Review of Songs from the Second Floor (2000) by Greg S — 28 Jan 2011
A series of carefully woven absurdist and magical realist sketches set in a nameless Scandinavian city at the dawn of the millennium where flagellants parade down the street, no one can explain why there's a traffic jam, and a desperate church endorses pagan sacrifices.
Extremely slow paced but rewarding to the patient; the quietly apocalyptic final scene with Kalle standing by the huge mound of discarded crucifixes watching figures on the horizon sticks with you---the image could have come from Bunuel, if he'd conceived it while suffering suicidal depression.
Andresson's follow up, YOU, THE LIVING, is basically the same concept, but a bit funnier and more approachable.
This review of Songs from the Second Floor (2000) was written by Greg S on 28 Jan 2011.
Songs from the Second Floor has generally received very positive reviews.
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