tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post2896107882090511744..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: Edvard Munch on a good dayNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-24540211061932549772013-11-01T09:08:03.610+00:002013-11-01T09:08:03.610+00:00I think my view of Munch as the epitome of Nordic ...I think my view of Munch as the epitome of Nordic gloom is very influenced by a film made about him in 1976 by Peter Watkins - over two hours long and so far as I can remember nobody so much as smiles! I'd be interested to see it again - he's an important filmmaker who's been rather sidelined. His first film Culloden portrayed the Jacobite uprising as if it were the Vietnam War; I remember being very impressed by that.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-35864338711295347142013-10-26T18:09:24.832+01:002013-10-26T18:09:24.832+01:00Interesting that you pair such a dour quote with a...Interesting that you pair such a dour quote with a charming, straightforward image. The angst may have been genuine but that doesn't preclude happiness at other moments. Possibly, Munch found it useful to burnish his image as a tormented artist. He wouldn't be the first or last to give the public what it seemed to want.Jane Librizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-76587947503041855182013-10-26T06:57:12.999+01:002013-10-26T06:57:12.999+01:00Congratulations on your new acquisition! The littl...Congratulations on your new acquisition! The little girl is charming. It's nice to think that Munch had a few good days.Atelier Contihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406574186162890210noreply@blogger.com