45. "I'll second kurly on that" In response to Reply # 31
DO IT
although I admit I can't watch Muriel's Wedding again. I saw it when it was in theatres, and I loved it, but there were a couple of moments in it that hurt my heart, and I can't sign up for that again.
It's like it's hysterically funny in places and just heartbreakingly sad in others. Which is brilliant, don't get me wrong.
4. "and Italian for Beginners" In response to Reply # 0
directed by the woman who directed and co-wrote Wilbur. She co-wrote Wilbur with Anders Thomas Jensen, or whatever the fuck his name is, who wrote & directed Green Butchers & Adam's Apples. So to get that progression you really need to include Italian for Beginners.
I think this was the first Danish film that I ever saw that I liked, all previous Danish films being Bergman (ugh).
It wasn't stupid and it wasn't merely funny but also heartfelt, and it really took me by surprise.
No Mads Mikkelsen, though. That's its only real failing.
12. "fuck man, I can't keep those dudes straight, lol" In response to Reply # 11
I thought that when I wrote it, and considered looking him up, and then was like, whatever, I *thought* he was Danish when I was seeing his movies, so it counts.
6. "okay, my pal who hated The Last Samurai?" In response to Reply # 5
We went to see Green Butchers together at my insistence, because I had seen it at the film festival earlier that year, and afterwards he asked me, "did you think that was *funny*?"
So okay. I'm just warning you.
He's a hard one to predict, though. He loved Goodbye Dragon Inn, which I wouldn't think was just anyone's cup of tea.
15. "Brothers and Green Butchers" In response to Reply # 7
That way, you got yer drama and your(dark)comedy.
Brothers was one of my top 3 films of last year. It stars Connie Nielsen, who's been in some American films and Nicolaj Lie Kaas, who's also in Green Butchers.
which features Mads's brother Lars in a creepy role.
I was trying to remember why, even though I loved Brothers, I don't love it as much as you do, and I realized it's because I saw it in the same week as King's Game, and King's Game blew me away.
26. "Well, I didn't mention King's Game because I haven't seen it yet." In response to Reply # 16
It hasn't been released on DVD here and a release date hasn't even been announced. Even eBay doesn't have it. I can get it from Amazon UK for roughly $30. Do you think I'll like it enough to pay that much for it blind?
47. "I'll make you a deal." In response to Reply # 26
Buy it and if you don't like it, I'll buy it from you. I like it that much, and I don't even have a DVD player, lol. But also, I'm that certain that you'll love it.
50. "Okay, it's a deal. lol" In response to Reply # 47
But when you do get a DVD player, it'll have to be region-free.
Actually, I could probably sell it quite easily on eBay, so I wouldn't hold you to buying it unless you really wanted it. :-)
>Buy it and if you don't like it, I'll buy it from you. I >like it that much, and I don't even have a DVD player, lol. >But also, I'm that certain that you'll love it.
8. "Denmark makes good movies..." In response to Reply # 0
...they have a lot of talent there. Their TV series are quite good too. Sweden just can't compare nowadays, you can count the number of good swedish movies being made in the latest years on one hand. I'm embarassed...
37. "I liked the first two Moodyson ones..." In response to Reply # 27
Fucking Εmεl/Show me love and Together. Outside of that, I think the Holm/herngren Woody Allen-rip-off movies are decent (don't know their english language names), Same with Fares Jalla, Jalla which was basically low-brow humour but pretty entertaining. Rolf Andersons "Songs from the secon d floor" got great reviews but I thought it was pretentious and boring, cool concept though. Outside of that, I don't like anything else at all, maybe I'm forgetting something...
19. "HA! like, that dogme 95 shit? has anyone seen "The Celebration?&quo..." In response to Reply # 0 Wed May-31-06 08:13 PM by dro
or "Festen" is i think its proper danish title.
but i was seriously just thinking about making a post on dogme 95.
we studied it in my film class last semester, where we watched a few clips of "Italian for Beginners" and the whole of Festen. That shit's crazy, especially the story of festen.
I'm not sure what to think of it. on the one hand, its kind of foolish that they have all these set rules for their filmmakers. On the other, it was kind of interesting stuff, although festen was a pretty weird movie. the fact that the kept letting dude back in was stupid. and the first time he went off on that shit, i was high and already laughing at the movie, i just lost it. out of left field.
so i can at least say i know what the fuck you're talking about. whether i'm a fan and am going to seek out other danish movies?
23. "I have the Green Butchers on my queue" In response to Reply # 0
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself had such an annoying trailer, with that quirky music and the voiceover guy they always have for quirky foreign or indie movies.
25. "Cause they 'talk funny,' and reading is for suckas." In response to Reply # 0 Wed May-31-06 10:30 PM by ZooTown74
That's right, I said it.
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Lars gets a "script consultant" or something mention in the credits of Wilbur, but I think he must have paid for it. I don't see a lot of his influence in it.
Brothers stars one of the actors that kurlyswirl & I adore and watch for in all our Danish films. That Nikolaj name name guy. He plays a dual role in Green Butchers. Watch for him. He has one of those extremely malleable faces, like Sonja Braga, that can be beautiful or awful or both, practically simultaneously.
44. "Jeg stolter posten, men filmerne kommer ikke til min by" In response to Reply # 0
So maybe I'll have to start a netflix account.
I have the original Pusher. I like it a lot, but I was *completely* unaware that they made three of them. I'll definitely have to peep that (among the others listed).
60. "Well, I can tell you about the first one..." In response to Reply # 52
It's some extremely memorable low-budget filmmaking. I don't even know how much they spent on it, but it was probably a couple month's grocery money or something. But because of that, it has a real candid feel. It's a pretty straight-forward crime movie, but it sticks out because the performances all seem very genuine and the filmmaking is obviously low-budget, and that aesthetic fits the slums of Copenhagen story great. It's amazing how interesting and exciting the movie is, especially when you consider how little actual money went into making it.
Plus I watch it a lot to remember my Danish, even if all they do is talk a lot of slang and cuss and swear (and all in a Copenhagen accent, those fuckers).
Most important line: "Du skylder mig penge, Franky."
57. "A few months ago....." In response to Reply # 0
.....I had an urge to rent some Danish/Scandinavian movies. But the problem was, i couldnt come up on any good titles. Havent been on the boards for a while so thats why im replying so late. But maybe you can recommend more flicks besides the ones youve already mentioned?
I do have the 1st Pusher-flick, but never took the time to watch it. Your post actually reminded me that I had it somewhere up in my room.....
58. "No, those are the only ones I've seen..." In response to Reply # 57 Mon Jun-05-06 01:05 PM by kurlyswirl
But maybe you can recommend more flicks besides the >ones youve already mentioned?
What, those and the ones janey mentioned aren't enough to get you started? lol
Allegro, the latest film from the director of Reconstruction, is screening at SIFF but I opted to skip it due to lukewarm reviews and time constraints.
I'd planned to see Terkel in Trouble, billed as the first CGI animated film out of Denmark, but ended up blowing it off. I'm trying to download a torrent of it, but it's been slow going.
>I do have the 1st Pusher-flick, but never took the time to >watch it. Your post actually reminded me that I had it >somewhere up in my room.....
59. "RE: No, those are the only ones I've seen..." In response to Reply # 58
>What, those and the ones janey mentioned aren't enough to get >you started? lol
Well I usually google all of those titles, pick the most intereting ones out of the whole bunch and hope they got em at the videostore. Thats why I was curious about more...moore...moooooooooore lol
64. "I saw 10 minutes of Reconstruction the other day" In response to Reply # 63
had to run out of the house, but it made me want to watch that flick. That Nikolaj dude from Brothers was in it, the scene I saw really struck a nerve with me for some reason (he was in a bar,then followed this girl in the metro)
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67. "Even though I just bumped it 3 days ago? ;-)" In response to Reply # 66
>...given that I'm a dane myself. I can't believe the lot of >you know about all these movies, lol.
Film festivals are a beautiful thing.
> >Seriously though, I recommend these 2 movies: >http://imdb.com/title/tt0418455/ (Adams Ζbler - Adam's apples) >and http://imdb.com/title/tt0457655/ (Efter Brylluppet - after >the wedding) > >Both features Mads Mikkelsen, and both received lots of >critical praise when they were originally released.
I was just on IMDb.com last night, looking at Mads's listing and I saw After The Wedding. I'm a fan of Susanne Bier's work, so I'd love to see it. Too bad it hasn't been released here yet. I checked the release dates and there's nothing for the US. I expect it'll show up at next year's SIFF.
Adam's Apples is great. (I mentioned it in my original post.)
I started watching Flickering Lights last night and I'll finish it later tonight. I'll post some thoughts afterward.
68. "RE: Even though I just bumped it 3 days ago? ;-)" In response to Reply # 67
>I started watching Flickering Lights last night and I'll >finish it later tonight. I'll post some thoughts afterward.
Flickering lights is a great movie, but the humour is also very Danish, so the reception hasn't always been too great outside these borders. Arne (Mads) is fucking hilarious in the movie, though.
If you want to watch something that most people here consider classic, you should look up a tv-show called 'Riget'. I have no clue if it's available in the US, but it is definitely worth looking up.
Stephen King later tried to write his own adaption of the show, but apparently it blew hard. regardless, if possible, see if you can find this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108906/
Mind you, the original IS Lars Von Trier, which you don't seem to interested in, but it's still some of his most accessable work. No idea if it'll translate well however.
Another movie that later was translated to the american bigscreen was nattevagten (Nightwatch). I hear that this movie sucked, also, because it was incredible predictable, but the original has the viewer sitting on the edge of the seat throughout the entire movie. (take a look here, I guess http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110631/ )
72. "Riget is kinda hard to track down in the States" In response to Reply # 68
I've found a few specialty shops that carry it along with a ton of other stuff you need regionless for, but the original Danish show hasn't been released in Region 1, I don't believe.
All *I* know about that show is that I used to watch when I was learning Danish, and it freaked me THE FUCK OUT because it made NO FUCKING SENSE what was happening, and then to top things off there's that stupid Swedish doctor who they didn't bother to sub-title, which just confused me even more. The few things I did understand were just fucking weird, anyway...
69. ""The Green Butchers" sucks." In response to Reply # 0
The only redeeming factor to that film was that I thought the guy with the shaved head was sorta hot.
With that said, Lars von Trier is one of my favorite contemporary directors and I don't see anyone coming out of Denmark that could possibly compete with him.
70. "I'm sorry to hear that." In response to Reply # 69
>The only redeeming factor to that film was that I thought the >guy with the shaved head was sorta hot.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas. Yeah, he's unconventionally sexy. If you thought he looked good in Green Butchers, you need to check out Reconstruction and Brothers.
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