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The Face or The Magician

posted 18 years ago by kurosawa176
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can you please tell me the english translate to the Swedish word Ansiktet is it The Face or The Magician? i think after watching the film it is the face it's meaningful than The Magician.
thanks.

[–] phelpsg1 18 years ago

Yes, ansikte is Swedish for 'face'. I don't know why they changed the title to "The Magician" in English.

[–] barryriley-1 18 years ago

Probably because The Face is more obscure than The Magician. To my mind, The Face makes much more sense.

[–] Dantès 17 years ago

Plus, The Face doesn't sound as interesting and is less likely to attract viewers, I think.

This is my fave-rave Bergman movie and I think The Face makes more sense (I wrote a paper on it in University), but I can see why they went with this title instead.

[–] mac_alain 17 years ago

Plus, "The Face" doesn't sound as interesting and is less likely to attract viewers, I think.

That's marketing for you.

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

It's probably marketing, but then again, I think "The Face" would have been a great title for Bergman's "Persona" also. And if this were titled "The Face" it might confuse viewers with John Cassavetes' 1968 film "Faces." Or not.

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[–] jukess 17 years ago

It's "Faces". I agree--Faces is a much more evocative title.

[–] fearnotofman 13 years ago

No, Ansiktet translates as The Face. Ansikten translates as Faces.

The root word is ansikte, which means face. Add a t at the end, and it adds the article "the." Add an n at the end, and it makes it plural.

[–] jukess 17 years ago

It's "Faces". I agree--Faces is a much more evocative title.

[–] MisterBix 16 years ago

But do you think Faces is a much more evocative title?

[–] MudFlapp 15 years ago

There is also a Casavatte's movie called "Faces". Maybe that is why...
There is also the question of why 1963-High And Low isn't the translation of Heaven and Hell.....

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