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The Bothersome Man: Scandos can make movies . . .

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Sawr this last night and loved it. A man, with no real explanation, is the lone rider out to a desolate wasteland where a lone gas station stands (Iceland there). He is picked up by a welcoming committee of one and taken to his new apartment that has everything he needs including clothes. He reports to work the next day and slowly realizes he's in some sort of paradise where everything works to his wishes--including getting laid.

Great? No, he tires of it and the lack of real laughter and children and certain smells. He finds himself trapped into a sanitized purgatory and accidentally discovers a small portal of normalcy. He pursues that normalcy with pick axes and jackhammers and is apprehended for chasing the world he left.

This is reviewed as a "black comedy" and that it is. Funny and thought provoking it is worth a see.

NO GRITS NO GLORY

Follow Ups:

Suzanne Bier will be nothing new here... - delboy 00:36:39 07/01/09 (1)
... but I finally caught up with Brothers last week and it is excellent. I am so reluctant to watch Things We Lost in the Fire in case the bubble bursts but both Brothers and After the Wedding are simply great character studies. Unreservedly recommended.

Yes, those 'Scandos' !
- Brothers, After The Wedding... - Harmonia 07:53:10 07/01/09 (0)
  I was lucky enough to see both in theaters, and they're very good - I'd go as far as to say After The Wedding is a psossibly "great" film.
  
  I haven't had the chance yet to see Bothersome Man or Things We Lost In The Fire, but they're high on my list of catching up to do!.
  
  And then there's Let The Right One In, Kitchen Stories, etc. etc.
  
  Yup, far north movie making is in pretty good shape.
I watched it today but did not especially care for it - PhilJ 17:05:36 06/24/09 (0)
It was OK but I am skeptical of movies that are weird just to be weird which is what it seemed to be. Upon rereading your review I can see where you get your ideas but I did not care when I watched it. I would have preferred more about the love story that involved him and the two women which were quite nice....

thanks

Phil
It's not without explanation....... - afilado 20:35:37 06/20/09 (4)
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- if you're attentive (Open in New Window)
- Not accepting of it being "hell".....it's just a story. * - mr grits 21:42:57 06/20/09 (3)
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  NO GRITS NO GLORY
  - OK, but you're still falling short...... - afilado 05:22:11 06/21/09 (2)
    ... I didn't say it's hell. Read again.
    It's certainly more than "just a story".
    - hell+/- (Open in New Window)
    Edits: 06/21/09
    - Use yer brain....a critic is one voice, one idear...... - mr grits 18:01:48 06/23/09 (1)
      who cares? It was a decent film.
      NO GRITS NO GLORY
      - Everybody got it but you....... - afilado 19:20:02 06/23/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Use yer brain....a critic is one voice, one idear...... posted by mr grits on June 23, 2009 at 18:01:48
        
        Why write anything for somebody else to read if you're gonna say nuthin? Try to be interesting if entertaining is difficult.
        
        You ain't no "Mr.", yer just grits. Try Mr. white bread, or Mr. pants leg. Snappy. ;-)
        yer brain (Open in New Window)
        
        Edits: 06/24/09 06/24/09

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