![]() ![]() ![]() He says it would be irresponsible to bring a child into the world, the world being what it is. But Evald does not and it is the reason he gives, combined with his manner of giving it, that I can never forget from that screening. One in particular stands out: it is the flashback about two-thirds of the way through where the married couple Evald (Gunnar Björnstrand) and Marianne (Ingrid Thulin) sit in their motorcar in the rain arguing about whether and how to start a family. Though thirteen-year-olds, by definition, don’t know much about life, many scenes in this very adult film caught my imagination. The screening took place in a film club in the remote wilds of Yorkshire, organized and programmed by kind Father Augustine. The movie left an indelible impression on me. No writer likes to think of himself as aging, but it is fifty years since, as a thirteen-year-old schoolboy, I first saw Wild Strawberries (1957). Ingmar Bergman, from Images: My Life in Films I was quite sure I was an unwanted child, growing out of a cold womb. ![]()
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A young traveller encounters a vagrant on the road who claims his tattoos come to life after dark and have the powers of prophecy. ![]() ![]() For Chang, chocolate is a life-long addiction, but more exciting are the insights it offers into post-industrial knowledge economies and while okra makes Southern gumbo heart-meltingly smooth, it also speaks of capitalism's entangled relationship with freedom and unfreedom. He uses histories behind familiar food items - where they come from, how they are cooked and consumed, what they mean to different cultures - to explore economic theory. ![]() In Edible Economics, Chang makes challenging economic ideas more palatable by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world. Just as eating a wide range of cuisines contributes to a more interesting and balanced diet, so too is it essential we listen to a variety of economic perspectives. 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