Roy Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for A Swedish Love Story (1970) and his "Living trilogy," which includes Songs from the Second Floor (2000), You, the Living (2007) and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014).
How do you think “About Endlessness” differs from your previous work?
There’s more sorrow in this film. The sorrow of realizing that life is passing, and disappearing step by step. There’s a line in this movie stolen from Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” The characters are standing by a window, waiting for another member of the family, and finally someone says, “It’s already September.” It’s so melancholic, and so informative about how life passes. And that’s the first line of dialogue spoken in this film.
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