Andra takter (1985)

Sixten är punkare och spelar i bandet Anti-Cimex. Filmen följer honom och hans vänner - unga människor som inte vill leva det vanliga Svensson-livet, de vill festa och protestera mot svensk vapenexport.

Swedish film about punk culture and the band Anti-Cimex. The film follows Sixten and his friends, young people who will not live the orginary suburban life, and will party and protest against the Swedish weapons industry.

Ort

Göteborg

Längd

27 minuter

Medverkande

Sixten Andersson, Marie-Louise Waldestam, Subhumans, Peter and the Testtube Babies

Regi

Benny Frick

Manus

Benny Frick

Foto

PeO Olsson

Musik

Anti-Cimex

Producent

Benny Frick

Rättigheter

Tenfilm

Produktionsbolag

Frick Film

Produktionsland

Sverige

Utgångsmaterial

16 mm, normalbild (1,37:1), optisk mono, färg

Arkiv

Svenska Filminstitutet Läs mer om filmen i Svensk Filmdatabas

Musik delas ofta upp i kategorier och subkategorier. I slutet av sjuttiotalet exploderade punken i Sverige och övergick snart i postpunken, som inte var lika kompromisslös, men desto viktigare för svenskt musikliv på åttiotalet. Men det fanns de som höll sig kvar vid den hårda punkmusiken och mer anarkistiska livsideal. I Sverige kom en sådan kategori att kallas kängpunk och där brukar gruppen Anti-Cimex placeras. 

Detta är en kort bakgrund till musiken i Andra takter. Fast filmen handlar mindre om kängpunk och den svenska musikscenen på åttiotalet, och mer om två unga människor som inte kände sig bekväma med det vanliga Svensson-livet med arbete från åtta till fem. De ville inte arbeta, de ville festa och protestera mot svensk vapenexport. De ville åka till Jönköping och spela på en musikfestival, där bland andra det engelska bandet Peter and the Test Tube Babies stod på scen. 

Att frivilligt ställa sig utanför, att med dagens terminologi vara del av utanförskapet, var vid den tiden och i den miljön inte nödvändigtvis något negativt, ibland till och med ideologiskt förankrat. Rädslan för det vanliga knegarlivet och viljan att revoltera mot den äldre generationen är återkommande i andra svenska skildringar av punken, som Stig Larssons halvtimmesdokumentär Punkrock från 1978 och Johan Donners Ebba-the movie om punkbandet Ebba Grön

The Swedish Theory of Love (2015)

This documentary from 2015 by Erik Gandini (Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers, Videocracy) examines the social and political landscape of Sweden in terms of relationships, family and love. (There are precoded English subtitles available by clicking the CC button in the bottom left corner). The implications of such basic social elements as attachment and interaction with other people are probably obvious. 

I have lived in Sweden for 20 years and am still continually surprised by the society. It is a culture of contradictions. On the one hand incredibly individualistic and with remarkably high degrees of personal freedom and choice. But on the other hand, it is totally conformist and always struggling for a homogeneity that seems to be slightly out of reach or pragmatically impossible. It is a segregated society, built along deepening ethnic and more recently economic fault lines, but at the same time social mobility is more available than in any other country I have encountered, with free education, high standards of housing and well paid jobs in a unionised workforce. It is a supremely psychological culture, by which I mean discourse is performed according to an established set of ideas, but there is little room for sarcasm, surrealist humour or satire (parody is the norm when it comes to humour). In many countries one could say the norms and proclivities of hegemonic culture are based on a consensus enforced by media, education and public opinion. But in Sweden there are few alternatives. Ideas are accepted and distributed or shared according to a very stable hierarchy of knowledge. An example that still makes me smile is how news broadcasts are often accompanied by an 'expert' who explains the rapport as part of the news. Analysis of social and political issues is conducted from the top down, and the vast majority of people do not question it. 

Everything from sexuality to political dissent is organised by the State. For example RFSU - Riksförbundet för sexuell upplysning (The National Association for Sexual Enlightenment) is just one of many organisations that is state sponsored and devoted to organising the intimate lives of Swedish citizens via a complex network of media and educational channels. The annual Pride festival is also managed and financed by RFSU. In one sense the work of RFSU is very progressive, and personally I support it. But there is no alternative. Revolutionär Pride Stockholm and Anarchopride are two examples of recent attempts to radicalise Pride and move it away from the 'Pink Washing' commercialisation and political photo opportunity is has become. But any questioning of the official discourse in Sweden is shut down very quickly by an activation of a carefully controlled public opinion. I believe this level of manufactured consent and crafted public opinion comes from the same forces described in "The Swedish Theory of Love". 

You can click through to the events page for the 2020 Revolutionär Pride

The Antifascists (Full Film 2017)

A low-intensity war is being fought on the streets of Europe and the aim is on fascism. This critically acclaimed documentary takes us behind the masks of the militants called antifascists.

In 2013 a group of armed nazis attacks a peaceful demonstration in Stockholm where several people are injured. In Greece the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn becomes the third largest in the election and in Malmö the activist Showan Shattak and his friends are attacked by a group of nazis with knives and he ends up in a coma.

In this portrait of the antifascists in Greece and Sweden we get to meet key figures that explain their view on their radical politics but also to question the level their own violence and militancy.

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Refused are Fucking Dead

When the cops finally forced their way through the crowd at the very last Refused show, it seemed a fitting end to a story of revolutionary romanticism and merry rebellion. Refused was the greatest promise punk rock was making. Was that promise of redemption fulfilled in this act of repression or was it just another installation in the neverending soap opera of authority vs. kids? In this undaunred documentary, Refused guitarist Kristofer Steen retraces the steps of how punk rock's brave new sound forged it's way through the swamps and swill on their last campaign in Europe and America, rushing like mad dogs to meet with their inevitable doom. This documentry chronicles there last days as a band.

Refused is a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå, formed in 1991. In total the band released five EPs and three albums, before splitting up in 1998.

A Conversation with Ingmar Bergman (1971)

Cavett’s wide-ranging, 60 minute interview comes in six parts. Part 1 appears above. The remaining clips are here: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6.

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪŋmar ˈbærjman] ( listen); 14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential film directors of all time.

A Taste of Contemporary Swedish Pop

While I slave away at the thesis construction I have been keeping myself from the pit of desperation by listening to music. One genre that is totally suitable to the writing of a PhD thesis is the pop that is coming out of the West Coast of Sweden at the moment. Here is a taste of it.


Little Dragon - A New (From their Album "Machine Dreams")


José González 'Crosses'


Anna von Hausswolff "Track of Time"


Wildbirds and Peacedrums "My Heart"

As well, while not West Coast, the sound of Fever Ray is worth including in this small collection as it resonates with many of the same so-Sweden sounds I think.


Fever Ray: When I Grow Up

The Swedish Mountains and the Men who Ride Them

Kebnekajse - Leksands Skänklåt (Live Nyhetsmorgon 2009)


Fläsket Brinner - Gånglåten
Swedish radio recordings 1970-75 Just The Music!


Träd Gräs och Stenar - Sanningens Silverflod


Pärson Sound - "Milano" (1969)


Archimedes Badkar - Wago Goreze (Edit)
From"Badrock For Barn I Alla Aldar"(1st / 1975) "Archimedes Badkar" was formed in Stockholm in 1972.