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Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003)
Great '50s pastiche turns sour after 30'.
The film starts out great, with a mock instruction film about the habits of Swedish housewives. After that we get a detailed reconstruction of post-war Scandinavia with lots of amazing cars, electronic equipment and interior design; a minimal jazz score, nice cinematography and stylish titling. Also there's some funny Scandinivian rivalry like in Von Triers 'Riget'.
Sadly, after the set up, "Kitchen stories" collapses like the Twin Towers on 9/11.Actors who try to portray the emotion 'jealousy" by just staring in front of them. Corny dialog filled with stale gay symbolism in the vain of: "I don't like white swans, I prefer bears and wolves... u ever tasted bear meat?" The music becomes cheesier than Yann Tiersen at his worst.
It's a pity the director put all the effort in this great set-up, just to screw it up after-wards.
Storytelling (2001)
Yet another overrated Suburbia movie
It seems american independents nowadays are only interested the trifle torments of white, middle-class kids. With the exception of Donnie Darko the suburban movie gets mediocre results (American Beauty, Ghost World) and raving critics. Solondz started out promising with Welcome To The Dollhouse, but couldn't get get the tone right anymore afterwards. Storytelling gets you grinning a couple times but furthermore it's a bore.