Nathaniel's adventures in Toronto. Day whichever.
Three more quick takes on Norway's Oscar submission, a Lgbt romance of sorts in the Dominican Republic and a surprisingly intense film from Germany that I hadn't heard of before arriving.
Bent Hamer directs Ane Dahl Trop in the Norwegian Oscar submission "1001 Grams"
1001 Grams
How much does a soul weigh? I don’t mean to bring up painful memories of 21 Grams, but everything in 1001 Grams must be effortfully measured. Lab technician Marie is just such a meticulous woman, in charge of the official Norwegian kilo, which is to be weighed and calibrated in Paris at an annual seminar to ensure that all countries kilos are the same or else: chaos! Though the oddity of this international standards milieu suggests a comedy, what we get is stonefaced drama... or possibly comedy so dry, I needed a humidifier in the room to get it. Bent Hamer,...
Three more quick takes on Norway's Oscar submission, a Lgbt romance of sorts in the Dominican Republic and a surprisingly intense film from Germany that I hadn't heard of before arriving.
Bent Hamer directs Ane Dahl Trop in the Norwegian Oscar submission "1001 Grams"
1001 Grams
How much does a soul weigh? I don’t mean to bring up painful memories of 21 Grams, but everything in 1001 Grams must be effortfully measured. Lab technician Marie is just such a meticulous woman, in charge of the official Norwegian kilo, which is to be weighed and calibrated in Paris at an annual seminar to ensure that all countries kilos are the same or else: chaos! Though the oddity of this international standards milieu suggests a comedy, what we get is stonefaced drama... or possibly comedy so dry, I needed a humidifier in the room to get it. Bent Hamer,...
- 9/11/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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