"Reprise"(2006) is a Norwegian drama;the directorial debut of Joachim Trier who will be hard pressed to make another movie this good.(I sure hope he does BECAUSE I LOVED THIS MOVIE).
It is about a group of long time friends,twenty-something young men moving into aduthood.The two main characters are Erik and Philip,aspiring writers submitting their first manuscripts to a publishing house.Erik's is accepted;Philip's rejected.Philip meets Kari and falls hard for her.He takes her vacationing in Paris and they come home as a couple.Philip has a mental breakdown and is admitted to a mental institution after a self destructive psychotic episode.The doctor suggests his intense love for Kari triggered his mental disintegration.Six months later he is released and rejoins Erik and their friends.He is discouraged from seeing Kari but they meet up and.....
'Reprise' means return,restart or repitition.Can they refind their love for one another?Can they return to Paris and in retracing their past restart the fire?Can the past be recreated or recaptured?
Is this movie 'arty' and 'artsy'?YES.It is not linear,but filled with flashbacks,mixed viewpoints,imagined futures and what-might-have-beens.It is darkness and light.Elation and despair.Madness.Love and confusion.Music and literature.Frailities and shortcomings.Angst and sorrow.Gifted and troubled.Happy and sad.Madness.Success and failure.Frustration and elation.Obsession and depression.Silliness and melancholy.Dreams and aspirations.Questions and answers.Madness.Acceptance and rejection.Humour and silliness.Empathy and understanding.It is joyful,sad and funny.It never bores you and it has a great soundtrack with punk rock-tinged moments at just the right time.
I found that when Viktoria Winge,the actress playing Kari was on the screen,I was mesmerized;in fact,INTOXICATED.I empathised with Philip's infatuation;with his inability to focus or 'think straight' when he was with her.I could see how he was drowning in the present;confused about the past and terrified of the future.Love is a mighty emotion.How can you let go and hold on at the same time?MADNESS........
It is about a group of long time friends,twenty-something young men moving into aduthood.The two main characters are Erik and Philip,aspiring writers submitting their first manuscripts to a publishing house.Erik's is accepted;Philip's rejected.Philip meets Kari and falls hard for her.He takes her vacationing in Paris and they come home as a couple.Philip has a mental breakdown and is admitted to a mental institution after a self destructive psychotic episode.The doctor suggests his intense love for Kari triggered his mental disintegration.Six months later he is released and rejoins Erik and their friends.He is discouraged from seeing Kari but they meet up and.....
'Reprise' means return,restart or repitition.Can they refind their love for one another?Can they return to Paris and in retracing their past restart the fire?Can the past be recreated or recaptured?
Is this movie 'arty' and 'artsy'?YES.It is not linear,but filled with flashbacks,mixed viewpoints,imagined futures and what-might-have-beens.It is darkness and light.Elation and despair.Madness.Love and confusion.Music and literature.Frailities and shortcomings.Angst and sorrow.Gifted and troubled.Happy and sad.Madness.Success and failure.Frustration and elation.Obsession and depression.Silliness and melancholy.Dreams and aspirations.Questions and answers.Madness.Acceptance and rejection.Humour and silliness.Empathy and understanding.It is joyful,sad and funny.It never bores you and it has a great soundtrack with punk rock-tinged moments at just the right time.
I found that when Viktoria Winge,the actress playing Kari was on the screen,I was mesmerized;in fact,INTOXICATED.I empathised with Philip's infatuation;with his inability to focus or 'think straight' when he was with her.I could see how he was drowning in the present;confused about the past and terrified of the future.Love is a mighty emotion.How can you let go and hold on at the same time?MADNESS........
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