04.30.16
On
Friday the documentary called "Hotellet" was released in theaters
in Sweden. It premiered in that country on February 5th at the Göteborg
Film Festival. Written and directed by Kristian Petri, it is the last
part of a trilogy about travel. The first two were "The Atlantic" (1995)
and "The Lighthouse" (2000). In his new essay film, Petri goes in search
of historic hotels along with hotel connoisseurs such as Stellan!
"Hotellet" (Hotel) is a 82-minute documentary about the relationship
between people with a type of temporary housing that can be a refuge,
paradise, hell, lifestyle or fantasy. In interviews famous people share
what hotels mean to them. Lars Norén talks about his upbringing in a
city hotel and Stellan about his relationship with the legendary Chateau
Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles.
Last
Saturday Stellan and son Alex were spotted at a concert featuring
Håkan Hellström at the Gramercy Theatre in Manhattan. It was the
Swedish musician's first gig in New York. Father and son then hung out
at the after party downstairs, and according to Expressen, Stellan said
he had to work late and therefore missed the beginning of the show. "But
what I saw was very cool," he said.
Here's
a second poster just released for OUR KIND OF
TRAITOR, premiering in two weeks in the UK. Very slick!
And a couple new production stills and movie stills:
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04.19.16
Look who's
on the cover of the April edition of Swedish magazine King. Great
photos!
Here's
a gem for you on youtube! It's a 30-minute film with Stellan discussing
beer. Yes, it's in Swedish but you'll still enjoy it. He looks very
suave! Systembolaget produced the film in 1994 and it shows how beer is
made. Check it out
at
this link.
03.28.16
For
those living in Sweden, you're in for a special treat. The Swedish
telefilm, "Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - prinz av Danmark"
is now available online
at this link. Directed by Ragnar Lyth and filmed in the
Stockholm area, the film stars Stellan in the leading role of Hamlet. In
the book, "A History of Shakespeare on Screen", author Kenneth Rothwell
writes, "It is truly a bizarre Hamlet, not quite like any other and yet
too close to the essence of Shakespeare's play for summary dismissal,
throwing out an aura of being but not being Hamlet, as if all the
characters had been filtered through some kind of a gauzy lens and
emerged only partially recognizable but nevertheless certificably
themselves." The 75-minute film originally aired in Sweden on January 7,
1985 and can be watched online by Swedish viewers through July 20, 2016.
As you can see from the photos below, the youthful Stellan has a strong
resemblance to his son Alex.
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Here
are some photos of son Bill at the New York premiere of
"Allegiant" (The Divergent series) at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater
on March 14. His beautiful guest is not identified. Besides this
film, he will be starring in two more 2016 films - "Emperor" and
"Battlecreek". What a handsome guy!
