They are a symbol of the new awareness imparted to modern experience by the ability to capture life on film-a central event in human consciousness. But the photos, captured with a boxlike Contessa camera, by a wife and mother of six living in Sweden in the second decade of the twentieth century, constitute more than a mere trove of memories and impressions. The Swedish title of Troell’s feature, his fourteenth, translates as Maria Larsson’s Everlasting Moments, which alludes to the photographs taken by its lead character, images of her family and community. ![]() ![]() ![]() Photography, the basis of cinema, is also the foundation of Jan Troell’s Everlasting Moments.
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