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Possible inspiration for 'The End of a Love Affair'?

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 10:06 pm
by RobB
Last night I was watching the excellent Neil Jordan directed film 'The End of the Affair' (starring Ralph Fiennes,Julianna Moore & Stephen Rea) on dvd and its made me wonder if seeing this film inspired Stina to write 'The End of a Love Affair'?

Obviously the titles are very similar but it struck me that this could be a film that Stina would enjoy watching.

Filmed in 1999, it was released in the UK on 11th February 2000 and in Sweden on 10th March 2000.

The song would have been recorded before September 2002, when The World Is Saved album was mixed.

Could Stina have seen the film which then inspired her to write the song?

Re: Possible inspiration for 'The End of a Love Affair'?

Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:50 am
by sound world
Presumably based on the Graham Greene novel which she could have read at any time prior to 2002...

Re: Possible inspiration for 'The End of a Love Affair'?

Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:09 pm
by RobB
sound world wrote:Presumably based on the Graham Greene novel which she could have read at any time prior to 2002...
That's correct although I've always seen Stina as more of a film person than a book person. No idea why though. :mrgreen: