Bo Arne Vibenius (born 29 March 1943) is a Swedish

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, most famous for his

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classics '' Breaking Point'' and ''

Thriller – A Cruel Picture ''Thriller – A Cruel Picture'' () is a 1973 Swedish rape-and-revenge exploitation film written and directed by Bo Arne Vibenius under the pseudonym Alex Fridolinski, and starring Christina Lindberg and Heinz Hopf. It tells the story of a mute ...

'' (Swedish: ''Thriller – en grym film''). The latter served as an influence on

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when making his ''

Kill Bill ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' is a 2003 American martial arts action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who swears revenge on a group of assassins ( Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox and Michael ...

'' films and Tarantino has called it "the roughest revenge movie ever made."Daniel Ekeroth: SWEDISH SENSATIONSFILMS: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema, (Bazillion Points, 2011) .

Filmography

* ''Hur Marie träffade Fredrik'' (1969) * ''

'' (1973) * '' Breaking Point'' (1975)

References

External links

* * 1943 births Living people People from Solna Municipality Swedish film directors {{Sweden-film-director-stub