Reprise (Norway, 2006) ☆☆☆☆☆
This is one of my favorite movies I saw this year. This movie by Norwegian director Joachim Trier tells the story of two friends who strive to become writers. One becomes a famous writer sooner than the other, but the famous one has psychological problems which make him detached from others at times. What I really find interesting is the way the story is told. Right from the beginning, we see a couple of fast scenes where the storyteller starts narrating things that could have happened, or that would have happened. This conditional future tense is used extensively throughout the movie. This new experimenting with plot storytelling is what Trier deliberately strives for.
The whole looks like a turning of age movie, or a teenager love affair, but the characters have much more depth than that. Especially considering that the two main characters are not professional actors in real life.
This is one of my favorite movies I saw this year. This movie by Norwegian director Joachim Trier tells the story of two friends who strive to become writers. One becomes a famous writer sooner than the other, but the famous one has psychological problems which make him detached from others at times. What I really find interesting is the way the story is told. Right from the beginning, we see a couple of fast scenes where the storyteller starts narrating things that could have happened, or that would have happened. This conditional future tense is used extensively throughout the movie. This new experimenting with plot storytelling is what Trier deliberately strives for. 
The whole looks like a turning of age movie, or a teenager love affair, but the characters have much more depth than that. Especially considering that the two main characters are not professional actors in real life.
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