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"Livets Dans"

August 22, 2008, 7:30 PM
Bethel Lutheran Church,
3839 W. Frontage Road, Palatine, Illinois
Hospitality Room -- lower level.

The film,"Livets Dans", is about the world famous painter Edvard Munch, about the life he lived and painted. The film is based upon important events in Munch's life that may reveal who he was, and how his art was influenced by the life he lived.
The film attempts to capture Edvard Munch's diversity and dilemmas, to find connections between the events of his childhood and youth, his art and his adult life.
We follow in his footsteps from childhood to old age.

MUNCH FACTS

HOW DO YOU SAY "MUNCH"?

Do you know the correct pronunciation of Edvard Munch's last name? - I didn't.

While there can be slight variations based on who you talk to, it is basically pronounced "MUENK".

EDVARD MUNCH-- A movie.
I just finished watching the film Edvard Munch by Peter Watkins and am still trying to put together words to describe the movie, probably in a "movie report" in Skjold News. The DVD version had been edited down to about 3 hours from its original running time. Watching the movie you can start to see how the path of his life affected his art.--JMS

A temporary Page:

Welcome to our "Munch of the Month" page.

Starting in January, 2008, we feature different paintings each month.

This month we feature "Anxiety"

We finish in December 2008:

There is so much information about Edvard Munch on the Internet that there really is no need for us to have our own page. After having 12 different monthly "Munch of the Month" paintings featured at our web site, we will delete our Edvard Munch page in January of 2009.

ANXIETY

The web site "www.edvardmunch.com" has categorized major areas of Munch's work. While we said earlier we would not include "The Scream" we changed our minds and included it, as it is part of the grouping referred to as "Anxiety". This way you get to compare the style and colors of "The Scream" to other paintings that convey the same feeling. The grouping actually included 5 paintings, the 5th, "Puberty", was that of a young girl which we did not include in our review.

Anxiety The Scream