F WE ARE OCCUPI ED" "If they learn that many of them will be tortured and many will die!" "But the advantage is that fewer people will die this way than in a war where people throw bombs!" "So you reduce the losses!" "That sure as hell has to be worth something!" "Where were we?" "ITS gui LTY CONSCI ENCE" "We have negotiations, demonstrations, strikes, sit-ins," "hunger strikes," "NON-COOPERATION sabotage, economic and social boycott, refusal to pay taxes," "FRATERNIZATION civil disobedience!" "Paralyze the entire society!" " Is parallel government on the list?" " Who do we send this to?" " The commander in chief!" "They're insane not to teach this!" " I tried the shower yesterday!" " Yeah?" "How did it work?" " It didn't!" " Did you hold it the right way?" "I held it the way you told me to!" "Why not try a vacuum cleaner?" "I know a girl who does!" "No, I prefer using a vibrator!" "THE NYMAN INSTITUTE" "What have you got there?" "Stolen goods?" "This is insane!" "Don't worry!" "He's asleep!" "Dad!" "Civil war in Spain!" "Riots in Adalen, workers shot!" "A general strike!" "What did I tell you?" "You did a great job, Magnus!" " Lena?" "What's the Nyman Institute?" "I had to start my own business because they don't do anything!" "Newspapers work too fast and can't be trusted!" "Science works far too slow and gets no results!" "You have to do it yourself!" "You start on the stencils!" "What's this bag?" "Yes, what is this bag?" "Announcing a fantastic contest!" "GUESS WHAT LENA HAS I N THIS BAG!" "1 st prize:" "A beach lot in Spain." "2nd prize:" "A luxury cruise around the world." "3rd prize:" "A workout with Princess Birgitta!" "Are people so greedy that higher taxes are enough to discourage them from working more?" "Don't you think their jobs mean anything?" "Are you that damned stupid?" "Do you know what I think?" "You're a Conservative!" "Read "Svenska Dagbladet"!" "The paper with the oldest views!" "The newspaper with gout!" ""Svenska Dagbladet"!" "THE CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS" "Some people are born with limited prospects!" "They're lost, awkward, not very forward and lack brains to study!" "Others have quite another prospect, born with brains and talent!" "Should they be rewarded for that?" "And get better jobs and income?" "They work with what they enjoy and have a better life!" "Shouldn't one do something to change this?" "Well?" "Good afternoon!" "Are there any interesting social cases here?" "People in sleazy flats?" "People with unpaid dental bills?" "Drug cases will do too!" "I work for "Expressen," the paper with a sting!" "My paper is planning a conservative victory in the '68 elections!" "We're doing a series on the ten most sordid social welfare cases!" "Do you have anything to contribute?" "I suppose we'll always have to put up with the class system!" " Shouldn't something be done?" " No, hardly!" "Why not?" "Well, it turns up everywhere anyway, even when they try to get rid of it!" "Take Russia!" "You can own a house there now and have a profession!" "Why shouldn't we at least try?" "It hasn't worked so far in places with harsher conditions!" "I didn't like his answers and went to the Russian Embassy." "HAVE YOU ESTABLISHED A NEW CLASS SYSTEM?" "Then we went to the travel agencies." "REMEMBERTHE CIVI L WAR?" "FRANCO WON" "DO YOU LI KE FRANCO?" "SALAZAR IS HIS PAL" "I went to the airport." "Some Swedish tourists werejust home from Spain." "It was easy to tell the rich areas from the poorer ones!" "Were you ashamed of going to a dictatorial state?" "Was I ashamed?" "Not at all!" " Why should I be?" " Because of Franco and his regime!" "We have dictatorship here, too, when a bottle of whiskey costs 50 crowns!" "That's a form of dictatorship, too!" "We just couldn't decide!" "But Spain was cheaper than Israel!" " How's the average Spaniard doing?" " Just fine!" "They don't seem unhappy!" "They're not complaining on Gran Canaria!" "They're very poor, and they live in misery!" " Do you like Franco?" " No comment!" " Why not?" " Why should I?" " Don't you have any opinions?" " No, I don't think so!" " I prefer not to talk about him!" " Why not?" "Ask someone who lives there!" "Ask a Spaniard what he thinks of Franco, and he'll say, "He's okay!"" "You know what would happen if he didn't say that?" " Have you ever thought about Franco?" " I've never thought about you!" "Franco?" "What do you think of him?" " Do you know Franco?" " No!" "What do you think of his regime?" "I don't talk politics when I'm on vacation!" "I just go there to relax and leave politics behind!" "I go for the sun and the sea!" "I don't care about that!" " You forget about those things down there!" " You don't give a damn?" "I wouldn't say that!" "One can't be bothered!" " You have no thoughts on the subject?" " No thoughts!" "You don't care if a whole country is oppressed under a dictator?" "I do, but I don't want to get involved!" "BOYCOTT TRI PS TO SPAl N!" "TRI PS TO MALLORCA ARE SHAMEFUL!" "YOU'RE SPONGI NG OFF OF SPANISH WORKERS" "UNDERMI NE FRANCO!" "SPREAD SOCIALISM I N SPAl N!" "Hi!" "Hi!" "Did you hear what I said?" "Why do you want all that money?" "I'm going to see a hypnotist!" "You ought to pay back what you borrowed!" "Of course, but " "Don't I give you a few bucks now and then?" " But this was a loan!" " But what will I do about the rent?" "I've got to have it back today!" "You've promised me at least ten times that I'd get it back!" "You borrowed it three months ago!" "Okay, okay!" "So give it back, then!" " I have an errand for you!" " I need a hundred in advance!" "Impossible!" " What's the errand?" " To go to the restorer!" "I have to run!" "Foreman Evert Svensson, you're involved in defending this plant!" "My task is to sabotage this machinery!" "What kind of machines are these?" "These machines produce pump capsules!" " Are they sensitive instruments?" " Yes, extremely!" " How will you sabotage them?" " I'll show you!" "This is a relay, you see!" "By damaging just a small detail in this relay, the whole machine is put out of function!" "NON-COOPERATION" " Is it hard to find the fault?" " Very!" "And I also delay the repair!" "Is it part of a big sabotage plan?" "Yes!" "There are many possibilities!" "Wouldn't an enemy kick you out?" "One never knows!" "We'll fight the enemy but make friends with the soldiers!" "FRATERNIZATION" " So you believe in nonviolent defense?" " Yes, I do." "I took a course in it." "It seemed really sensible." "You used to be in the military." "Do you believe more in nonviolence?" "Oh, yes." "If you can show" "Come on in!" "Lena!" " Go away!" "Go to hell!" " Damn kid!" " What's wrong with her?" "Oh, never mind her!" "I AM FREE" " This sabotage has big consequences?" " Major consequences." "The new planes and buses won't function." "They become blind themselves!" "The consultants?" "The ones who've gotten a grip on this and found out about it!" "They think that those who can see will take care of them!" "Then, imagine how many there are left!" "Think of all the blind people there are in this country!" "We just keep sending money to the underdeveloped countries!" "Why don't we see to our own house first?" "We should do that first, before we start talking about other countries!" "And they must be retrained and given new jobs!" "In offices, or as metal workers, or in dark rooms!" "Now, dark rooms - that I can understand!" "But a metal worker stands at a lathe!" "That must be delicate work!" "What do you do?" "He works in a men's wear shop!" "At Rydens!" " Is it fun?" " Sometimes!" "It's on the Kungsgatan!" "What's going on?" "We were discussing my job!" " In men's wear?" " This guy is great, you know!" "Quite possibly!" "Hey, listen!" " Could I see your room?" " Sure, but it's a huge mess!" " Okay?" " Yes!" "Here's the money you wanted!" "Where did you get it?" "It's five short!" "You're so like your mom sometimes!" "Why do you have Franco on the wall?" ""Win the Contest!"" " What are these boxes?" " My files!" " What does "R" stand for?" " Religion!" " There's not much in it!" " It's new!" " "M", then?" " Men!" " Do you collect men?" " I used to!" " Did he leave?" " He went back to work!" "Maybe I should go, too?" "Think so?" "No!" "Thank you!" "Can't you do it?" "Thank you!" " It won't work!" " It won't?" " No, it won't work!" " Of course it will!" "Help me!" " God, you're slow!" " I'll hurry!" "DANGER" "THE NYMAN I NSTITUTE CLOSED FOR LUNCH" "ALL AFTERNOON" " Should we have sheets?" " Just one!" "Smooth it out!" "A pillow?" " Yes!" " I can!" " No, I'll do it!" " No, I already did!" " Already?" "I can't do it!" "The bad reception on your screen was due to erection failure." "He was a damned ardent socialist!" "Belonged to a lot of groups!" "And he sang very well, and read poems!" "Then he ran off to fight in the Spanish Civil War!" "The International Brigade!" " How long was he there?" "Three weeks!" "Was he wounded?" "Why did he come back so soon?" " I don't know!" " Did you ask him?" "Yes, I did, but he wouldn't tell me!" " Nasty to put Franco on your wall!" " Yes!" "Oh, God!" "Why pictures from concentration camps?" "Doesn't that go with Franco?" "11273?" "11273 days since he ran away from the war!" "Do you have a driver's license?" " Yes!" "Did you take First Communion?" " Could you consider being a C!" "O!" "?" " Yes!" "How can you sleep with these pictures above your head?" " Should women earn as much as men?" " No!" " Same sexual freedom?" " Yes!" " Are you married or single?" " Single!" "Should the church be separated from the state?" "No!" " Should the monarchy be abolished?" " No!" " How did you last vote?" " Conservative!" " And before that?" " Liberal!" " Does Sweden have a class system?" " No, absolutely not!" "Where did you meet my dad?" "At the frame shop!" "Then we went for coffee and talked!" ""Stig Bjorkman, born '41, confirmed!"" "He has a driver's license!" " Did you lend Dad money?" " Yes!" " I knew it!" " Cheers, Lena!" " When did I first attract you?" " At the frame shop!" " Was I good?" " As an interviewer?" "You were great!" "Fantastic!" "How many have you slept with?" "I've never counted!" "Have you?" "Twenty-three!" "But the first 19 were no fun!" " I see!" "And I'm the 24th!" "BOARD OF CENSORS MEETI NG CENSORED" "Ulla, would you please call Swedish Radio and ask for Pastor Dalmen!" "Director Skoglund would like to speak with him!" "We have a problem here that we can't resolve!" ""Did she say 23?"" "What is it?" "Listen, Lena!" "I'm off now!" "I have to go!" " No, don't go!" " But I have to!" "Seriously, Lena, it's late and I must run!" "I have to go!" "It's late!" "You go back to sleep!" " No, I'll come with you!" " No, sleep!" " No, I'll come with you!" "Okay, but make it snappy!" "Dress quickly!" "Quickly!" "Where are my pants?" " And my bra?" " You don't need one!" "Rune!" "May we come up?" " How's it going?" "Oh, yes!" "Good morning!" " Hurry up!" " Wait, would you?" "Tuesday, June 14th." "Sunrise at 2:35 a. m." "Temperature in Stockholm:" "16.7 C." "Nameday:" "Hakan." "In Rio deJaneiro" "You can screw for free" "The prime minister now awakens to take care of Sweden." "The minister of trade wakes up, and all the old, staid leftists, and the whole mixed economy." "And the right wing rubs its eyes after the nightmare it's had." "Torsten Eriksson goes to the bathroom and plans a new security system for the Kumla prison, while Per Wrigstad vomits into the newspaper "Expressen. "" "From the depth of Swedish hearts we sing" "A simple hymn to our king" "Show faith to him" "Don't let him down" "Make light the burden ofhis crown" "Carl Gustav?" "Where are you?" " Is there anything I can do for you?" " No, I'm ready!" "Is it chilly out?" "No, Your Majesty!" "Swedish summer!" " A bit chilly, then!" " A bit!" "If only Carl Gustav would bring the tickets!" "He said he would stop by the travel agency yesterday afternoon!" "I know this is a great imposition, but may I just ask how it feels " "How what feels?" "We've had kings for a billion years!" "How does it feel to be the last one?" "Give me a moment!" "I'll think of an answer!" "Yes, it's like this!" "What's important is not to confuse the individual with his task!" "That is a lesson we all must learn!" "I've endeavored all my life to be objective about myself!" "I have really made an effort!" "But sometimes it's very difficult!" "But it isn't you personally that the socialists want to get rid of!" "You have been an outstanding " " Yes, yes, I know " " Grandfather!" " Yes, I'm here!" "Where have you been?" "I thought you forgot!" "Well!" "I!" "Here they are, anyway!" "It's been nice meeting you, Lena!" "But I need a nap now!" "We're starting a sale at Ryden's!" "It was great meeting you!" "How do you feel, never being more than a crown prince?" "I don't give a damn!" "Call me at Ryden's!" "It's in the phone book!" "I hope it's nice in Italy now!" "Not too hot!" "In Rome " "I'd love to go there myself now!" "But the institute's so busy with all its investigations!" "Mind the step!" "Off to Italy with your master, are you?" "It may pull a little, but I'm almost finished!" "Who's that coming?" "Daddy!" "Hello!" "Daddy!" " It's Daddy!" " Yes, it's Daddy!" "Sartre suggested that the Tribunal apply the Nuremberg convictions to the war crimes in Vietnam." ""We represent no government or party and take orders from no one. "" "These were Sartre's words at the opening of the Tribunal in Stockholm." ""Our lack of power guarantees our independence, "he said." "What's wrong?" "There you are!" " No, I want food!" " This is food!" "Now, eat like a good girl!" "Would you like a sandwich?" " Yes, please!" " Beer?" "Marie!" " What's that?" " Have a look!" "You had it framed?" "I paint a lot better now!" "Yes, but it's good!" "That was a wonderful afternoon!" " Are you happy?" " Yes!" "Occasionally I was negligent." "Then I'd suddenly be reminded ofhow Dad ran away from the civil war and then" "Believing we should make our views known, we went to the embassies." "Apolice car was stationed outside the American Embassy all summer." "I said I wanted no trouble." "I was just taking an intellectual stand." "SWEDEN BELI EVED I N THE USA" "NOW WE'RE ASHAMED" "Since the cops didn't understand, the demonstration was brief." "USA - murderers!" "USA GET OUT OF VI ETNAM!" "We went to the Chinese Embassy." "COMMUNISM WITHOUT SLAVE CAMPS" "Then, the Russian ambassador wasn't in." "SOCIALISM WITHOUT TYRANNY" "But Yevtushenko was there." "He said my signs were ridiculous." " What does he mean?" " It's very simple!" "Millions of people live in a misery you wouldn't accept for five minutes!" "With a capitalistic solution, you get free enterprise, free speech!" "But it would take 300 years!" "Let it, then!" "But it must be realized in 30 years!" "Thirty years to wipe out illiteracy and industrialize without force?" "Don't forget that force means something different to them!" "They've been oppressed for centuries!" "So if life can be a little better, another 30 years means nothing!" "But what about the purges?" "All those who get deported?" "Labor camps?" "Look at his country under Stalin!" "He's written poems about his people's fear!" "Can you deny that?" "No, he doesn't deny it!" "He says it's sad the Russian people had to sacrifice so much!" "But one must take risks!" "Can't he see the risks are hideous?" "Sure he sees that!" "But letting millions starve - is that taking a less hideous risk?" "There I was, with my fear of the Russians and the Chinese, and I knew she was probably right." "It was more than I could handle." "When my old man died, I was with " "No, not like that!" "It's much harder that way!" "Make a light line first!" "Like this, see!" "Then you press hard!" "When my old man died," "I was lying beside him!" "He lay there in the bed, tossing and turning!" "I woke up twice during the night, but I thought he was just restless!" "But when I woke in the morning, his neck had turned blue!" " Do animals feel death like we do?" " They sure as hell do!" "I was at a bullfight once!" "I almost puked and had to leave!" "Have some wine!" "Do you like Borje?" "He's kind of cute!" "Yes, he's a fine boy!" "I'm getting pretty stuck on him!" "You think I didn't notice anything that day?" " You didn't!" " Yes, I did!" "The great thing about that guy!" "We had a beer together and talked!" "He told me about his child, and he talked so warmly about her, the same way I felt about you when you were small and Mom left!" "That bitch!" "Oh, she was all right!" "Wanting me back after eight years!" "In my solitude I sing to myself" "Listening to the river" "I hear it calling" "What's her name - the kid's mother?" "Marie or something!" "I'll take my violin" "And let the river be my bass" "What does he want with me, then?" "He's got Marie and a kid!" "You've experimented plenty!" "Yes, but I talk openly about it!" "He hasn't said a thing to me about it!" "Everyone knows but me!" "Dear old river, surging in the valley" "We are old, you and I, and gray" "Girls want young lovers" "Who are light on their feet" "Our day is gone" "Inside out again?" "We sit and watch" "As the young dance by" "Our day is gone" "We sit and watch as the young dance by" "We interrupt this evening's film for a news bulletin." "After intense debate in the Swedish Parliament, we now have the results of the vote on Sweden's new Defense Plan." "No party was unanimous on the issue." "All were split." "And these were the results:" "There was a strong majority among the Social Democrats!" "The Communists were strongly in favor of nonviolence, while the Conservatives were opposed!" "The final results were 187 against and 196 in favor!" "The Nonviolence Defense Plan has thereby been adopted:" "All citizens shall take a four-month course on nonviolence techniques and a refresher course every three years!" "For the first time in history, this applies to men and women!" "Up until the last moment, there were demonstrations against the reform." "Some student groups turned out to be unexpectedly conservative." "Last winter our TVteam visited some new draftees." "The program that day was "social drama,"" "a concept borrowed from the civil rights movement in the USA." "This was one of the draftees'first tasks:" "To block a railroad track." "What if your wife were lying on the tracks?" "Break it up!" "Time for self-criticism!" "Stand up!" "I keep quiet!" "You talk!" "The whole exercise is unrealistic!" "This situation wouldn't occur!" "They wouldn't come here unarmed!" "The situation is ideal for us!" "If an ammunition train comes, they don't stop for people on the track!" "May I participate in the self-criticism?" "Isn't it hard not to fight back?" " Incredibly hard!" "Can you teach yourself to repress aggressive feelings?" " I think so!" " You don't feel cowardly?" " You're happy doing this?" " Happy?" "Isn't it a positive step for women?" "Yes!" "Why should only men defend themselves?" "Why should only they be faced with getting shot?" "To an observer, this looks like a scout camp rather than real war!" "This is just as real as conventional military training!" "That also reminds you of scout camp or playing cowboys and Indians!" "Is the idea to personally befriend the enemy?" "Yes, sort of like in World War I, when soldiers exchanged cigarettes!" "Doesn't fraternizing make you susceptible to their propaganda?" "Yes, but we also make it possible for them to receive ours!" "And that's most important!" "We should be open, too!" " Who can withstand most pressure?" "Those who can withstand the pressure of a conventional war can also withstand the pressure in this case!" "Now we'll change sides!" "Those who were the defenders will now be the aggressors, and the aggressors become the defenders!" "It's important for the aggressors to feel the thrill and desire, so they can really experience the thrill of violence!" "Change groups!" "Go ahead!" "Hurry up so you don't get stiff!" "We're already frozen stiff here!" "Ready!" "Go!" "You Stockholm bastard!" "Go to hell!" "Road hog!" "MESSAGE TO HUMANITY:" "DOWN WITH PRIVI LEGED CLASSES ALL OVERTHE WORLD" "MESSAGE TO NON-WHITES:" "BE PREPARED!" "THE WHITES ARE TOTTERI NG!" "Hello!" "Who are you?" " Look in the files!" "No!" "24!" " What are you doing here?" "Lena was looking for me at my job!" "Do you know where she is?" "She's on retreat!" "Do you know what that is?" " I asked where she is!" " She wants to be left alone!" "She was asking for me!" "What are you doing here?" " I live here!" "I'm looking after things!" " Has Lena left town?" "I told you she wants to be alone!" "I don't know where she is!" " You're lying!" " I am not!" " Hey, what are you doing?" " Look, where's Lena?" " In Smaland!" " Whereabouts?" "Rumskulla!" "Thanks!" "6:15 A.M. MEDITATION" "7:30 A.M. BREAKFAST" "OTHERS ENJOY COMFORT AS MUCH AS YOU DO" "GYLLENSTEN'S TEN COMMANDMENTS" "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BUT TEMPORARY ONES" "NONVIOLENCE MARTI N LUTHER KI NG AND LENA" "2:10 P.M. FIGHT RUBBISH" "3:00-5:00 P.M. MORTI FICATION EXERCISES" "6:30 P.M. DI NNER" "10:05 P.M. SEXUAL THEORY" "SEX VARIATIONS" "9:00 A!" "M!" "DIALECTIC STUDI ES" " Do you ever go to church?" " Nope." "Why not?" "Them's not preaching the truth!" "Them's prayin' for the poor, but you know what them's like!" "Would you like to have a woman here to help you out?" "I sure would!" "Would that be good for you?" "My brother here used to do the cooking!" "What a caterwauling that were!" "We weren't not never in time for meals!" "No, I can't do it!" "Who told you to fuss with the focus?" "But it's simple!" "Use the opposite arm!" "You were using the wrong arm!" "Choose another position!" "This one!" "PRODUCTION COORDI NATOR" "Have a look!" "Look, then!" "Then straight up!" "Stretch them like this!" "PRODUCTION ASSISTANT" "SOUND ENGI NEER" "SOUND ASSISTANT ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN" "RECORDI NG SUPERVISOR" "Get lost!" "You were hard to find!" "Have you been searching a lot?" "Yes, I have!" " What a nice car you have!" " You like it?" "I have a new job!" "I quit at Ryden's!" " What do you do now?" " Sell cars!" "What have you been doing here all this time?" "Here's the doorstep, where they went in and out!" "Selma, Alma, Hulda," "Emilia, Amanda, Emil, Oscar!" "All the children!" "In 1882, 1883, 1884!" " What are those rocks?" " That was the stove!" "And this is all there was to the little house!" "The fourth commandment: "Take care of those who can't care for themselves!"" "What's the seventh?" ""If you're better off than you deserve, share!" "If not, steal!"" " Who the hell is Gyllensten?" " He's this fantastic guy!" " What's the point?" " The old ones are irrelevant!" "So he's rewritten them!" "First, second, third, etc!" "The first is: "You shall have no other gods than temporary ones!"" "What is that?" "The grade school in Gronshult, with electricity and a well!" "Sold for 3,000!" "That's damned cheap!" "The people moved to towns!" "Girls mainly!" "Life here is too hard!" "The sixth commandment?" " What is it?" ""You shall not spread VD, give birth to unwanted kids, or commit rape!" "Practice birth control!" "There are far too many babies being born!" "Otherwise, you may engage freely in sexual intercourse, masturbation, pornography, everything your animal nature might suggest to you!"" ""Everything it might suggest"!" "If he sells two or three cars a month, he makes 1,200!" "Then you have the " "What's that?" " Two brothers sell junk here!" "You see, the average guy makes " "If he sells 8-10 cars " "No, he won't sell more than 4-5!" "He makes about 1,800 a month!" "Yes, it's a tough business!" "Then you have the top guys!" "This is a typical dying village!" "It's such a pity!" "Do they cheat, too, these guys?" " Just between you and me!" "In 1964- a top year- a guy could make, oh, say, 20,000 crowns!" " 20,000?" " Tax-free!" " Such a year won't come again!" " Look at those walls!" "Just think how a hundred years ago they slaved to build those walls!" "Then they all moved away!" "It's all abandoned!" "Everything!" "The top salesmen " "In Rio deJaneiro" "You can eat for free" " Is this all right?" " Very good!" " The keys?" " I forgot them!" " But they're on the key ring!" " I took them off and forgot them!" "These are nice!" "They should be shorter, though!" "And have a big hole here!" " Go and get them!" " No!" " Get them!" " No!" "Ask Marie!" "Why didn't you tell me about Marie?" "If you had only told me, it wouldn't have mattered!" "But to keep it secret like a damned " " Like a what?" " Are you going to marry her?" "I don't know!" "I don't think so!" "I have a child, you know!" "We've talked about it, Marie and I!" "It's a responsibility, having a child!" "I've thought a lot about it, but!" "No, I won't marry her!" "I FEEL FI NE!" "The largest tree in Europe!" "It's 42 feet in circumference!" "Two thousand years old!" " What do you think?" " I guess it should work!" "Not bad!" "Hell, my thighs are snapping!" "A TVWORKOUT" " Your legs?" "They hurt?" " No, it's my thighs!" "Then feel some of my muscles!" "These!" "What do you think?" "Here, feel!" " Are they supposed to be like that?" " No!" "But girls are taught to squeeze their legs together!" "They're not to sit like boys, and that's how the muscles get hard!" "They can barely spread their legs!" " Do you have that problem?" "Do you?" "You said you'd slept with 23!" " The first 19 were no fun!" " Why?" "I only did it to satisfy them, so that they would have an orgasm!" "I couldn't believe anybody would like me, the way I look, with my drooping breasts, my big stomach, all my fat!" "Temptations, hidden shares Often take us unawares" ""Madeleine's wish is Borje's command, which is a hair dryer." "A fine, new hair dryer. "" "Bought on sale!" "Forty percent off." "TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO CAN'T CARE FORTHEMSELVES" "GYLLENSTEN'S 4TH COMMANDMENT" "THE BEACH LOT I N SPAl N" "THE LUXURY CRUISE" ""The winner could be"" ""YOU!"" "Come, Lena!" " To Madeleine..." " Come, Lena!" "To Madeleine..." " Is Madeleine dark or blonde?" " Dark!" " Social class?" " Upper!" "The slim model type?" " Better than that!" " Single?" "Engaged, but she'll break it off!" " On your account?" " Yes!" " Did you know her before you met me?" " Yes!" "Does she have a better orgasm than I do?" "I don't know!" "I haven't slept with her!" " Why the hell haven't you?" " What?" "Slept with her!" "Why the hell haven't you?" "You and your damned curiosity!" "You destroy everything with chatter and questions!" "And you never tell me anything!" "Not about Madeleine or Marie!" "Why not add Madeleine and Marie to your files, too?" "I don't want that upper-class bitch!" " You want an idiot like this, right!" " No, keep your hands off it!" "You damned swine!" "Lend me The Unfulfilled Woman." "You need it!" "You've got one!" " Got one what?" " An unfulfilled woman!" "Let go of me!" "That damned hair dryer!" "And the roses!" "Just look around!" "You're into things that are way over your head!" " You damned huckster!" " Your head's all messed up!" "Why don't you diet?" "Put dieting posters up on your walls instead!" "I don't want these - Listen!" "I don't want these tits in my MG!" " You damned huckster!" "I didn't sleep much that night." "I itched and dreamed all night." "In one of the dreams, a soccer team was running through the forest." "I captured both the varsity and the second string." "But there were only 23 of them." "Listen, Martin!" "I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough!" "But that's the way it is!" "Borje is a big shit, and I'm gonna kill him when I get hold of him!" "You said yourself:" ""If you can't adhere to nonviolence, you shouldn't participate!"" "You need people who are strong!" "I won't ever speak for your ideas again!" "A government proclamation issued reforms our whole defense system." "The proclamation reads as follows:" "The Swedish government declares that in case of enemy occupation, all means of resistance will be employed except for violence." "The instruction all Swedish citizens have had in nonviolent defense will enable us to carry out this form of defense, fully confident that Sweden is well-equipped to meet an enemy attack." "SUPPORT A SWEDISH A-BOMB" "In order to maintain our neutrality, we need some kind of deterrent!" "But then all nations get bombs!" "There'd be a huge risk of nuclear war!" "We'll give you a peace button for support!" "A Ban-the-Bomb button!" " We both gave a contribution!" " Thank you!" "As a demonstration against this terrible sign!" " I think it's a very serious " " That's awful!" "Tear the sign down, boys!" "No bombs here, by God!" "Expressing opinions like this!" "And in front of the palace, no less!" "We're probing public opinion!" "I don't understand such things!" "Thank you!" "ITS gui LTY CONSCI ENCE" "That hurts, Lena!" "Where does it hurt most?" "Tell us!" "Win a week of exercising with Princess Birgitta." "Or that beach lot in Spain." "Or one of our numerous consolation prices." "Everyone is a winner if they can guess what Lena found out about the Social Democrats'guilty" "It's worse elsewhere, but most societies suffer from a tendency to categorize people with regard to economic and social position, and this tendency is present here, too!" "But I think there is a great feeling of equality here, and that we've come very far." "What do you think?" "It's true that a lot has been achieved." "In income, for example, but primarily in opportunities!" "But we know we can go further!" "It's an illusion to believe that we've attained total equality!" "Borje!" "You sold Mr!" "Johansson a car, and he's very angry now!" "You can't just promise people the moon!" "You've promised him everything, damn it!" "This is your last chance!" "Next time you'll be fired!" "I'm so mad I could throw you out on the spot!" " Hello!" " Hello!" "Can we talk somewhere?" "I'm off now!" "I can give you a lift!" "The car's in the garage!" "No!" "Have you slept with Madeleine?" "I bet you've gone further!" "But I hope not, 'cause I have scabies!" "So that's what I've got!" "Cut!" "You forgot "from you!"" "Isn't that what we decided on?" "I like my own sweet name" "I like the touch of fame" "She's using me, that damned girl." "She uses me like everybody does." "This movie is her chance, and she knows it." "And, boy, does she take advantage of it!" "And she takes Borje along with her." "A toast to the crown prince!" "Cheers and congrats!" "He doesn't give a damn about her." "Hejust wants to compete with me." "Excuse me a second!" "Lena, the glasses!" "What about them?" "You remove them when you talk!" "But she was supposed to " "She wears them, then removes them!" "Make up your mind!" " You changed your mind!" " Ask Marianne!" "I didn't change my mind!" " It was decided she'd have them on!" " I was right!" "You don't understand!" "Fourth retake with, fifth without!" "Sixth take with, seventh without!" "Make up your mind, for God's sake!" "Another retake?" " Yes!" "That's what we're here for!" " I know!" "Make up your mind!" "We're listening!" "That's nice of you!" " So I remove them!" " You start with them on!" "When you talk about scabies, you look into his eyes, right?" "Then you've removed them, right?" " Without glasses, then?" "You're driving along, all nice and safe!" "You start speeding and get in trouble!" "You're standing there, and the cops get involved!" "They're not concentrating at all!" "We're not getting anywhere!" " That's obvious!" " What do you mean?" "I'm shocked at the atmosphere here!" "I don't know how you get any work done!" " Have you spoken to him?" " No!" " Aren't you going to?" " Yes!" " If he's going to be like this, I should!" " I think so!" "It could hardly be worse!" "No!" "Try it now!" " Yes!" "A little more!" " That's it!" "All right?" "Listen!" "He got his gold frame!" "Know how much it cost him?" "280 crowns!" " My word!" "And what's he gonna do with it?" "Point at it and say to his guests " "Wash your feet, too!" "Then he can say to his guests:" ""That frame cost 280 crowns!"" "So what?" "A gold frame is nice, and it has a value, too!" "After all my years in the shop," "I think I know the value of art!" "The picture should be more important than the frame " "What the hell!" "Have you come home?" "Can't you at least say hello?" "Where are my cuttings on East Asia?" "They're not in there!" "Cuttings?" "Where the hell have you been?" "No one dares enter your room!" "Oh, is that so?" "You should stay home instead of hitchhiking who knows where!" "You could at least have sent a card!" "Your dad's been worried!" " That's something new for him!" " Oh, yeah?" "I was ashamed at work, 'cause I didn't know where you were!" "That's none of their business!" "Borje's been looking for you!" "Are you going to leave home?" "Home!" "You call this a home?" "Haven't I done all I could for you?" "You just have a guilty conscience!" "Do you remember that time you came to my school graduation?" "The one time you ever came!" "God, I was ashamed!" "Do you think I could ever bring anybody home?" "To this?" "You're crazy!" "You've only ever done one good thing in your whole life!" "You went to Spain!" "Why didn't you stay there?" "Why did you come right back?" "Like a damned rat!" "What on earth is she doing?" "Has it itched a long time?" "Somebody's standing in the light!" "Turn around, please!" "In front of the tiles stands Lena Scratching her" "Freedom's not easy, sweet Lena" "Freedom's not easy, my dear" "It tickled and itched all over" "That's why you're standing here now" "At seven o'clock in the morn" "Rub it into the pubic region!" "DDTstings and itches" " Can I drop you off?" " I'm not headed your direction!" " Where are you going?" " None of your business!" "Bye!" "Phone call for Wic Kjellin." "This country's like a duck pond!" "It just goes quack, quack, quack!" "We haven't trained our political reactions, see!" "Every Swede who votes is full of ideas he doesn't dare express!" "You're cute when you get excited!" "I do get excited!" " OlleJacobsson to the studio." " Hello!" "Do you know each other?" "No!" "My name's Scherer!" " Lena!" " Pardon?" "Lena!" "And the front door key?" "You can send it to me, then!" "Viveca Nordstrom to Film-Labor." "What did he say?" "Was he difficult?" "No!" "But God, I'm glad it's over!" "Buy our film!" "The only film that comes in two versions." "One yellow and one blue." "Buy the yellow, buy the blue!" "Buy them both, there's two!" "The same, but different, that's true!" "This was the yellow version!"