Review of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) by Richard D — 19 Mar 2017
A difficult film to really characterize. It's largely a series of absurdist, melancholy sketches with a few common threads weaving throughout them. A pair of salesman who sell novelty goods appear throughout.
Many different characters have the same phone conversation. Characters from one sketch appear in the background of others. At one point, we flash back to the 1940's for a musical number. At another point, the 1700's seem to travel forward into the present day.
If extremely strange, dark humour that satirizes the humn condition seems like your thing, you will probably love this. It's the third in a trilogy of similar films from Andersson that also includes "Songs from the Second Floor" and "You, the Living".
This review of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) was written by Richard D on 19 Mar 2017.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence has generally received positive reviews.
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