After the Wedding.
Can’t stop bloggin’ about those blonde, smørrebrød-loving Nordics. Why?
Well, there’s news. First, two Danish films have been nominated for Academy Awards. Susanne Bier’s After the Wedding (I talk a bit about it here [1]) is up for best foreign-language film, and Søren Pilmark’s Helmer and Son is nominated for best short. You can read more at the Danish Film Institute site [2], and stock up on Carlsberg or Tuborg to cheer them on Oscar night.
Second, the new English-language issue of the Danish Film Institute’s magazine Film is online here [3], as a pdf. It’s a must for von Trier fanatics, with lots on The Boss of It All [4]. I also have an essay in it (pp. 16-19).
Third, Thomas Christensen, a Boss of It All at the Danish Film Archive and a graduate of our UW film program, alerted me to YouTube video [5] from a Danish band, Phonovectra. It swipes—sorry, appropriates—Dreyer’s classic short film They Caught the Ferry.