This is piece of excellent cinematography, and a film in the language of film itself. It may be about the human condition, or, (perhaps) a future reality TV life (probably not, but the idea is entertaining). We follow a day in life of the main character Monsieur Oscar, as he shape-shifts through a number of personas, interaction with others. The boundary of what is supposed to be real and not-so-real gets increasingly blurry, but will eventually become clear. While one would assume that Monsieur Oscar's actions would not affect him personally, towards the last part of the film he starts to show his real emotions and scars.
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Out of an Old Man's Head
(1968)
god story, mix of animation and film
22 January 2007
This film is a good example of the early works of AB Svenska Ord and their collaboration with the animator Per Åhlin. Still, the story is good and has invariant qualities in terms of the human condition. As usual Hans Alfredsson is playing and extraordinary Gubbe. Already as a young man, he could portray a man of any age in a credible way. Tage Danielson's direction is also as always interesting. His interest in narrative comes through very well My favourite scene is probably when the young man is out on his first date and needs to let go of some wind. He runs up the hill to kick a bucket, but misses the target and lets go of his rectal serenade, and the girlfriend is, of course deeply offended. Love it!
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