Comments on: Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) - Review http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/smultronstallet-wild-strawberries-review/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:37:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: klp http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/smultronstallet-wild-strawberries-review/#comment-108545 klp Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:12:03 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/smultronstallet-wild-strawberries-review/#comment-108545 In the movie Wild Strawberries, a poem is recited while the characters are eating lunch. It begins, Where is the friend I seek at break of day? Do you know the author and title of the poem? <strong>jb says</strong>: Where is the friend I seek at break of day? When night falls I still have not found Him. My burning heat shows me His traces I see His traces whenever flowers bloom His love is mingled with every air.” * Sorry, klp, I can't answer your question. All I know about it is that it is supposed to be an old Swedish poem. But I don't know the author. Any Swedes in the house? In the movie Wild Strawberries, a poem is recited while the characters are eating lunch. It begins, Where is the friend I seek at break of day?
Do you know the author and title of the poem?

jb says:
Where is the friend I seek at break of day?
When night falls I still have not found Him.
My burning heat shows me His traces
I see His traces whenever flowers bloom
His love is mingled with every air.”
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Sorry, klp, I can’t answer your question. All I know about it is that it is supposed to be an old Swedish poem. But I don’t know the author. Any Swedes in the house?

]]> By: Dryer Parts http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/smultronstallet-wild-strawberries-review/#comment-104263 Dryer Parts Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:58:26 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/smultronstallet-wild-strawberries-review/#comment-104263 I love old movies. I think the best way to see them is alone or with a girlfriend. Black and white images are so romantic. I love old movies. I think the best way to see them is alone or with a girlfriend. Black and white images are so romantic.

]]> By: Meditation » Blog Archive » Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) - Review http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/smultronstallet-wild-strawberries-review/#comment-97025 Meditation » Blog Archive » Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) - Review Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:47:39 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/smultronstallet-wild-strawberries-review/#comment-97025 [...] john baker added an interesting post on Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) - Review Here’s a small excerptThe film is a hauntingly beautiful meditation on life and death and follows a lonely and elderly professor on a car journey to accept an honorary degree. Along the way he is forced to come to terms with his own mortality, and begins to … [...] [...] john baker added an interesting post on Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) - Review Here’s a small excerptThe film is a hauntingly beautiful meditation on life and death and follows a lonely and elderly professor on a car journey to accept an honorary degree. Along the way he is forced to come to terms with his own mortality, and begins to … [...]

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