“Some stroll with damaged footwear” is proven on SVT
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July 4, 1987 Roskilde Competition: Cornelis Vreeswijk is lifted by the love of the viewers throughout his final main live performance.
It was chaos, each single Swede within the space gave the impression to be in entrance of the stage – aside from Magnus Gertten.
– I used to be broadcast by the radio and needed to discover new artists so I missed it. I had seen a brand new scorching indie band – which has lengthy since been forgotten, he says.
The documentary filmmaker Magnus Gertten was requested to make a documentary about Cornelis Vreeswijk already in 2014.
– Cornelis has all the time been part of my life. Somebody who was near the rights to him stated that “Should you ever really feel like making a movie about Cornelis, we should always now have the ability to help you”.
– At first I believed no, a lot has been stated about Cornelis. I felt I needed to have a private entrance.
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full display Magnus Gertten. Photograph: Jerker Ivarsson
“He struggled his entire life with substance abuse issues”
Lastly he discovered it:
– I felt that I needed to make a movie a couple of particular a part of Cornelis: these he wrote about. In lots of his songs, he writes about those that are on the backside of society. Those that stepped crookedly, those that have issues with alcohol and medicines and so forth. In spite of everything, he struggled his entire life with substance abuse issues as properly.
The movie’s title, “Some folks stroll with damaged footwear”, was apparent to him.
– He sings that tune to us. He tells us to test, right here I’m with damaged footwear. That is one thing we do not discuss a lot now. The newspapers should not stuffed with experiences about how alcoholics and drug addicts are doing today.
– However within the Nineteen Sixties and 70s, these questions have been very massive. At this time we reside in a form of “blame your self” society the place some events need to rename the Correctional Service to the Legal Service. It’s a utterly totally different zeitgeist during which we reside.
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full display The documentary “Some folks stroll with damaged footwear”: Cornelis Vreeswijk was the poor immigrant man from Holland who grew to become in style when he modernized the Swedish lifestyle within the Nineteen Sixties. Concurrently all of the successes, he struggled with substance abuse issues and a stormy non-public life that usually ended up within the headlines. Photograph: Bengt H. Malmqvist
“It is affordable that we have a look at these monuments every now and then”
He describes his documentary as not solely a portrait of Cornelis, but additionally of the others who’re nonetheless there, who we not see – who we would look away from after we see them on the road.
– Cornelis is one among our best artists traditionally, he’s a nationwide icon. He actually is a nationwide monument, I feel it’s affordable that we have a look at these monuments every now and then and test whether or not the monument needs to be the place it’s at this time or how we choose him at this time.
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full display Cornelis Vreeswijk in a protest march in opposition to the Vietnam flag. Photograph: Sam Stadener
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full display Cornelis Vreeswijk sits at his hometown pub Latona in Copenhagen February 1986. Photograph: Joachim Wall
Interview from the hospital mattress
Magnus Gertten says that in any case it has been over 25 years Tom Aland massive movie “Cornelis – the documentary” got here (1997).
– A part of the journey I took was that I listened by way of all of the music and all of the lyrics – and realized how related he nonetheless is.
– Then there’s something known as post-Metoo – if you make tales at this time, you must inform every part. You possibly can’t cover something.
A part of the problem was finding beforehand unknown movies.
– CajsaStina Åkerström had a movie that her father Fred Åkerström filmed of Cornelis on vacation – and an interview was accomplished simply earlier than his loss of life the place he appears again a bit of on his life. Cornelis is within the hospital mattress and there’s a tone in the best way he talks, which was crucial to me. To seek out an intimacy within the tone.
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fullscreen chevron-rightnextCornelis Vreeswijk along with his spouse Bim. Press convention on the Golden Circle Stockholm the place the brand new Bellman file is introduced October 1971
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pullquote”There’s a melancholy on this previous pal for whom you wished issues would go so significantly better”
Was there something that stunned you whereas making the movie?
– Sure, I’m fascinated by how affected folks nonetheless are by Cornelis. How emotional it’s to speak about him. And there’s a melancholy on this previous pal for whom you wished issues would go so significantly better.
Episode one among “Some stroll with damaged footwear” is broadcast on Friday in SVT2 at 20.00 and on SVT Play.
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full display Cornelis Vreeswijk Photograph: Bengt H. MalmqvistFACTS
That is me
Identify: Magnus Gertten.
Age: 70.
Household: And.
Bor: Malmö.
Occupation: Documentary filmmaker.
Present: His documentary “Some stroll with damaged footwear” premieres tonight, divided into two episodes.
What are you watching on TV proper now? “Ripley” on Netflix and Rapport. I’m so touched by the information growth and continually sick to my abdomen from the information growth in Ukraine. Then possibly I get a abdomen ache from different Swedish situations. However it’s even worse there in Ukraine.
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