Scandinavian Cinema

[Carmine Falcone]

Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland seem to have a really nice way of making films. I do not know enough to make distinctions between the Scandinavian countries to say what is typical about the film culture of the lands seperately, so I'll speak generally about '"Scandinavian'' cinema. I hope my ignorance about that can be excused. I've seen a few films from these parts and without exception, they have all been very pleasing to look at. They are original, highly stylized and, especially in recent years, rather absurd or even surreal. I really like this style of filmmaking. It seems that, unlike, for example Dutch filmmaking, they aren't as slavishly following the American standards of cinema. They have their own particular brand of filmmaking. And that I like. This thread is for recommendation and discussion.

Some films I liked:
You, the Living (Du Levande)
The Green Butchers (De grønne slagtere)
Adam's Apples (Adams æbler)
The Celebration (Festen)
The Bothersome Man (Den brysomme mannen)
Let the Right one In (Låt den rätte komma in)

 

[TruerToTheCore]

In China They Eat Dogs
Old Men In New Cars
Flickering Lights

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I really want to see Flickering Lights, it's from the same guy who did Adam's Apples and The Green Butchers. Mads Mikkelsen is a great actor ain't he?

Old Men in New Cars seems interesting aswell, they remade it as the Dutch movie Vet Hard which was disastrously bad. The Danish sense of humour just didn't work very well in a Dutch movie and they crossed it with the same old tired Hollywood styled action sequences and threw in some forced drama. By all means, the Danish original should be better. I'll check it out.