Talk:Smiles of a Summer Night

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Does anyone think it would be inappropriate to add an external link to A Little Night Music on the Internet Broadway Database here? Zephyrprince 23:56, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not Bungopolis 02:54, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It is very clear that Bergman used either Plautus or Terence (and thus Greek New Comedy) for the basic outlines of the story. There is the lusty old man (senex) present in Frederik, the ineffectual but handsome son of the old man (hero) in Henrik as well as his young and beautiful (but somehow entangled with someone else) love interest in Anne, the dimwitted but blustery and heroic military man ("Miles Gloriosus) in Carl-Magnus (even the name reflects his "greatness"), two clever slaves, the irritable mother-in-law, the twist of fate at the end where it is revealed the beautiful young woman can marry young hero after all. Sondheim saw this and was interested in the connection (just as he was in Plautus for his "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and even added a Greek chorus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.155.125.69 (talk) 22:58, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd agree on that one, it's obviously got some literary background, but what makes it original - apart from the amazing acting and photography - is the way Bergman subverts the stock-in-trade "laughing at people growing older" and so on. He brings the women to the center, both the younger ones and Miss Armfelt who is no longer in her first prime (although she looks good and is not lacking in belief in herself) and picks up on issues of female self-esteem vs aging, how to avoid falling into a pit of middle age misery without denying that you do age, finding the courage within you to love. That was rare in a film (or even in stage theatre) at the time, and it's still unusual and rewarding now; the cult of nubile tweenies pushes this kind of questions aside.Strausszek (talk) 22:26, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:08, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

A midsummer night's dream/sex comedy
Does anyone have a quote on the claim that this movie (rather than Shakespear's) play was the inspiration to Woody Allen? It seems a bit far-fetched too me. (Obviously, Bergman himself must also have been aware of the play, and may or may not have used it as inspiration.)94.220.245.138 (talk) 10:26, 17 October 2009 (UTC)