Flickering Lights

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 8, 2005, 1:46 am

One word:

Bitchin'.

Thanks Hesten and Drolgies for the recommendation.

,

Satan

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » June 8, 2005, 4:17 am

I recommended it too you bastard!

Glad you liked it though, it's a great movie

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 8, 2005, 11:31 am

Oops! Yeah, thanks Teg.

PS: I will actually write a review of sorts at some point.

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » June 8, 2005, 12:38 pm

Hehe, told you so

So did you see it with subtitles, or did they mutilate it by dubbing it?

And you gotta admit, Sofie Gråbøl had it coming. Slam

miir · Post by **miir** » June 8, 2005, 12:40 pm

If you're going to post about a semi-obscure movie, at least tell the rest of us what the hell it's about and why you liked it.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 8, 2005, 1:03 pm

Sorry for the delay.

Flickering Lights (Blinkende lygter) is about about a criminal named Torkild that has reached the age of 40 and decides he wants out. In doing so, he decides to enlist his pals to make off with 'the boss's' 4,000,000 kroner.

Although not as stylistic as, say, Guy Ritchie, Anders Thomas Jenen creates a very fun and interesting crime caper. Jensen's strength in writing and directing is in the dialogue, which is energestic and pretty damn funny if you are paying attention.

This is the second film I have seen by Jensen, the first being The Green Butchers--Blinkende lygter being my favorite so far. If you enjoy low-budget crime caper films such as Lock,Stock or Snatch, this one will be of interest. Score for the Danish Film geeks.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 8, 2005, 1:05 pm

The version I got from Netflix, luckily, is subtitled. I hate dubbing unless it is Kung Fu Theater style.

And yeah, Sofie Gråbøl did indeed have it coming!

miir · Post by **miir** » June 8, 2005, 1:07 pm

Coo, I'll keep an eye out for it.

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » June 8, 2005, 4:41 pm

miir wrote:If you're going to post about a semi-obscure movie, at least tell the rest of us what the hell it's about and why you liked it.

Miir, read the post about The Green Butchers for more good reccomendations

. This movie are just the best of them.
About time you americans watch some danish movies, instead of the other way around

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 8, 2005, 5:13 pm

Definately glad I picked up The Green Butchers on a lark, and posted about it. Thanks again.

miir · Post by **miir** » June 8, 2005, 5:51 pm

I love foreign movies.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 9, 2005, 2:02 am

A note on the DVD quality.... it is a bit grainy, but not so bad. also, the subtitles are not well-aligned, but they do not take away from the film too much.

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » June 11, 2005, 8:48 pm

Now download Riget, linked Edonkey links in the last post, so no need to go look for it