A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence clip - Limping Lotta 

I'm usually a nitpicky bastard of a Swede, but I can't find anything to complain about in this clip when it comes to the translation. Since I'm Swedish, I obviously haven't watched the full film with your subtitles, but I'm confident that you did a great work throughout the film. As you say, the nuance in every sentence (and in every scene, if you look at it from Roy's director/producer perspective) is something one must keep in mind, and that's what makes Roy one of the great filmmakers of the 21st century. He created living paintings, in lack of other words. To add to that: It's safe to say that his Pigeon film wouldn't have won a Golden Lion without a proper translation, so I hope (and am sure) that you're proud of your work as well. Translation matters more than most think. Cheers, mate - or rather: Skål, kamrat. Ditt arbete uppskattas, speciellt eftersom att jag först blev introducerad till Roy via en utländsk bekantskap 2015. Antagligen hade hon sett just denna film med engelsk textning. Om Roy någonsin blir del av The Criterion Collection (vilket han borde bli) så hoppas jag att de kommer använda din översättning då också.

thank you

Interesting you should mention that, as a failed festival screening actually got me the job in the first place. I was a fairly well known film critic on Swedish television 20 years ago, and I happened to see Roy's film "Du levande" in Cannes. The translation was fairly correct, but missed so many nuances, and it was obvious from the audience reactions that the dialogue really didn't come through. I had a drink with Roy later that night and bluntly said "I don't think the translation worked. I could have done it better", to which he answered "OK, then do it!" I then re-translated the film for the international release, and was later asked to do "En duva..." and "Om det oändliga" as well.​@@writeordie5452

+Axel Djärv I agree. l love this piece.

😂😂😂

You're not the only person who sing this in the shower!😁 this is a very particular scene that describes well the surreal atmosphere of the movie! .. and by the way, you speak English well,honey :)

my version is 1000% accurate like yours, especially I can't sing it in the shower! Roy was ingenious and definitely my #1 favorite filmmaker of all time, and hope someday going to his Studio 24 in Sweden

Ceena M.s.v.n no. the rug is what tides the room together

Ceena M.s.v.n Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion maaaannnn...

Absurd like monty python, emotionally disconnected like Camu, political in a Marxist historical materialism way, raw comedic through nihilism. Existential thoughts should be expressed more often in this manner through cinema so we can meet catharsis. Aristophanes would be more than pleased

totally agry!

agrees, missing 30 seconds in the end ... sad

That's the word!

Raymond Newton Yes it is! :)

+Raymond Newton Because it is.

Have you, besides the clip, seen the full movie? That movie entirely is entrancing...

I found the movie hillarious, though its probably not intended for the most part, just because its so bizarre grey and slow, and theres almost no coherence to anything

Do you know the name of the real Limping Lotta? I Googled her and can't seem to find anything

@@harrygold682 she seems to have been an Anna Kristina, born in Vråms socken, limp due to childhood hip injury, death by falling off a train. Possibly sister to and / or confused with "Fair Lena". It's rather unclear, honestly. The melody is an American song, originally "sunday school" themed, later civil war "John Brown’s Body”-something. At the same time it showed up in Sweden, again first as a Christian (revival) tune.

@@mellertid Fascinating, thanks for replying!

@@harrygold682 It's possible that she was called Lotta because she was selling alcohol to soldiers (mostly). In the poems by Johan Ludvig Runeberg about the war when Sweden lost Finland to Russia, there is a fictional woman called Lotta Svärd, who is the widow of a soldier from an earlier war (svärd means sword). She sells booze to the soldiers, but one soldier who is a coward is denied to buy, while a brave but poor soldier gets booze for free. When Limping Lotta was running her bar, only a few decades had passed since that war, so it could very well be that 'Lotta' was a synonym for a female bartender, especially since most of her customers were soldiers. A 'Lotta' is also (since the 1920s) a woman voluntarily doing civil service in the military.

Me too..unfortunately

@@Eulenschnucke if you find it anywhere in better audio quality let me know👍

@@siddharthnick i will😊

@@Eulenschnucke You can download it and add it manually to your playlist

Its called: Blood upon the risers. Theres also a british army parody called: They were only playing Leapfrog

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It's called "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Later on the verses have been changed. You may remember the refrain "Glory, glory hallelujah" - the tune is quite catchy.

its a old joke from late 1800s some time

AashiQ Wahed Mullick John Brown's Body

It's about solidarity.