Death visited me this morning. We are playing chess together.

Döden besökte mig i morse. Vi spelar schack tillsammans.

The Seventh Seal

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Grim reaper Death Chess

Speaker

Antonius Block

Actor

Max von Sydow

Source

The Seventh Seal

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama

Language

Swedish

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.

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Francis Bacon
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Of Death Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
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Language
English
Time
1625 1620s 17th century
Era
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Bacon, Francis. "Of Death." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Death." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket.

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Time
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"Bad Dreams." The Wire, written by David Simon and George Pelecanos and Joy Kecken, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, season 2, episode 11, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2003.