Until today, I'd never seen a Norwegian film before.
Not that it makes a difference, although I can't think of any film, independent or not, coming out of Hollywood or New York closets that resembles the mishmash of "The Bothersome Man." Blame it on the translation, but why is Andreas bothered? Curious for sure, tickled pink perhaps, but bothered? The DVD case for this film talks about the superficiality of the characters who surround Andreas in the purgatory-like city he finds himself in after attempting suicide.
What the DVD case doesn't say is that the first five minutes of the film are full of silence and noise, but no dialogue. The first spoken word is "Hello." Welcome to Norwegian film.
Not that it makes a difference, although I can't think of any film, independent or not, coming out of Hollywood or New York closets that resembles the mishmash of "The Bothersome Man." Blame it on the translation, but why is Andreas bothered? Curious for sure, tickled pink perhaps, but bothered? The DVD case for this film talks about the superficiality of the characters who surround Andreas in the purgatory-like city he finds himself in after attempting suicide.
What the DVD case doesn't say is that the first five minutes of the film are full of silence and noise, but no dialogue. The first spoken word is "Hello." Welcome to Norwegian film.