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World of Glory
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Wikipedia article
'World of Glory' is a 1991 Swedish short film written and directed by Roy Andersson. Its original Swedish title is 'Hrlig r jorden', which means "Lovely is the Earth", and is the Swedish title of the hymn "Fairest Lord Jesus". The narrative portrays a man in white make-up who guides the viewer through his life in a bleakly stylised world, beginning with a scene with soldiers loading nude adults and children into a gas van for execution. The film was Andersson's critical comeback to cinema, after many years in advertising.
Production
In 1975, Andersson's critical and commercial failure 'Giliap' had forced him to disappear from the cinema scene and instead work as a director of advertisements. Several of his commercials eventually gained critical acclaim for their idiosyncratic style. Andersson said it was the Polish director Krzysztof Kielowski who finally made him regain faith in cinema and return to filmmaking. 'World of Glory' was commissioned by the Gothenburg Film Festival as an entry for a short-film series called '90 minuter 90-tal' ("90 minutes 90s"). The budget was four million kronor.
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