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Norske
byggeklosser (1972)
Director:
Pål
Bang-Hansen |
COUNTRY
Norway |
GENRE
Comedy |
INTERNATIONAL
TITLE
N/A |
RUNNING
TIME
94
minutes |
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Producer:
Egil Monn-Iversen |
Screenwriter:
N/A |
Review
A devoted and
perpetual Rolv Wesenlund plays an abundance of roles in this Norwegian
semi-classic which satirizes the clash between intractable craftsmen and
meek academics during the building boom of the 1970s. When I say
classic, this is more in effort than in quality, as the script varies
from hilarious to downright annoying (such as the traffic control
scene), but Wesenlund often saves the uttermost stupidities with his
charisma, and Pål Bang-Hansen's love for the art of film shines through
his frisky but flawed direction. Norske byggeklosser belongs to
the
type of comedy that wears the viewer out through its endless downward
spiral, but which also brings out a smile at regular intervals.
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