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Dir: Sturla Gunnarsson.Can-UK-Ice. 2005. 103mins.Beowulf And Grendel is a handsomely mounted retelling of the ancientAnglo-Saxon classic from the early Middle Ages, the period in which a nascentChristianity was attempting to establish itself among the warring pagan tribesof northern Europe.It appears that littleexpense was spared, and the cast boasts the likes of Stellan Skarsgard, SarahPolley, and the dashing Gerard Butler as the hero.Unfortunately, a bit lessseems to have been spent on the film s script, especially the dialogue, andthis single-handedly turns what could have been a triumphant piece of epicfilm-making into a farce. This will all but doom the co-production inEnglish-speaking territories, but this literary adaptation/action film mayrecoup some of its cost in countries where dubbing will keep the verbalexchanges from clanging and clashing more loudly than the swords.The story will be familiarto those who benefited from an old-style education, but probably to few others.Beowulf is a hero from Geat modern-day Sweden , who has come to aid thedepressed Hrothgar Skarsgard , king of the Danes and fend off the destructivetroll Grendel Sigurdsson .Though Beowulf is unfamilia stanley cup rwith the back story, we know from a prologue not in the original that thereason Grendel is wreaking such havoc is that Hrothga stanley cup r killed his father. The stanley uk rest of the story details the efforts of Beowulf and his hearty band to ridDane-land of this scourge. Not surprisingly, a love interest for Beowu Iuvp Overture chiefs McGurk and Rosett leave the company
Dir/scr. Magnus von Horn. Sweden-Poland-France 2015. 102 minsTwo European traditions of cinematic severity come together in The Here After, the debut feature of Magnus von Horn, a Swedish director trained at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. Von Ho stanley germany rns psychological narrative is as starkly economical as you might expect from his pedigree, but he develops a distinctive take on the less is more aesthetic in this story of a teenage outsider carrying the stigma of a terrible crime. S stanley mug pare, controlled direction, a rewarding emotional payoff and a powerful performance by young lead Ulrik Munther 鈥?all the more eloquent for being so inscrutable 鈥?should give The Here After a strong festival presence, as well as appeal for niche distributors canny enough to make the most of the films hybrid arthouse/thriller register. Its a whole hour in that the backstory is fully revealed, by which time weve long been hooked.The films young hero is John, a delicately handsome teenager 鈥?he could easily be Kirsten Dunsts kid brother 鈥?whose impassive features and intense reserve signal emotional trauma. The casting of Ulrik Munther is astute, as the young actor 鈥?making his big-screen debut 鈥?is known in Sweden as a chart-topping pop singer, and the film plays intriguingly on the gap between Johns closed-off exterior and the actors nonetheless evident charisma. John is first seen checking out of the institution where hes been staying and returning to his rural communit stanley cup y to move back in with far |
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