Duet for Cannibals
1969 film by Susan Sontag
- Adriana Asti
- Gösta Ekman
- Lars Ekborg
- Agneta Ekmanner
Production
company
company
Sandrews
Release date
- May 1969 (1969-05) (Cannes)
Running time
Duet for Cannibals (Swedish: Duett för kannibaler) is a 1969 Swedish psychological drama film[1] written and directed by American writer Susan Sontag, in her directorial debut.[2] It stars Adriana Asti, Gösta Ekman, Lars Ekborg and Agneta Ekmanner.
Duet for Cannibals had its world premiere at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Cast
- Adriana Asti as Francesca
- Lars Ekborg as Bauer
- Gösta Ekman as Tomas
- Agneta Ekmanner as Ingrid
Production
Despite being a Swedish-language film, the screenplay for Duet for Cannibals was written in English by Sontag, who described herself as not being "competent" in Swedish.[4] It was then translated into Swedish for the Swedish actors.[4]
Reception
Kevin Kelly of The Boston Globe described the film as "virtually devoid of any real dramatic sensibility [...] The film is unbelievable either as black parable or self-consciously disciplined pap."[5] Richard Roud of The Guardian praised its casting and the "richness of possible interpretations of the film", concluding: "Its originality of texture, its degree of visual invention, is remarkable, and not only for a first film. In short, Duet for Cannibals is a stunning achievement."[6]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on five reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10.[7]
In 2019, Slant Magazine's Jesse Cataldo gave the film a score of three out of four stars, concluding: "An interesting, if tonally inconsistent, experiment, it serves as an intriguing cinematic extension of its maker's more well-known written work."[2]
References
- ^ Rowes, Barbara Gail (October 11, 1969). "Can a girl intellectual make it as a Swedish movie director?". The Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p. 77.
- ^ a b Cataldo, Jesse (November 16, 2019). "Review: Duet for Cannibals Is an Intriguing Mix of Pastiche and Parody". Slant. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ Hudson, David (November 18, 2019). "Susan Sontag's Duet for Cannibals". Criterion.com. The Criterion Collection. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Collins, William (September 28, 1969). "Two views of Sontag: English and Swedish". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- ^ Kelly, Kevin (March 14, 1971). "Film 'Duet for Cannibals' lacks dramatic sense". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 60.
- ^ Roud, Richard (November 28, 1969). "Eating people". The Guardian. London, England. p. 8.
- ^ "Duet for Cannibals". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
External links
- Duet for Cannibals at IMDb
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Works by Susan Sontag
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| Monographs |
- The Benefactor
- Death Kit
- I, etcetera
- "The Way We Live Now" (short story)
- The Volcano Lover
- In America
- A Parsifal
- Alice in Bed
- Lady from the Sea
- Duet for Cannibals
- Brother Carl
- Promised Lands
- Unguided Tour (a.k.a. Letter from Venice)
- Reborn: Journals and Notebooks 1947–1963
- As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964–1980
- Sontag: Her Life and Work
- Camp
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