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  • Jørgen Leth – Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee AKA Eddy Merckx i nærheden af en kop kaffe (1973)

    1971-1980DenmarkExperimentalJørgen LethShort Film
    Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee (1973)
    Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee (1973)

    From: IMDB
    With a slow introductory zoom onto Leth in a TV studio and a corresponding zoom out at the end Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee may be structured in the classical style but an extremely unusual TV production is involved: in the studio Leth reads from his poetry while a subtitle – like in Life in Denmark – pedantically but ambiguously presents observations and describes what is going on. The subtitles seem to serve as a medium for the director’s deliberations as the TV film progresses, starting with the following manifesto: “I have no desire to save you or admonish you or get to know you. But I would like to try to entertain you for a while with words, sounds, and images”. Alternating with poetry readings from the studio the second half of the film consists of moments from the 1970 Tour de France, including the cobbled roads of Northern France, from Mont Ventoux, and from the cathedral dash in Rouen… Written by AnonymousRead More »

  • Peter Schrøder – Det forsømte forår AKA Stolen Spring AKA The Lost Spring (1993)

    1991-2000ComedyDenmarkDramaPeter Schrøder
    Det forsømte forår (1993)
    Det forsømte forår (1993)

    At their 25th high-school anniversary some bourgeois citizens remember their time in school as a happy one. In reality it was quite the contrary. The school was a madhouse in which the teachers, especially Blomme, tormented the students. As a result one of them became a murderer. Written by Allan SimonsenRead More »

  • Tomas Villum Jensen – Sprængfarlig bombe AKA Clash of Egos (2006)

    2001-2010ComedyDenmarkTomas Villum Jensen
    Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)
    Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)

    Just out of prison for violent behavior, Tony gets angry when he sees the new film by the world-famous director Claus Volter and wants his money back.Read More »

  • Nikolaj Arcel – Bastarden AKA The Promised Land (2023) (HD)

    Nikolaj Arcel2021-2030DenmarkDrama
    Bastarden (2023)
    Bastarden (2023)

    Set in the mid-17th century, the story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: to make the heath bring him wealth and honor in unforgiving area populated by wolves and highwaymen.Read More »

  • Jørgen Leth – Ofelias blomster AKA Ophelia’s Flowers (1968)

    1961-1970DenmarkExperimentalJørgen LethShort Film
    Ofelias blomster (1968)
    Ofelias blomster (1968)

    Quote:
    Ophelia’s Suicide soliloquy is staged by a forest pond against the backdrop of a stretched piece of blue fabric gently quivering in the accidental breeze. A few years earlier, Jørgen Leth and Per Kirkeby had put on a highly stylized production of “Hamlet” at the Svalegangen theatre in Aarhus and from there comes the idea of Ophelia’s soliloquy literally “going to pieces” according to this principle: when Leth in the wings, strikes two wooden blocks together, the actress halts her reading and starts over. As the actress is halted again and again, the soliloquy breaks up according to the accidental principle, which is unpredictable and enervating. Read More »

  • Lea Glob – Apolonia, Apolonia (2022)

    2021-2030DenmarkDocumentaryLea Glob
    Apolonia, Apolonia (2022)
    Apolonia, Apolonia (2022)

    Apolonia Sokol was born in 1988 to a French father and a Polish mother, the two of whom owned a Paris theater, Lavoir Moderne Parisien. This was a hub for all kinds of subversive plays, cabaret acts, and other performances, a space that was constantly running into rent troubles. Here Apolonia was surrounded by bohemian figures (artists, writers, performers) who were integral to her upbringing. Though she came and went from Paris after her parents split up (she left with her mother for Denmark), this theatre was her actual home when she caught the attention of young film student Lea Glob.Read More »

  • Michael Noer – Før frosten AKA Before the Frost (2018) (HD)

    2011-2020DenmarkDramaMichael Noer
    Før frosten (2018)
    Før frosten (2018)

    In 1800s Denmark, a farmer has a bad harvest and thus not enough food for his family. He makes a deal, that includes his farm and his daughter getting married, with a nearby rich farmer.Read More »

  • Jannik Hastrup & Flemming Quist Møller – Bennys badekar AKA Benny’s Bathtub (1971)

    1971-1980AnimationComedyDenmarkFlemming Quist MøllerJannik Hastrup
    Bennys badekar (1971)
    Bennys badekar (1971)

    How can you not love a psychedelic animated kids’ film in which a young boy, bored with the dreary and gray Adult World, follows an enchanted tadpole through the drain in his bathtub – where he discovers a surreal and musical undersea world?? Populated by singing (and barely dressed) Mermaids, a funky hepcat Octopus and whiskey-drinking Skeleton Pirates, the underwater kingdom is the grooviest scene this side of YELLOW SUBMARINE, with helpings of Dr. Seuss, Sid & Marty Krofft and Harry Nilsson’s THE POINT thrown in. (Kids’ entertainment in the early 1970s was truly outtasite!) In addition to the candy-colored, kaleidoscopic visuals, the film is famed for its incredibly addictive soundtrack featuring Jazz heavyweights of Copenhagen circa 1970, with vocals sung by the cream of Danish 60s Pop and Rock including Peter Belli, Otto Brandenburg, Poul Dissing and Trille on tracks like “Octopussong/ Blækspruttesangen” and “seahorsesong/ Søhestesangen”. Read More »

  • Bille August – Pagten AKA The Pact (2021)

    2021-2030Bille AugustDenmarkDrama
    Pagten (2021)
    Pagten (2021)

    Aged 63, Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel “Out of Africa,” is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature . It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous farm in Africa, only to return to Denmark with her life in ruins. Devastated by syphilis and having lost the love of her life, she has reinvented herself as a literary sensation. She is an isolated genius, however, until the day she meets a talented 30-year-old poet. She promises him literary stardom if he in return will obey her unconditionally – even at the cost of him losing everything else in his life…Read More »

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