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A Talk with Bent Hamer, on the Subject of a fellow named Odd Horten

22 September 2009 3:03 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

by Terry Keefe

Bent Hamer's O'Horten arrives on DVD today, complete with Interviews with Hamer and composer John Erik Kaada. Below is my talk with Hamer, who I had interviewed previously for his 2004 film Kitchen Stories. This article previously appeared in Venice Magazine.

(Actor Bard Owe in O'Horten, above, and director Bent Hamer, below.)

Norwegian director Bent Hamer has just come back from a walk around the beach in Venice and eagerly relates, “I just saw this house on the beach and it had a sign which said, ‘Hippies, please use kitchen entrance!’” Hamer then laughs, captivated by this little glimmer of absurdity he has discovered. The sign in question actually wouldn’t be out of place in a Bent Hamer film, which are known for mixing visual oddities of the everyday with characters and plots which keep the overall film grounded in reality, somewhat anyway. We last spoke »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Film: Review: O’Horten

4 June 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

In O’Horten, Bent Hamer’s writing and directing follow-up to 2005’s surprisingly solid Charles Bukowski adaptation Factotum, the clothes make the man. The impeccably groomed Bård Owe strolls confidently through his job as a railroad engineer, resplendent in his sharp leather jacket and dapper uniform. For Owe, “engineer” isn’t a job so much as an identity. His job gives him purpose, direction, and security. O’Horten explores what happens when this quintessential company man loses his company.  As O’Horten begins, Owe is being pushed out of his job because he’s reached mandatory retirement age ... »

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O'Horten

14 May 2009 7:30 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »

Release Date: May 15

Director/Writer: Bent Hamer

Cinematographer: John Christian RosenlundStarring: Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Githa Nørby

Studio/Run Time: Sony Pictures Classics, 90 mins.

Arresting cinematography fuels quirky character study

Mainstream cinema has experienced a noteworthy decline in starring roles for seasoned actors since the ’60s and ’70s. In beautifully shot character analysis O’Horten, Norwegian director Bent Hamer (Factotum) shows there’s still vibrant intrigue to be mined from our golden years. The film trails a stoic locomotive engineer (Baard Owe) who succumbs to retirement, wishing his life could remain as frozen as the icy mountains he crossed in years past. Lost and reborn, Horten embarks on a series of random misadventures that charmingly illustrate the miracle of spontaneity. The film’s environmental cinematography provides a lonely mirror of whitewashed desolation for the title character’s odyssey, reflecting as much splendor as melancholy in the fairytale streets of Oslo. »

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Bent Hamer returns with O'Horten, an off-beat character journey - Norwegian-style.

8 May 2009 4:33 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

(Actor Bard Owe in O'Horten, above, and director Bent Hamer, below.)

by Terry Keefe

Note: This article is currently appearing in this month's Venice Magazine.

Norwegian director Bent Hamer has just come back from a walk around the beach in Venice and eagerly relates, “I just saw this house on the beach and it had a sign which said, ‘Hippies, please use kitchen entrance!’” Hamer then laughs, captivated by this little glimmer of absurdity he has discovered. The sign in question actually wouldn’t be out of place in a Bent Hamer film, which are known for mixing visual oddities of the everyday with characters and plots which keep the overall film grounded in reality, somewhat anyway. We last spoke when he was releasing Kitchen Stories in 2004, the story of which was inspired by the real-life studies done by a Swedish kitchen appliance company in the late 1940s, specifically centering »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Summer Movie Preview

6 May 2009 4:12 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

We're all for getting out in the summertime, but there might not be anything more refreshing than cooling off in a movie theater... or seeing a movie in the comfort of your air-conditioned home on demand, on DVD, or online... or better yet catching a classic on the big screen at a nearby repertory theater. With literally hundreds of films to choose from this summer, we humbly present this guide to the season's most exciting offerings.

May 1

"Eldorado"

The Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy

Director: Bouli Lanners

Fest Cred: Cannes, Warsaw, Glasgow, Palm Springs,

The Gist: When Elie (Adde), a hapless young thief attempts to rob Yvan (Lanners), a 40-year-old car dealer, the two form a unlikely friendship that leads to a road trip across Belgium in this slight comedy that won the Best European Film at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year. »

- Stephen Saito

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