Norwegian movies (part 1)

A friend asked me if i could recommend some Norwegian movies to him. While i adviced him to never ask that again and forget about the notion of torturing himself in some twisted sense of punishment, he kept on insisting as he "been falling in love with norwegian cinema". Needless to say, my friend isn't from Norway (and were close to no longer being my friend), still, he's been saved some horrible horrible moments in Norwegian cinematic history.

Normal reaction after a norwegian movie: Curl yourself into a ball and stare blankly into
the ground as your sanity slips into unknown places even chutulu is afraid of.

                                                       
However. Me just being that good a friend decided to wade through the heaps of mind-scarring hell called "norwegian movie section" at the local library, and write a list of movies less about making you cry (not because the movie has a sad story. But because it's just a plain sad attemt at being a movie) and more about actually being a good movie!

Thus i'll post 2 movies for each part.

First off, i'll start with a known and well liked movie:

                                                                MAX MANUS

This movie follows the life of the Norwegian resistance group (Milorg) during WW2, and in particular the life of Max Manus (a name better suited for a detective noir movie). Milorg and Max Manus were real, and the movie is more or less based on truth and actual events.

The movie has won several awards, including the prestigious "Not being a steaming pile of shit 2009" award.

If you enjoy a personal up close and realistic war movie about a resistance group, then this is a recommendation!


Next up:
                                                        The Bothersome Man
                                                                 

Pictured: The movie poster.

              

Also pictured: All the people who knows about and have watched this movie, me included.

Now, this movie is clearly not for everyone, it being so surreal it makes salvador dali's painting seem like normal everyday occurance. However, if you enjoy weird, strange and in ways, scary movies that absolutly makes no sense at all, you will love this one.

I can't really say anything about the setting and plot as even the slightest hint is best savored as your mind becomes numb and you can't separate reality and fiction, possibly creating a hilarious encounter with the cops that end not so hilarious.

But to sum up. If you want something different (DEEP/deep even) then this is also one to watch.

That's it for now folks. Next up i'll cover a couple of horror movies from Norway.