Tag Archives: Stieg Larsson

a remake worth being made, but … (Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo – Daniel Craig, 2011)

When I wrote about the Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo a few years ago I ended with a remark that I am concerned about the news of an American Hollywood version of the film. I still … Continue reading

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End of the Millennium (Film: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, 2009)

I did not see yet the American remake version of the first series in the ‘Millennium’ adaptation.  I am hearing good things about it, but frankly speaking I enjoyed so much the Swedish version that I am a little bit … Continue reading

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Film: The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)

With a new director (Daniel Alfredson) taking charge of the second film in the Scandinavian version Millennium series, The Girl Whi Played with Fire is not at all a disappointment but is less striking and less memorable than the first … Continue reading

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Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Stieg Larsson was an interesting character, worth a novel or a movie by himself. A journalist and a writer of science-fiction, a left-winger who spent part of his youth training guerrillas in Eritrea, he wrote three crime novels as a … Continue reading

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