Sunday, February 24, 2013

Thank You Denmark

For Borgen, for The Hunt, for A Royal Affair, for Adam's Apples, for Kapringen, for the insuperable actor Mads Mikkelsen, or the phenomenal Pilou Asbaek and Sidse Babett Knudsen, for the immeasurably talented Thomas Vinterberg, for Lars von Trier (who sees the deepest corners of the human soul)...



Tak Danmark for saving film from the aggressive commercial mediocrity and socially/culturally damaging propaganda.  You're the island of hope!

On the same note --but independently from Denmark-- thank you Michael Haneke for Amour.

I'm halfway through Borgen S02 and it is enriching in more than one way. Excellent filming, acting, amazing intellectual content, decent depth of arguments, openness to the 21st century, and despite the main theme the fact that they resisted at every stage to dive into nationalism or cheap self-celebration is praise-worthy...  -- great great stuff: one of the best TV shows of this genre ever.  

2 comments:

  1. OOOOOYESSS :) I'm with you on this one but we should not forget these either: Bron/Broen, Forbrydelsen, Den som dræber, LARS Mikkelsen :) and KASPER HOLTEN of course :)))) and silliness like Sarah Lund's jumper :D https://twitter.com/NotSarahLund
    So I guess there is hope for the movie-world :)))

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  2. OOOOOYESSS :) I'm with you on this one but we should not forget these either: Bron/Broen, Forbrydelsen, Den som dræber, LARS Mikkelsen :) and KASPER HOLTEN of course :)))) and silliness like Sarah Lund's jumper :D https://twitter.com/NotSarahLund
    So I guess there is hope for the movie-world :)))

    ReplyDelete