Post by Grubb
Laurie Anderson’s musings about pilgrimages notwithstanding, I knew where today’s pilgrimage would end up.
The film studio facilities in Råsunda, Solna on the outskirts of Stockholm were built in 1920 and subsequently more than 400 Swedish films were shot there. Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” was shot in the studio and the surrounding countryside. So on the metro ride to the stop where the studio is located, it was only fitting that we looked up and saw this figure riding with us on the train.
At the studio the making of “The Seventh Seal” is commemorated with a statue.
And Garbo, who made her first films there, has a street named after her.
The studio which is no longer in operation now houses administrative offices and an Odeon movie theater.
The farms that were used for the shooting of “The Seventh Seal” are gone, but the neighborhood is still peaceful.
