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What scene stands out to you?

posted 9 years ago by TomRosicky17
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Gosh, I just saw this and I have never seen anything like it. Makes me want to see his other films. With so many memorable, bizarre or just plain interesting scenes throughout this film, which one stands out to you. MINI SPOILER AHEAD - To me it is the part where the fat young girl gets her turn to say her poem; well really she doesn't. I found this scene fascinating and eye-opening and still not sure what to think of it completely. This film is unforgettable and will stick in my mind for some time. Cheers!

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[–] sleepingbag 9 years ago

I think the last scene was my favorite. "But it felt like a Thursday." Great, comedic (yet sad) portrayal of 'communication' that is certainly prevalent in day to day life.

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[–] patrick_bateman_90029 9 years ago

For me, it was three (technically, four) specific moments:

- the second "meeting with death" when the kids try to take the purse from the shrieking mother in the hospital
- the bar's visits by the king and his troops
- Jonathan's dream with the African slaves being loaded into the spinning boiler while the elderly aristocracy watch

[–] mezh-36885 9 years ago

I could not stop laughing when they were trying to take the purse away from the dying woman. I was in hysterics!

[–] Tchoutoye 9 years ago

The two scenes depicting the march to battle and subsequent retreat in the Great Northern War were the only ones that worked for me. All the other scenes felt thematically underdeveloped, although the dream about the slaves was intriguing in a visual sense.

[–] GoddamUnvoicedAbbot 9 years ago

It's all about visual sense in every scene!

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[–] GoddamUnvoicedAbbot 9 years ago

Check out Songs from the Second Floor (2000) and You, the Living(2007). Also, World of Glory (1991) short is fantastic. I can only think of one other director in Roy Andersson's alley...Alejandro Jodorowsky!

As for outstanding scenes, the Carl XII scene with the horse inside the bar and his gay invites to the bartender is hard to ignore.

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