Eine Taube sitzt auf einem Zweig und denkt über das Leben nach (2014)
61KEine Taube sitzt auf einem Zweig und denkt über das Leben nach: Directed by Roy Andersson. With Nils Westblom, Holger Andersson, Per Bergqvist, Charlotta Larsson. Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesmen, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
“A person dying while opening a bottle of wine. And now for something completely different.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut Roy Anderssonu0026#39;s movies are like that. You better brace yourself for a sequence of images, scenes and characters that may or may not fit together but are guaranteed to surprise, amuse and sometimes shock you.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s better not to get specific with the plot. Mostly because there hardly IS one. But also because it unfolds chaotically, surreally, and the pleasure lies in its unfolding before your eyes. Snippets, shots, vignettes, events – uncensored, unorganized, like life itself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe themes are down-to-earth. The scenes are fantastical. What would you call this: realist surrealism? supernatural naturalism? We are led from Swedish housing complexes to depressing industrial areas, faced with the doom and misery of urban Scandinavia.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHumanity is explored through its senseless capacity for inflicting boredom and suffering on itself and on others. No one is spared. This is pure existentialism on cinema – but with the hope of transcendence.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe audience reactions vary from bemused silence to Benny Hill laughter. You take out of this film what you are ready to give in.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome may find the plodding pace tiring, the characters soulless and the gray urban settings drab and lifeless. But that is sort of the point.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs a sort of midpoint between Buñuel and Loach, Anderssonu0026#39;s style is not to everyoneu0026#39;s taste, and not without its faults. Just be ready to embrace, and enjoy, the misery of existence. Perhaps youu0026#39;ll be delighted, like I was, to find humour and absurdity in suffering.”
