About Endlessness
Om det oändliga
Om det uendelige
Directed by:
Roy AnderssonScreenplay:
Roy AnderssonCinematography:
Gergely PálosCast:
Tatiana Delaunay, Martin Serner, Bengt Bergius, Anja Broms, Marie Burman, Amanda Davies, Karin Engman, Jan-Eje Ferling, Thore Flygel, Lotta Forsberg (more)Plots(1)
A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality. We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter’s shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a café; a defeated army marches to a prisoner of war camp. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, Om det oändliga presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Reviews (2)
Though I’m not particularly fond of films in which bored characters lament their lives, I am again entertained by Roy Andersson’s visual concept with its playful details and the general balance of all elements in the picture, including the aesthetic framing, the costumes, the characters’ expressions and the color palette, where pale blue is the most vivid, and also cold.
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I haven't followed Andersson, so I'm probably missing the context. For me, these are fantastically produced images that speak to something I agree with. Whatever that may be.
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