Gaute (2009) User Reviews

The first 3 min is great

[martyone · 10/10 · 21 November 2011]

I love making films, i really do! Yesterday when I rewatched GAUTE, I rediscovered its beauty. The film isn't just emotionally capturing, but it is also so incredibly cynical and cold-hearted that you will sense dread and sorrow. I recall making it, but only vaguely during nights of pain and anxiety attacks. Inspirations aglow, yes, it was all that jazz. Jazz is a musical genre that inspired me and my fellow brother, we listened to the jazz and it made us realize; life is only but a dream. As Werner Herzog said to me during my time in Berlin; "Yes my apprentice, you are talented and will shackle the foundations of the Earth", yes I do remember. Herzog aside, GAUTE is and will always remain in my heart, as one of those moments in my life where everything came together as one piece of orchestral magic.

Its the end of the world, as he knows it.

[EijnarAmadeus · 21 November 2011]

Yes. The GAUTE is a short film made by the Walther brothers and it tells a touching story about a young man whose obsession over fish goes over board. The main performance is played out by a young talented Norwegian who clearly adapts the character he's playing with zest and pathos. It is acutely shot in Norwegian landscapes evoking loneliness and sadness. The grey tones in the undercurrents are reliable and sensible, and so one has to trust them to go along for the ride. The musical involvements are small fingerings of piano that makes for an oddity of sensation that starts and stops precisely at the right time. GAUTE gained good critics by its local critics and will remain as one of the signs of promising Norwegian films to come.