by Steve Dollar
[GreenCine Daily's first dispatch from Montreal can be found here.]
True and tear-inducing coming of age stories are about the last thing anyone who comes to a fantastic film festival comes to see. Where are the aliens and zombies, man? The title Sons of Norway at least evokes a skull-crushing, mead-guzzling, Thor-worshipping Viking epic. It is not that, although thankfully there is a heap of ruckus, largely committed upon the unsuspecting world by young Åsmund Høeg, playing a sweet kid named Nikolaj. As the film opens, the young'un—garbed in full, Sex Pistols-inspired regalia, complete with a scary, large safety pin through the cheek—hurls a beer bottle at a stuffy, grey-haired local functionary at a pompous "founder's day" like event, and the race is on. First, the story tracks backward to reveal the roots of Niko's non-conformity: Dad's an atheist who celebrates Christmas with an all-banana feast and quotations from Nietzsche; when he catches the...
[GreenCine Daily's first dispatch from Montreal can be found here.]
True and tear-inducing coming of age stories are about the last thing anyone who comes to a fantastic film festival comes to see. Where are the aliens and zombies, man? The title Sons of Norway at least evokes a skull-crushing, mead-guzzling, Thor-worshipping Viking epic. It is not that, although thankfully there is a heap of ruckus, largely committed upon the unsuspecting world by young Åsmund Høeg, playing a sweet kid named Nikolaj. As the film opens, the young'un—garbed in full, Sex Pistols-inspired regalia, complete with a scary, large safety pin through the cheek—hurls a beer bottle at a stuffy, grey-haired local functionary at a pompous "founder's day" like event, and the race is on. First, the story tracks backward to reveal the roots of Niko's non-conformity: Dad's an atheist who celebrates Christmas with an all-banana feast and quotations from Nietzsche; when he catches the...
- 8/2/2012
- GreenCine Daily
John Lydon is in a bad mood.
He’s hungover from partying after the premiere of the Norwegian coming-of-age drama, Sons Of Norway, here at the Toronto International Film Festival. My photographer Linda and I arrive at a stuffy, claustrophobic mezzanine at the posh Hazelton Hotel. The busy publicist warns us that Mr. Lydon is an “unpredictable” mood.
Great, though I shouldn’t be surprised. After all, John Lydon is Johnny Rotten, the surly singer of The Sex Pistols and the 56-year-old godfather of punk. That’s how he’s credited in this film in a cameo appearance near the end though he’s credited as executive producer under his birth name.
Journalists who stagger out of their interviews assure me that Lydon is in unusually fine spirits, pleasant and polite, even signing autographs. As I wait, I go over my questions about this film. Sons of Norway is based...
He’s hungover from partying after the premiere of the Norwegian coming-of-age drama, Sons Of Norway, here at the Toronto International Film Festival. My photographer Linda and I arrive at a stuffy, claustrophobic mezzanine at the posh Hazelton Hotel. The busy publicist warns us that Mr. Lydon is an “unpredictable” mood.
Great, though I shouldn’t be surprised. After all, John Lydon is Johnny Rotten, the surly singer of The Sex Pistols and the 56-year-old godfather of punk. That’s how he’s credited in this film in a cameo appearance near the end though he’s credited as executive producer under his birth name.
Journalists who stagger out of their interviews assure me that Lydon is in unusually fine spirits, pleasant and polite, even signing autographs. As I wait, I go over my questions about this film. Sons of Norway is based...
- 9/12/2011
- by Allan Tong
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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