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Ostlund is a master of social awkwardness


Where to start. Awkward social situations, gender roles, dilemmas. Ostlund explores these and more in his films and really is a master at dissecting human behavioural traits. It's called 'Involuntary' because Ostlund looks at what decisions are made because we feel we should make them and which decisions we don't make....and ultimately why. There is suggestive camera work and themes that make us wonder if we'd own up to our own errors, however innocuous, or not.

The Groundwork for 'Force Majeure' and 'The Square' is all here. Ostlund is one of the most thought provoking directors working today.

Also a guy shoves a Swedish flagpole up his mate's arse, so there's that.

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