Ursula Lindqvist

(Author)

Roy Andersson's "Songs from the Second Floor": Contemplating the Art of ExistencePaperback, 1 June 2016

Roy Andersson's "Songs from the Second Floor": Contemplating the Art of Existence
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Part of Series
Nordic Film Classics
Print Length
216 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
1 Jun 2016
ISBN-10
0295998253
ISBN-13
9780295998251

Description

Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson's celebrated and enigmatic film Songs from the Second Floor, his first feature film in twenty-five years, won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. The "songs" of the film's title refer to Andersson's artistic ruminations on the state of mankind from his office on the second floor of Studio 24 in Stockholm. The film presents a series of forty-six tableaux--long, deep-focus shots with a still camera, mostly in studio settings, using older visual tricks such as trompe l'oeil. The tableaux showcase seemingly trivial tragicomic situations designed to provoke thoughts about existential guilt, broken relationships, and the failure of social institutions to treat people as human beings.

Lindqvist draws from interviews with Andersson and his team that provide a behind-the-scenes look at how the film was made and investigates its philosophical and artistic influences, providing a nuanced reading of a film that has both befuddled and entranced its viewers. This first book-length study in English of Andersson's work considers his aesthetic agenda and the unique methods that have become hallmarks of his filmmaking, as well as his firm belief in film's revolutionary function as social critique.

Product Details

Author:
Ursula Lindqvist
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 June 2016
Dimensions:
19.05 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm
Genre:
Scandinavian
ISBN-10:
0295998253
ISBN-13:
9780295998251
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
216
Weight:
226.8 gm

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