Where to find it: MUBI or BFI Player (both available through Amazon)
Length: Two and a half hours
Synopsis: Sluggish Swedish satire about pretentious contemporary high art
Recommendation rating: 3/5
What I like about it: smart, can be very funny, beautifully framed shots
What I don’t like about it: too long, Nordic pacing
Review:
Christian is the curator of a top Stockholm modern art museum, housed in a former royal palace. He and his colleagues talk about their lofty artistic ideals and are regularly confronted by reality and how they and the world fall short of their ideals. It’s quite compelling and funny in a ghastly, cringe-comedy sort of way, explores ‘the Other’ and strongly rebukes the middle-class.
Content notes (may contain spoilers): sex