Scenes from a Marriage (TV Mini Series)
Konsten att sopa under mattan (1973)
Erland Josephson: Johan
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Quotes
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Johan : Sometimes I wonder why we complicate this problem so awfully. Making love is pretty basic. It shouldn't be a huge, overshadowing issue. It's your mother's fault, if you ask me, though you don't like my saying so.
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Johan : Our life is full of little evasions and restrictions.
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Johan : Things are certainly complicated today, aren't they?
Marianne : I wish we could spend a whole week in bed just cuddling. And both of us could cry.
Johan : That's not the life we chose to lead.
Marianne : I wish I could be certain our mothers didn't do the choosing.
Johan : You suffer from a maternal persecution complex.
Marianne : Is this the life you wanted?
Johan : Yes.
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Eva : [Discussing Johan's poetry] I wouldn't bother.
Johan : Are they that bad?
Eva : No, it's not that they're bad. If only that were the case.
Johan : They're mediocre, is that it? Insipid, proper and puerile? They're too personal, like indulging in spiritual masturbation?
Eva : In our old crowd, many believed you were destined for greatness. We admired you. You were way ahead of us. We admired and even envied you.
Johan : What's that got to do with my poetry?
Eva : Nothing. It was just a thought.
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Marianne : It's possible to talk too much about these things, you know.
Johan : Yes, it is.
Marianne : I know you should discuss everything and not keep secrets. But in this case I think it's wrong.
Johan : I think you're right.
Marianne : Some matters should be protected from prying eyes.
Johan : You think so?
Marianne : I'm sure of it.
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Marianne : Sometimes I wish that I could go with the flow. Eat when I'm hungry, sleep when I'm tired, and have sex when I'm in love. Maybe even work a little, if I felt like it. Sometimes I long to simply float along, and maybe even sink.
Johan : Who doesn't?
Marianne : You. You don't.
Johan : What would you know about that?
Marianne : I know you pretty well by now.
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Marianne : You like things to be tidy.
Johan : So do you.
Marianne : Do I?
Johan : You're a perfectionist.
Marianne : Really?
Johan : You detest disorder in mind and body.
Marianne : Really? I see.
Johan : That's a fact.
Marianne : I'm not so certain.
Johan : Of what?
Marianne : I'm not certain I know who I am.