A journey through Swedish queer film history. | dG1fd21fYm5DSFI5YWc
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00:04 The Vigournet was the first film in the world to concentrate on a love story between men.
00:09 [MUSIC]
00:11 You know, there was a queer presence in those films that one doesn't necessarily find in other national cinemas.
00:20 Greta Garbo was a lesbian, yes, I'm saying Greta Garbo was a lesbian.
00:23 It becomes so obvious that they were very, very in love.
00:27 [MUSIC]
00:29 It's like a complaint, let's say, that someone is gay.
00:33 There's always been a lot of cross-dressing in Swedish films.
00:37 Over a hundred films feature cross-dressing of some kind.
00:40 [MUSIC]
00:43 It's always a question of having a feeling for life, first of all.
00:47 I wish that Ingmar came from heaven and could answer this.
00:53 [MUSIC]
00:55 What is it, what is this all about?
00:58 You could almost call it a kind of lesbian Citizen Kane.
01:02 [MUSIC]
01:09 It looks real.
01:10 Now it's done, you guys.
01:12 It was really around 2012 that you have a new explosion of films,
01:16 and so you get a variety of stories, more different kinds of stories.
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01:23 [FOREIGN]
01:33 (rock music)