The oscillation between the calm of this being one story among many, merely one link in a long chain of lives, and the very concrete, time-stamped search for identity by the heroine is beautifully constructed in Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person In The World (Verdens Verste Menneske), co-written with longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt.
The two have teamed up to present at Film at Lincoln Center Joachim Trier: The Oslo Trilogy and nine films selected by them to screen, including Martin Scorsese’s The Age Of Innocence; John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club; Agnès Varda’s Cléo From 5 To 7; Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima Mon Amour; Arnaud Desplechin’s My Sex Life… or How I Got Into An Argument, and George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story....
The two have teamed up to present at Film at Lincoln Center Joachim Trier: The Oslo Trilogy and nine films selected by them to screen, including Martin Scorsese’s The Age Of Innocence; John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club; Agnès Varda’s Cléo From 5 To 7; Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima Mon Amour; Arnaud Desplechin’s My Sex Life… or How I Got Into An Argument, and George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story....
- 1/30/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
On the Return to Montauk set with Volker Schlöndorff, Nina Hoss (his Barefoot Contessa), and Bronagh Gallagher at Lincoln Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Konrad Wolf’s I Was Nineteen (Ich War Neunzehn) co-written with Wolfgang Kohlhaase; Marlen Khutsiev’s It Was In May (Byl Mesyats May) starring Pyotr Todorovskiy; Louis Malle's The Fire Within (Le Feu Follet) based on the novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle with Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau and Alexandra Stewart; Joseph Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart; Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terribles, adapted from Jean Cocteau’s novel with Nicole Stéphane and Édouard Dermit; and Fritz Lang's Spies (Spione) featuring Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Gerda Maurus, are the six films selected by Volker Schlöndorff as Guest Director of the 43rd Telluride Film Festival.
Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point was one of Alexander Payne's picks in 2009 Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Alexander Payne,...
Konrad Wolf’s I Was Nineteen (Ich War Neunzehn) co-written with Wolfgang Kohlhaase; Marlen Khutsiev’s It Was In May (Byl Mesyats May) starring Pyotr Todorovskiy; Louis Malle's The Fire Within (Le Feu Follet) based on the novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle with Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau and Alexandra Stewart; Joseph Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart; Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terribles, adapted from Jean Cocteau’s novel with Nicole Stéphane and Édouard Dermit; and Fritz Lang's Spies (Spione) featuring Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Gerda Maurus, are the six films selected by Volker Schlöndorff as Guest Director of the 43rd Telluride Film Festival.
Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point was one of Alexander Payne's picks in 2009 Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Alexander Payne,...
- 9/1/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Louder Than Bombs
Director: Joachim Trier // Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
With only two features under his belt, Norwegian director Joachim Trier remains at the forefront of notable upcoming directors, his 2006 debut Reprise snagging him Best Director at its Karlovy Vary premiere, beginning a notable festival circuit tour before snagging Us distribution. In 2011, Trier reunited with screenwriter Eskil Vogt for an adaptation of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s novel Le feu follet, relocated to Norway and titled Oslo, August 31st, which also starred lead Anders Danielson Lie (check out our video interview with the filmmaker). Trier’s latest, Louder Than Bombs, is an international coproduction and his English language debut, a project announcing its leads Isabelle Huppert, Jesse Eisenberg and Gabriel Byrne back in 2013 when filming was supposed to take place in New York that fall. Initially unable to secure complete funding, the project was temporarily shelved, but would thankfully...
Director: Joachim Trier // Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
With only two features under his belt, Norwegian director Joachim Trier remains at the forefront of notable upcoming directors, his 2006 debut Reprise snagging him Best Director at its Karlovy Vary premiere, beginning a notable festival circuit tour before snagging Us distribution. In 2011, Trier reunited with screenwriter Eskil Vogt for an adaptation of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s novel Le feu follet, relocated to Norway and titled Oslo, August 31st, which also starred lead Anders Danielson Lie (check out our video interview with the filmmaker). Trier’s latest, Louder Than Bombs, is an international coproduction and his English language debut, a project announcing its leads Isabelle Huppert, Jesse Eisenberg and Gabriel Byrne back in 2013 when filming was supposed to take place in New York that fall. Initially unable to secure complete funding, the project was temporarily shelved, but would thankfully...
- 1/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Publishing house to launch book pitching event Shoot the Book at Cannes.
French publishing house Gallimard has launched a drive to ramp up its adaptation rights business both at home and abroad.
“We’re already very active but we want to becoming even more proactive in terms of presenting our catalogue to producers,” said Frédérique Massart, director of Gallimard’s audiovisual department, told ScreenDaily.
Recent adaptations from the Gallimard catalogue include Norwegian Joachim’s Trier’s Oslo, August 31st, based on Drieu La Rochelle’s tale of an ex-junkie Feu Follet, and Korean Bong Joon Ho’s post-apocalyptic ice age tale Snowpiercer, which was adapted from Jean-Marc Rochette and Benjamin Legrand’s graphic novel Transperceneige, originally published by Gallimard subsidiary Castermann.
As part of the drive the company and its subsidiary labels Mercure, Castermann, Futuropolis and Flammarion were out in force at Ile de France Film Commission’s Location Expo in Paris on Thursday with a new pitching...
French publishing house Gallimard has launched a drive to ramp up its adaptation rights business both at home and abroad.
“We’re already very active but we want to becoming even more proactive in terms of presenting our catalogue to producers,” said Frédérique Massart, director of Gallimard’s audiovisual department, told ScreenDaily.
Recent adaptations from the Gallimard catalogue include Norwegian Joachim’s Trier’s Oslo, August 31st, based on Drieu La Rochelle’s tale of an ex-junkie Feu Follet, and Korean Bong Joon Ho’s post-apocalyptic ice age tale Snowpiercer, which was adapted from Jean-Marc Rochette and Benjamin Legrand’s graphic novel Transperceneige, originally published by Gallimard subsidiary Castermann.
As part of the drive the company and its subsidiary labels Mercure, Castermann, Futuropolis and Flammarion were out in force at Ile de France Film Commission’s Location Expo in Paris on Thursday with a new pitching...
- 2/14/2014
- ScreenDaily
La's 17th annual City of Lights, City of Angels French film festival (Col*Coa) has given director Wes Anderson carte-blanche to program one of his favorite French films. No surprise here, Anderson's taste is impeccable: He has selected Louis Malle's 1963 lyrical depression drama "The Fire Within." The film is based on the novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, source material that also inspired last year's festival favorite "Oslo, August 31." It stars Maurice Ronet (also in Malle's "Elevator to the Gallows") and French New Wave legend Jeanne Moreau. (For more evidence of Anderson's cinephile leanings, check out his Top 10 for Criterion here.) Moreau is highlighted in another Col*Coa repertory pick for the upcoming 2013 fest, Jacques Demy's resplendent "Bay of Angels," about a duo of star-crossed lovers caught in the glittery world of Mediterranean casinos. It will screen in a restored 35mm print. The fest runs April 15-22. Info on screening dates,...
- 3/6/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
#30: Cloud Atlas
Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Written by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Cloud Atlas is essentially a patchwork of narratives thematically linked with minor coincidences and recurring symbolism. With six stories spanning several centuries, Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. As a parable of how we are all connected, each protagonist in Cloud Atlas wrestles with some form of oppression, based on either gender, age, race, sexual orientation, genetics and so on. In 1850, a young American lawyer sailing on a ship through the South Pacific is slowly being poisoned by a doctor who wants the treasure of gold he is hiding. In the 1930s, an inspiring composer follows his dreams while recounting his journey via love letters to his gay lover. A journalistic potboiler set...
Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Written by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Cloud Atlas is essentially a patchwork of narratives thematically linked with minor coincidences and recurring symbolism. With six stories spanning several centuries, Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. As a parable of how we are all connected, each protagonist in Cloud Atlas wrestles with some form of oppression, based on either gender, age, race, sexual orientation, genetics and so on. In 1850, a young American lawyer sailing on a ship through the South Pacific is slowly being poisoned by a doctor who wants the treasure of gold he is hiding. In the 1930s, an inspiring composer follows his dreams while recounting his journey via love letters to his gay lover. A journalistic potboiler set...
- 12/29/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Starting July 13th and running through September 2nd, prepare yourself to be transported to a summer vacation in France. All you have to do is check in at Tiff Cinematheque (350 King Street West, Toronto).
The 41-film sabbatical will make take you to popular and renowned destinations that include Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965), Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), and Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion (1937).
We’ll even be making stops at more remote, recherché locations, such as Jean Eustache’s The Mother and the Whore (1973) and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows (1969).
Remember to pack lightly, re-schedule accordingly, and prepare for the ultimate staycation. Bon voyage!
Screenings include:
La Grand Illusion (1937)
Friday July 13 at 6:00 Pm
Sunday July 22 at 7:30 Pm
117 minutes
Heralded as “one of the fifty best films in the history of cinema” by Time Out Film Guide, Jean Renoir...
The 41-film sabbatical will make take you to popular and renowned destinations that include Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965), Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (1959), and Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion (1937).
We’ll even be making stops at more remote, recherché locations, such as Jean Eustache’s The Mother and the Whore (1973) and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows (1969).
Remember to pack lightly, re-schedule accordingly, and prepare for the ultimate staycation. Bon voyage!
Screenings include:
La Grand Illusion (1937)
Friday July 13 at 6:00 Pm
Sunday July 22 at 7:30 Pm
117 minutes
Heralded as “one of the fifty best films in the history of cinema” by Time Out Film Guide, Jean Renoir...
- 7/2/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Director: Joachim Trier Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Anders Borchgrevink, Andreas Braaten, Malin Crépin, Petter Width Kristiansen The title of writer-director Joachim Trier's film -- Oslo, August 31st -- obviously sets the time and place for us, but the date and location are also quite integral to the meaning of the story. August 31st represents the end of the summer, the last natural breath of life before the inevitable decline towards death. It is a melancholic time for contemplation, thinking back about the frivolous fun of the summertime. While thinking of the past, Oslo represents a city with a long history that finds itself in a transitional moment of reconstruction and rebirth. The city is riddled with construction cranes and demolition sites, as the old is being torn down and new structures are constructed in their place.
- 5/26/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
(Oslo, August 31st is being distributed by Strand Releasing. It opens Friday in NYC at the IFC Center.)
Joachim Trier’s follow-up to his much-loved 2006 debut, Reprise, begins with an audio montage of voices sharing their memories of the titular city: “I remember taking the first dip in the Oslo fjord on the first of May.” “I don’t remember Oslo as such, its people I remember.” “We moved to the city. We felt extremely mature.’” On the screen, stationary shots of empty city streets are followed by home movies—children at play, friends enjoying each other’s company—then back to the streets as they fill with daytime bustle. Meanwhile, the voices continue: “I remember hours on trams, buses, the metro, walking along endless roads to some mythical party where you never knew whether you were invited or not.” “I remember how free I felt the first time I came to Oslo.
Joachim Trier’s follow-up to his much-loved 2006 debut, Reprise, begins with an audio montage of voices sharing their memories of the titular city: “I remember taking the first dip in the Oslo fjord on the first of May.” “I don’t remember Oslo as such, its people I remember.” “We moved to the city. We felt extremely mature.’” On the screen, stationary shots of empty city streets are followed by home movies—children at play, friends enjoying each other’s company—then back to the streets as they fill with daytime bustle. Meanwhile, the voices continue: “I remember hours on trams, buses, the metro, walking along endless roads to some mythical party where you never knew whether you were invited or not.” “I remember how free I felt the first time I came to Oslo.
- 5/24/2012
- by Nelson Kim
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie) is a thirty-four-year-old recovering drug addict. Soon to complete his rehabilitation in the countryside, he’s allowed to go into the city for a job interview. Using the opportunity to explore Oslo, he’s confronted by the ghosts of his troubled past.
Directed by Joachim Trier (whose 2006 debut, Reprise, made a splash in European markets and amongst critics), Oslo, August 31st opens with a series of individuals sharing their memories of the Norwegian capital city. They recall pleasant experiences with friends and family—a huge leap from the loneliness that follows. We don't see them onscreen, but hear their stories through voice-overs. They're disembodied fixtures in Anders's journey to adapt back into everyday life. Loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel "Le feau follet," the movie makes it a point that, despite his personal pains, August 31st is just another day for Oslo and its citizens.
Directed by Joachim Trier (whose 2006 debut, Reprise, made a splash in European markets and amongst critics), Oslo, August 31st opens with a series of individuals sharing their memories of the Norwegian capital city. They recall pleasant experiences with friends and family—a huge leap from the loneliness that follows. We don't see them onscreen, but hear their stories through voice-overs. They're disembodied fixtures in Anders's journey to adapt back into everyday life. Loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel "Le feau follet," the movie makes it a point that, despite his personal pains, August 31st is just another day for Oslo and its citizens.
- 5/23/2012
- by Mariusz Zubrowski
- JustPressPlay.net
This is a reprint of of our review from the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
It hasn't been a good one for the disaffected on the Croisette today. Lars Von Trier kicked things off with his Earth-destroying examination of the depths of depression in "Melancholia," and this afternoon, Joachim Trier unveiled his sophomore feature film "Oslo, August 31st." Delivered with more nuance than Von Trier, containing the sensitivity missed in that provocateur's film and powered by a strong lead performance by Anders Danielsen Lie, who is nearly every frame, "Oslo, August 31st" still succumbs to a romantically tragic conclusion that can't help but feel a little cliche.
Based very loosely on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s “Le feu follet” (which Louis Malle sourced for his 1963 film of the same name) the film opens with a gorgeous, elegiac montage of scenes from Oslo, with a voice over poetically describing the memories and moments...
It hasn't been a good one for the disaffected on the Croisette today. Lars Von Trier kicked things off with his Earth-destroying examination of the depths of depression in "Melancholia," and this afternoon, Joachim Trier unveiled his sophomore feature film "Oslo, August 31st." Delivered with more nuance than Von Trier, containing the sensitivity missed in that provocateur's film and powered by a strong lead performance by Anders Danielsen Lie, who is nearly every frame, "Oslo, August 31st" still succumbs to a romantically tragic conclusion that can't help but feel a little cliche.
Based very loosely on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s “Le feu follet” (which Louis Malle sourced for his 1963 film of the same name) the film opens with a gorgeous, elegiac montage of scenes from Oslo, with a voice over poetically describing the memories and moments...
- 5/23/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Spotlight section title Oslo, August 31st gained an acquisition deal prior to tomorrow’s launch of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Variety reported that the Norwegian drama from filmmaker Joachim Trier landed with the L.A.-based specialty distributor Strand Releasing, which announced a late spring platform release date for the movie. Trier co-wrote the script with Eskil Vogt, adapting Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s novel about a thirty-something, recovering addict named Anders battling his demons during a return trip to Oslo to see friends and interview for a new job. Trier’s debut feature Reprise was a festival hit prior to its art-house release in the U.S.
- 1/18/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Spotlight section title Oslo, August 31st gained an acquisition deal prior to tomorrow’s launch of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Variety reported that the Norwegian drama from filmmaker Joachim Trier landed with the L.A.-based specialty distributor Strand Releasing, which announced a late spring platform release date for the movie. Trier co-wrote the script with Eskil Vogt, adapting Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s novel about a thirty-something, recovering addict named Anders battling his demons during a return trip to Oslo to see friends and interview for a new job. Trier’s debut feature Reprise was a festival hit prior to its art-house release in the U.S.
- 1/18/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Spotlight section title Oslo, August 31st gained an acquisition deal prior to tomorrow’s launch of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Variety reported that the Norwegian drama from filmmaker Joachim Trier landed with the L.A.-based specialty distributor Strand Releasing, which announced a late spring platform release date for the movie. Trier co-wrote the script with Eskil Vogt, adapting Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s novel about a thirty-something, recovering addict named Anders battling his demons during a return trip to Oslo to see friends and interview for a new job. Trier’s debut feature Reprise was a festival hit prior to its art-house release in the U.S.
- 1/18/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
About a month ago, Christopher Stipp featured [1] the trailer for Oslo, August 31st in his The Week in Trailers column. But now that the film has been added [2] to the Sundance 2012 slate I expect that a few more people will want to give it a look. So here's a better quality version of the trailer Christopher posted; it outlines the story of Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie), an addict who has one day away from his rehab clinic to complete a job interview in Oslo and patch things up with friends in the city. The film, which is the second from Joachim Trier, premiered at Cannes this year, but the Sundance appearance will probably give it a bump. Check it out below. Note that this trailer is vaguely Nsfw due to very brief nudity. At first it seems like there really isn't much here to latch on to, but there's something...
- 12/21/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
In a few last-minute additions to the already fantastic Sundance Film Festival 2012, we get two big debuts and then a duo of films that have rode the festival circuit. The first is Predisposed (stills included), the directorial debut of Philip Dorling and from screenwriter Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia). We also have a midnight film that we’ve already seen the trailer for. Don Coscarelli‘s John Dies at the End stars Paul Giamatti and should be a perfect fit for that late-night line-up.
Rounding out the two international films, we have Oslo, August 31st, a drama we adored at Tiff (full review here) and from Joachim Trier, director of the much-praised Reprise. Lastly, a film we were mixed on at Cannes (full review here) will be playing at Park City. Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be the Place stars Sean Penn in drag on a search for an ex-Nazi war criminal.
Rounding out the two international films, we have Oslo, August 31st, a drama we adored at Tiff (full review here) and from Joachim Trier, director of the much-praised Reprise. Lastly, a film we were mixed on at Cannes (full review here) will be playing at Park City. Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be the Place stars Sean Penn in drag on a search for an ex-Nazi war criminal.
- 12/20/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
[1] We've already had the chance to ooh and ahh over most of the Sundance Film Festival 2012 slate earlier [2] this [3] month [4], but with weeks to go until the festival four latecomers have just been announced. There are a few last-minute additions every year; last year's [5] included Miranda July's The Future, while 2010's [6] included Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right. This year, we have the intriguingly titled sci-fi John Dies at the End; This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn as an aging rock star; Jesse Eisenberg and Melissa Leo's new comedy Predisposed; and the Norwegian drama Oslo, August 31st. Read the descriptions after the jump. Predisposed (Directors & Screenwriters: Philip Dorling, Ron Nyswaner) — Eli Smith, a piano prodigy, is dealing with his troubled mother and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically...
- 12/20/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Four titles have been added to the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Listed below, these films join latecomers in recent years like Miranda July‘s The Future and Lisa Cholodenko‘s The Kids Are All Right. We’re certain these filmmakers would be more than happy with just an ounce of the critical and box office praise those two films got (or any of this year’s Sundance entries for that matter).
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will take place Jan. 19-29. Find all the previous news so far on the fest here.
Premieres
Predisposed / U.S.A. (Directors & Screenwriters: Philip Dorling, Ron Nyswaner) — Eli Smith, a piano prodigy, is dealing with his troubled mother and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically out of control as this gang of misfits faces the mistakes of the past, the challenges of the future,...
Listed below, these films join latecomers in recent years like Miranda July‘s The Future and Lisa Cholodenko‘s The Kids Are All Right. We’re certain these filmmakers would be more than happy with just an ounce of the critical and box office praise those two films got (or any of this year’s Sundance entries for that matter).
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will take place Jan. 19-29. Find all the previous news so far on the fest here.
Premieres
Predisposed / U.S.A. (Directors & Screenwriters: Philip Dorling, Ron Nyswaner) — Eli Smith, a piano prodigy, is dealing with his troubled mother and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically out of control as this gang of misfits faces the mistakes of the past, the challenges of the future,...
- 12/19/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Joachim Trier's film is based on the same 1931 French novel by Pierre-Eugène Drieu la Rochelle (the complex intellectual and Nazi sympathiser who committed suicide in 1945) that inspired Louis Malle's first fully accomplished film, Le feu follet. Malle's 30-year-old alcoholic upper-class hero revisits his life and old friends before committing suicide in Paris. In Oslo, August 31st, the Norwegian central character, Anders, is a drug addict from a similar background who makes his quietus after a day in the national capital. It's a cold, detached, very Scandinavian film, neither as sharp nor as oddly exhilarating as Malle's.
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- 11/6/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
A superb Norwegian film about a junkie spending a day outside the rehab centre, ballasted by an excellent central performance
An intelligent and resonant work from Norwegian director Joachim Trier, a movie that yields up its meanings and implications slowly. It is loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's 1931 novel Le Feu Follet, filmed before by Louis Malle. This is one day in the life of Anders, played by Anders Danielsen Lie; he is a thirtysomething heroin addict in a rehab centre outside Oslo. He appears to have made progress and has just been permitted an evening outside the unit followed by a whole day on his own in the city. But the film begins with a grim revelation about Anders's state of mind: is this the first day of the rest of his life? Or are these his final 24 hours; is he a dead man walking? Danielsen Lie...
An intelligent and resonant work from Norwegian director Joachim Trier, a movie that yields up its meanings and implications slowly. It is loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's 1931 novel Le Feu Follet, filmed before by Louis Malle. This is one day in the life of Anders, played by Anders Danielsen Lie; he is a thirtysomething heroin addict in a rehab centre outside Oslo. He appears to have made progress and has just been permitted an evening outside the unit followed by a whole day on his own in the city. But the film begins with a grim revelation about Anders's state of mind: is this the first day of the rest of his life? Or are these his final 24 hours; is he a dead man walking? Danielsen Lie...
- 11/4/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
David here, reporting from the final week of the London Film Festival. If there's one name guaranteed to grab my attention, it's...
The sight of Madonna's name heading up movie credits is a slightly surreal one, and it's difficult to imagine the icon standing behind a camera, and so W.E.'s worst foible is an understandable one from such a deified person. Re-edited after a poor reception at previous festivals, there is a fair deal to admire here, but all those flashbulbs must have gone to her head, because the photography is stuffed with dramatically posed shots, as if its being filmed with a still camera. Yet it's in the camera work that the film digs up shards of emotional truth amongst the narrative cliches, suggesting that Madonna might prove a worthwhile director. When the camera moves, it does so with a defiant tactility, a visual sense alive with feeling and clarity.
The sight of Madonna's name heading up movie credits is a slightly surreal one, and it's difficult to imagine the icon standing behind a camera, and so W.E.'s worst foible is an understandable one from such a deified person. Re-edited after a poor reception at previous festivals, there is a fair deal to admire here, but all those flashbulbs must have gone to her head, because the photography is stuffed with dramatically posed shots, as if its being filmed with a still camera. Yet it's in the camera work that the film digs up shards of emotional truth amongst the narrative cliches, suggesting that Madonna might prove a worthwhile director. When the camera moves, it does so with a defiant tactility, a visual sense alive with feeling and clarity.
- 10/25/2011
- by Dave
- FilmExperience
Montreal’s Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma kicks off next week and as always, the festival brings a stellar lineup. We here at Sound On Sight are lucky enough to cover many of the other film festivals around the world which means many of us have already seen some of the great films included in this year’s program. Below is a list of ten films that come highly recommended from our staff. I’ll be posting a list of our ten most anticipated films soon, as well as we will have daily coverage, so make sure to bookmark our site.
10 -Oslo August 31st
Directed by Joachim Trier
Oslo, like Louis Malle’s acclaimed Le Feu Follet/The Fire Within (1963), is based on a novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. Trier’s challenge here is to make the Norwegian capital come alive in the same way that Paris did in Malle’s film.
10 -Oslo August 31st
Directed by Joachim Trier
Oslo, like Louis Malle’s acclaimed Le Feu Follet/The Fire Within (1963), is based on a novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. Trier’s challenge here is to make the Norwegian capital come alive in the same way that Paris did in Malle’s film.
- 10/6/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Oslo, August 31st
Directed by Joachim Trier
Screenplay by Joachim Trier
Norway, 2011
“I always thought happy people were morons,” says Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie), the hero of Joachim Trier’s witty but inevitably rather downbeat drama, Oslo, August 31st. No one could accuse Anders of being a moron, but after months holed up in a clinic, this 34-year-old drug addict definitely isn’t cured. When he leaves the scene of a one-night stand, Anders has what you might call a dry run at suicide – immersing himself in a lake with a large rock. Neither of these episodes leads us to believe that his future looks bright.
Oslo, like Louis Malle’s acclaimed Le Feu Follet/The Fire Within (1963), is based on a novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. Trier’s challenge here is to make the Norwegian capital come alive in the same way that Paris did in Malle’s film.
Directed by Joachim Trier
Screenplay by Joachim Trier
Norway, 2011
“I always thought happy people were morons,” says Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie), the hero of Joachim Trier’s witty but inevitably rather downbeat drama, Oslo, August 31st. No one could accuse Anders of being a moron, but after months holed up in a clinic, this 34-year-old drug addict definitely isn’t cured. When he leaves the scene of a one-night stand, Anders has what you might call a dry run at suicide – immersing himself in a lake with a large rock. Neither of these episodes leads us to believe that his future looks bright.
Oslo, like Louis Malle’s acclaimed Le Feu Follet/The Fire Within (1963), is based on a novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. Trier’s challenge here is to make the Norwegian capital come alive in the same way that Paris did in Malle’s film.
- 9/29/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
After ten days of watching nearly 70 films and conducting a handful of interviews, the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival has concluded. While we just hit our three-year anniversary, it was actually my fifth year at the festival and it remains one of my favorite experiences of the year. While it is more straight-to-business than something like Sundance, the breadth of films available is stunning.
We covered as much as possible from upcoming major releases to indies that may never get distribution here in the Us. I’ve rounded up everything below, starting off with our top favorites. Note that I didn’t include Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive since it is now in wide release, but it surely would have made the top 10 and you can read our review here. Click the titles of films to check out our full reviews.
The Best
50/50 (Jonathan Levine)
Drawing from a dark time in his own life,...
We covered as much as possible from upcoming major releases to indies that may never get distribution here in the Us. I’ve rounded up everything below, starting off with our top favorites. Note that I didn’t include Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive since it is now in wide release, but it surely would have made the top 10 and you can read our review here. Click the titles of films to check out our full reviews.
The Best
50/50 (Jonathan Levine)
Drawing from a dark time in his own life,...
- 9/22/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
For several people I talked to, my favorite film at Cannes became their favorite film at Toronto. Oslo, August 31 is Joachim Trier’s follow-up to his inspiring hit film, Reprise. That movie, a tale of youth and best friends and literature and longing and rock and roll, was smart, sophisticated and with an emotional arc like a great mix tape. It was also somewhat dazzling in its montage, using split-screen, freeze frames and a European post-punk soundtrack to make its story of young Norwegian literati one that felt like young adulthood everywhere. After several years working on a larger-scale American picture that Trier hopes will go next year, the director decided to quickly make another feature. Oslo August 31 is a melancholic and deeply empathetic portrait of a recovering heroin addict on his first weekend away from his half-way house and amidst regular society. Based on a 1931 novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle...
- 9/18/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Memory and nostalgia—these are the things Joachim Trier sought when creating his dark, hopeful and depressing love letter to his hometown. Rather than use that word, however, he made a point in his Q&A at the Toronto International Film Festival to call it the place he was born. Every city in the world is remembered by its citizens and ex-pats. They reminiscence about good times, how they felt, or how they miss it. The opening to Oslo, 31. august [Oslo, August 31st] is a collection of these tales—memories and recollections associated when hearing the city’s name. A montage of home videos and footage from some of Trier’s favorite Norwegian films set to the words of interviewees fondly looking back, we become set at ease awaiting a sweet story to unfold. But Trier and Eskil Vogt’s script, based on the novel Le feu follet by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle,...
- 9/11/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
This year's Toronto International Film Festival is ridiculously overloaded with new films from established directors. But the most exciting work I ran across in the first two days of the festival came from newcomers. At the top of the pile is Angelina Nikonova's remarkable debut Twilight Portrait, which premiered at Russia's Kinotavr festival in June, and went on to a slot in Venice Days. A scorched-earth portrait of Russian society that is almost as corrosive as Balabanov's Cargo 200, Twilight Portrait somehow also manages to evoke Hawks and Sternberg in the way that the traits of calm authority and detached composure pervades its universe. Nikonova's heroine (and the word feels right in this case), a middle-class social worker whose descent into hell begins with a broken heel on her shoe, exudes a sense of power but is born into a social world that allows her no power at all.
- 9/11/2011
- MUBI
It hasn't been a good one for the disaffected on the Croisette today. Lars Von Trier kicked things off with his Earth-destroying examination of the depths of depression in "Melancholia," and this afternoon, Joachim Trier unveiled his sophomore feature film "Oslo, August 31st." Delivered with more nuance than Von Trier, containing the sensitivity missed in that provocateur's film and powered by a strong lead performance by Anders Danielsen Lie, who is nearly every frame, "Oslo, August 31st" still succumbs to a romantically tragic conclusion that can't help but feel a little cliche. Based very loosely on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle’s…...
- 5/18/2011
- The Playlist
One of the films that will be screening in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is director Joachim Trier‘s second film, Oslo, August 31st. This is the follow-up to his first feature, Reprise, which received heavy acclaim from critics when it made its way to America in 2008. It even made our own Dan Mecca’s top 10 of that year.
When your debut effort is highly lauded, making your second film is arguably one of the bigger challenges that a director will ever face; if it’s a disappointment, you might be written off, but if it delivers, people start to really take notice.
If Trier succeeds or fails with Oslo is anybody’s guess, and we’ll know about only a month from now, but in the meantime there’s pictures and a plot synopsis for those curious enough about the film. They come from MatchFactory and...
When your debut effort is highly lauded, making your second film is arguably one of the bigger challenges that a director will ever face; if it’s a disappointment, you might be written off, but if it delivers, people start to really take notice.
If Trier succeeds or fails with Oslo is anybody’s guess, and we’ll know about only a month from now, but in the meantime there’s pictures and a plot synopsis for those curious enough about the film. They come from MatchFactory and...
- 4/15/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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