The Bothersome Man
by Jens Lien
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Actor: Anders T. Andersen, Ellen Horn, Johannes Joner, Petronella Barker, Trond Fausa AurvagDirector: Jens Lien
Cinematographer: John Christian Rosenlund
Composer: Ginge
Editor: Vidar Flataukan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Norwegian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Film Movement
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Movie Review: Provocative Norwegian film is worth seeing
Summary: 4 Stars
This Norwegian film starts with a man jumping over the subway, apparently commiting suicide. But the next scene shows him arriving in a lonely bus into a desert. There he meets a man, and is shipped off to a mysterious city, where he starts working in an aseptic modern office as an accountant. The coworkers seem nice, if emotionless, and he soon meets a woman who becomes his girlfriend, yet the city seems utterly strange, as the food has no taste, alcohol doesn't make you drunk, and there's nary a children around. Is this a dream, or is he in paradise, or in hell?. While at times, the films looks as extended episode of The Twilight Zone (even at ninety minutes, the movie seems a bit long), it is quite thought provoking. The best scenes are those in which the exaggeration is minimal, as when the people engage in banal conversations about interior decoration, and recoil at discussing deeper issues. I always thought there was something inhuman in advanced capitalist societies, in the way they try to repress the basic urges of human nature. And this movie is best when it devastatingly critiques this life style. Unfortunately, the movie is a bit too long, and the director doesn't seem to know how to end it, but most for of the running time this is very much worth seeing.
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