absolutely flabbergasted !!! that's about sums up my feeling when I first saw this. This was probably the turning point movie for me in dwelling into Nordic films - and what a start.
I had to see it again. The blank expressions initially was distracting but in fact there's a lot of expression. The little waiting moments too and so is the dog!!! Now I'm writing from recollection from more than 10 years ago, so maybe somethings maybe amissed. But the feeling (especially of fleeting hope - the ending- in tough times) imprinted by tone and images are that strong!!! Then I started to try Icelandic film - first one was Cold Fever. Also Bent Hammer's films, and the likes of Green Butchers, the Bothersome Man... these are films of a different world almost. But somehow they speak much about loneliness, in a surreal realistic way.
Later on Aki came out with the 2nd and 3rd installments too in which there's another unforgettable funny scene in the Man Without a Past that is just as indelible.
This is not a real review but a more a look back to the stick in the sand marker on my starting point toward Nordic Cinema.
I had to see it again. The blank expressions initially was distracting but in fact there's a lot of expression. The little waiting moments too and so is the dog!!! Now I'm writing from recollection from more than 10 years ago, so maybe somethings maybe amissed. But the feeling (especially of fleeting hope - the ending- in tough times) imprinted by tone and images are that strong!!! Then I started to try Icelandic film - first one was Cold Fever. Also Bent Hammer's films, and the likes of Green Butchers, the Bothersome Man... these are films of a different world almost. But somehow they speak much about loneliness, in a surreal realistic way.
Later on Aki came out with the 2nd and 3rd installments too in which there's another unforgettable funny scene in the Man Without a Past that is just as indelible.
This is not a real review but a more a look back to the stick in the sand marker on my starting point toward Nordic Cinema.