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As a fan of the "Millennium" Swedish TV miniseries, with a fantastic Noomi Rapace as the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo[a], I found this piece fascinating
by cs702 7y ago
As a fan of the "Millennium" Swedish TV miniseries, with a fantastic Noomi Rapace as the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo[a], I found this piece fascinating.
I knew very little about "Scandinavian Noir," and in fact didn't even think of it as a genre until reading the OP.
Now, I want to read the "Beck" novels and also watch its Swedish TV/film adaptions, if there are any.
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[a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_(miniseries) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_(miniseries)
-- In my humble opionion, the Swedish TV adaptations of Stieg Larsson's books are much better than the Hollywood movie adaptations, which tend to be much flashier and have more special effects but don't feel or bite quite as hard as the Swedish TV miniseries.
- drrotmos 7y ago”and also watch its Swedish TV/film adaptions, if there are any” There’s about 50 or so of them, of varying quality. Most (if not all) of them feature length.
- cs702 7y agoThanks. Any in particular that you can recommend?
- arnsholt 7y agoThose are more recent,and independent of the novels, but some of the original novels have been made into movies too. I'm not sure if all the novels have movies, but I particularly remember watching "The fire truck that disappeared" on TV as a kid.
- jkmcf 7y agohttps://watch.mhzchoice.com/beck https://watch.mhzchoice.com/beck I really miss MHz from when I lived in DC and it was carried by the local cable station. You can also signup for MHz through Amazon, too.
- cs702 7y agoThanks. The fact that Kristofer Hivju (best known as "Tormund" in Game of Thrones) is in the cast of Beck is a nice plus.