Norway, the land of our ancenstors.
I know very little about Norway, but the few things I know, I like.
So, what do I know? Two things.
1. Our current guest artist, Alexander Dawson has some serious Norwegian heritage.
2. A great movie came from there called 'Reprise'.
The movie did two great things. 1. It made me laugh and cry. (I'm counting both expressions of emotion as one thing) 2. It reminded me of a great dance like it's 1999 sort of song by LeTigre called 'Deceptacon'.
The laughing and the crying happened for two reasons. 1. Sometimes, I felt happy. For example, well, I can't tell an example because it will spoil the movie for you. 2. Sometimes, I felt sad. Again, don't want to spoil it for you.
Directed by a young guy named, Joachim Trier, it's been called the 'best Norwegian Film in years. . .' I suppose that means people agree with me. See it. Appreciate the party scene (images below). Appreciate this group of young guys. Then listen to Le Tigre.
Comments
I agree that Reprise was an amazing film. It was unexpectedly funny at the right moments and still harbored a sense of reality, that the characters were real and what took place could actually happen. And I particularly enjoyed not knowing if it was in sub-titles at the beginning, and trying to acclimate my ears to the chewing of the Norwegian language was quite humorous.
Posted by: Ben | January 5, 2009 03:58 PM