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Eric M. Nilsson

Born December 20, 1935 · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium (age 90)

Eric M Nilsson, b. in Brussels 1935, is a Swedish film maker. Nilsson has his education from the film school IDHEC in Paris. Eric M Nilsson was an early member of the Swedish Television documentary film editorial staff, and his many distinctive films from the 1960s onward have come to fascinate and challenge a wide audience. He has received multiple awards and honors for his films.

Known For

AnonymousAnonymous · 1991
Anonymous
★ 8.01991
MovieDocumentary
A container with stuff from a cleaned out apartment in Stockholm drives the cineaste to look for their owners. In the course of this quest, he meets the actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård and the author Stig Larsson. The desire to give meaning where perhaps there is none.
BrutalBrutal · 1980
Brutal
1980
MovieDocumentary
The concrete costs for culture and creativity is here illustrated in punchy images.
Europe 1900Europe 1900 · 1968
Europe 1900
★ 5.31968
MovieDocumentary
Europe 1900 (1968) tells about the history of luxury while problematizing memory and our images of the past.
The Book of the OctopusThe Book of the Octopus · 1995
The Book of the Octopus
1995
MovieDocumentary
"Bläckfiskens bok" is made up of three short films ("Första resan", "Drömresan" and "Sista resan"). While making these movies, Nilsson tried to put himself in an artificial depression in order to see the world as an angry and sad man. "My mind functions like a spider's web: all the images, all the ideas, all the sentences, all the idiocies stick. Thus am I a prisoner."
The Testament of EleonoraThe Testament of Eleonora · 1967
The Testament of Eleonora
★ 10.01967
Movie
A fictional biographical portrayal of Eleonora of Bavaria.
ÅtgärdasÅtgärdas · 1972
Åtgärdas
1972
MovieDocumentary
According to Eric M Nilsson, this is an utterly unsuccesful film. It's a film about things he saw but never understood. If two people gaze upon the same thing, one of them will claim to experience something else. In this, they receive evidence that they exist, because the individual understands comparisons — but hates similarities.
Dubbla verkligheterDubbla verkligheter · 1995
Dubbla verkligheter
★ 6.01995
MovieDocumentary
Eric M Nilsson talks to his mother over the years when they lived during German occupation in Belgium. Over a box of things from those years his father left behind, they helped together to remember.
ShanesShanes · 1965
Shanes
1965
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A four day car trip: a pop music group hits the road in winter from Stockholm to Kiruna, above the Arctic Circle. One of the first films in Sweden shot with the Éclair NPR, a light, silent camera allowing the recording of sync sound.

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