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En kärlekshistoria [A Swedish Love Story] (Roy Andersson, 1970)

Two teenagers in love become increasingly oblivious of the grey world around them.

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En kärlekshistoria [A Swedish Love Story] (Roy Andersson, 1970)

En kärlekshistoria [A Swedish Love Story] (Roy Andersson, 1970) May 7 National Hug Holiday Week Pär (Rolf Sohlman) and Annika (Ann-...

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Now that I'm several episodes into The Hot Spot 2025 (Hotto Supotto) from Japan on Netflix, I'm even more fascinated by it.

I'd love to know how it's been received in Japan, if anyone has read Japanese reviews.

If you check it out, take time to sit with it until the full weirdness manifests. It's so much more than it seems at the start.

And if you love Roy Andersson's films, The Hot Spot is really worth checking out. 2/n

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I am watching The Hot Spot 2025 (Hotto Supotto) from Japan on Netflix and the series is like a cross between David Lynch and Roy Andersson, while being extremely Japanese.

Much like watching A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron), you need to embrace this on its own terms and suspend your expectations until you sink into its rhythms. 1/n

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Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

Director: Roy Andersson

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A ★★★★ review of Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

Trotz seiner offenbar sehr tief sitzenden Misanthropie komme ich immer wieder gerne und mit Genuss zu Roy Andersson zurück – weil er so viele absurd komische Ideen hat und überaus clevere Bilder für die offenen Wunden der Gesellschaft findet, in die er erbarmungslos sein Salz streut. „Das Leben ist ein Markt“, lässt Andersson eine seiner Figuren die ganze Misere auf den Punkt bringen. Wenn die oberste Maxime das Verkaufen – am besten immer mit einer extra Null hinten dran – ist, setzen unweigerlich Entfremdung und Entsolidarisierung ein. Arbeiter*innen treten beim Versuch, über Wasser zu bleiben, zunehmend nach unten, anstatt nach