Aged Eli?

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Re: Aged Eli?

Post by BurgerPrince » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:22 pm

metoo wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:21 pm
The Swedish verb försvinna (imperative försvinn!) was actually borrowed from German in the middle ages.

The pronunciation still is sufficiently similar that a speaker of one of the languages would easily understand it if uttered in the other one.
Another interesting cognate is Gewehr and gevär (rifle).
...But if you meet a friendly horse, will you communicate by Morse?

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Re: Aged Eli?

Post by metoo » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:02 pm

But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Re: Aged Eli?

Post by AntoNorbert » Sat Mar 20, 2021 6:46 pm

Another interesting example (because of the film and novella) is "gräns" and "Grenze".

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Re: Aged Eli?

Post by dongregg » Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:53 pm

Good to meet you, AntorNorbert!
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Re: Aged Eli?

Post by Jessy7217 » Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:55 am

sauvin wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:03 pm
In the basement scene where Eli appears as an older version of herself, I don't think that's Leandersson on the floor with an older face digitally superimposed. I think it's the older actress herself.
Siggdalos wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:38 pm
I rewatched the scene and it seems I stand corrected. I always assumed it was at least Lina's body in both the "Gå" and "Försvinn" shots, but I never noticed how much Eli's hands and pose change between the two shots. Guess I learned something new today. :)
Interesting... when I watch it again, later this morning, I'll have to pay close attention. I never noticed a difference in anything other than the face.

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Re: Aged Eli?

Post by Jessy7217 » Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:00 pm

BurgerPrince wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:11 pm
Jameron wrote:
Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:42 pm

Never noticed that about the basement scene. I always thought Lina had some kind of makeup on during the "be me" shot. Oskar compares a starving Eli to a Holocaust survivor in the book. I always thought Eli looked older after dropping the Rubik's cube. Recently, I learned that the filmmakers used CGI to alter her face during different stages of hunger:

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I can't find any pictures of Susanne Ruben.
I read about that. That his eyes were made bigger. I hadn't known other changes were made that way, as well. I like how his face changes, to show the different states.

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