Underskog

I serien Contemporary Norway viser Cinemateket Erik Løchens Motforestilling fra 1972. Filmen er laget slik at filmrullene kan vises i tilfeldig rekkefølge.

Omtale på engelsk:

Remonstrance
Norway 1972
Dir: Erik Løchen
Cast: Espen Skjønberg, Per Theodor Haugen, Kari Rasmussen, Knut Husebø, Anne Marie Ottersen
Norwegian dialogue, English subtitles
35mm, b/w and colour, 1h 37min

A classic of Norwegian modernist cinema
Erik Løchen is the greatest Norwegian film modernist, even though he only made two feature films – The Hunt from 1959, and this from 1972. Løchen has said that the six film reels of Remonstrance can be screened in any sequence, adding up to a total of 125 potential films. Løchen thereby demonstrated a contempt for classical, chronological storytelling.

Remonstrance is about a team making a film about political assassinations and secret political alliances in Norway. We get to see scenes from the film within the film, and we also follow a love story between two of the actors. Soon, the different levels of storytelling are intertwined.