I mean, I like to think everyone around here knows that I like to watch a flick from time to time. I sure hope so, considering I just spent a decent bit of money going to Malmö to meet Lance Henriksen and buy some movie loot.
As for what I have seen recently, it's not much new, but I have a Swedish friend I kind of "trade" movies with when we hang. She shows me classic Swedish Stuff, I show her classic Danish stuff.
Last time we hung out, I showed her "Blinkende Lygter" (Flickering Lights) from 2000, a dark dramedy about four small time criminals who run off with a few Million they were sent to steal by their employer, and end up having tl hide out in the ramshackle ruins of a restaurant in the most rural parts of Jutland... And slowly start to decide to go straight and rebuild the restaurant.
It's a pivotal film for us. It came after the Dogma 95 movement, had sharp and comedic writing akin to a Scandinavian version of something like Tarantino or Cohen Brothers, and started a little thematic series of films that focus largely on introducing you to utter lowlife characters, making you love them for their silly antics, and Then showing you how they became who they are in order to humanize them in the audience's eyes.
It's male bonding, found family, crime drama and social comedy all in one, and it's great. If you find somewhere to watch it subbed, I suggest doing so. But it IS very specifically Scandinavian in a lot of ways, so some parts may get lost in translation. I know at least one American who loved it, though
... I have also had to defend a scene from it in international film discussion topics one or twice, but oh well.
>>1189498Man, I still need to see Boy and the Heron. The other two I can't say I know.
