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The hit TV show
Put simply, the hunt for the killer of Nanna Birk Larsen rejigs everything you expect about snoozesome murdery-mystery TV. Over 20 dimly-lit, subtitled hours, The Killing's plot simmers, startles and slowly unravels, as cops Sarah Lund and Jan Meyer pace Copenhagen's streets. They interview, re-interview, then thrice harangue witnesses, each time gleaning fresh "truths". We observe Nanna's mourners make mental headway with shock, anger, bargaining, depression. Lund's obsession with catching this grim, meticulous murderer, giving closure to Nanna's parents, becomes our obsession, too.
I love Lund; she's the sort of better woman I dream to be, shunting her love life, parenting-guilt and planned move to Sweden into the "Emotional crap to deal with" pile as she bids to change Denmark for the greater good.
The hit TV show
Put simply, the hunt for the killer of Nanna Birk Larsen rejigs everything you expect about snoozesome murdery-mystery TV. Over 20 dimly-lit, subtitled hours, The Killing's plot simmers, startles and slowly unravels, as cops Sarah Lund and Jan Meyer pace Copenhagen's streets. They interview, re-interview, then thrice harangue witnesses, each time gleaning fresh "truths". We observe Nanna's mourners make mental headway with shock, anger, bargaining, depression. Lund's obsession with catching this grim, meticulous murderer, giving closure to Nanna's parents, becomes our obsession, too.
I love Lund; she's the sort of better woman I dream to be, shunting her love life, parenting-guilt and planned move to Sweden into the "Emotional crap to deal with" pile as she bids to change Denmark for the greater good.
- 3/19/2011
- by Grace Dent, Hannah Booth, Imogen Fox
- The Guardian - Film News
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