Talk
Talk
| 01 January 1997 (USA)
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Birger is old and retired from work, but he still goes back to work since he has nothing else to do. Back home he gets a rare visitor: a girl from Hare Krishna recruiting new members.

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ckd-42924

A man lives alone. Although he has already retired from company, he talks to people that he is working at the company. And he goes to the company every day. He telephones to some people at random to talk. One day, a missionary comes his house. And the man let her come into his room. The man has nothing to do and nobody to talk with. He is isolated, but he wants to control people. This film depicts a human nature affected by isolation. You can see his real nature as the plot develops. We don't know what triggers an explosion of other people's feeling. His real nature is revealed by meeting the missionary. I think it is scary but interesting. I like this film.

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acingst

An old man sits on the seat next to a girl student on a bus. His name is Birger Andersson. He talks to her. But she does not actively talk with him. He says that he works a good company 'Volvo'. Actually he goes to the company to work. However, he is ignored by colleagues. Even the cook of the dining room does not communicate him. He is alone. He feels lonely so much. How much does he feel lonely? I image his loneliness; however, my image is not more than his loneliness. After he returns his home, one girl comes to his house. I am surprised that an old and a lonely man chooses action. I am also surprised by her action. Recently, aging society is accelerating in developed countries. This movie perhaps give a lot of people aging society's problems and makes people think about many positive or negative products which aging society create. I also am thought about aging society and single life with loneliness of old people by this movie. This movie is able to say the film that gives the society of the problem with the surprise to people who see.

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sepwaltz

This movie is about an old man whose age is about sixty. He is neglected by everyone but he wants to talk with people so he always goes to his previous ex-workplace. He tries to talk with a girl who sits on the next seat to him on the bus. She ignores him so I feel sympathy for him. However, he is considered unpleasant by other people so not only this girl but workers ignore him. He is loneliness at home. It is unclear if he is married but now he is lonely. At first I felt sorry for the man but at once I noticed he is a little strange. At the beginning, the atmosphere of this movie gets disquieting. It seems to show his usual life. However his dangerous personality comes to light. This is a mysterious movie.

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skeletorvsbeastman

Textbook study for characterisation. Although some people have commented on the ending being somehow unrealistic, it is perfectly within the parameters of the character established in the first scene. It is in fact this surprising, but consequential character development which makes the film brilliant. While it may be depressing, it tells the harsh reality of life for many people and just how far our failings in the supposed 'idealistic' life that is laid before us can push the human Psyche. The film is superbly acted, and the shot composition from Moodysson serves each scene brilliantly, especially in establishing each scene - not overly pretentious as you may expect from the material, but he lets the substance of the material speak for itself. Nice short, especially for film study.

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