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Involuntary is a 2008 Swedish drama film directed by Ruben Östlund, and written by Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff. It is described as "a tragic comedy or comic tragedy", and features five parallel stories with human group behaviour as the common theme. The film is notable for its long takes with no cuts within the scenes. This is related to Östlund's background as a skiing film director, where a cut would only…
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Scandinavian cinema has evolved a lot in the last thirty years. I don't want to describe myself as an expert on the development and the root causes, but the internet and the Dogme 95 manifesto seemed to at least help in creating a lust for creativeness. Ruben Östlund is a kind of unlikely star director, developing his style from mostly directing skiing movies in his early days, before getting an academic education a…More
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