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The Square is a 2017 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund. The film stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary. A Swedish production with co-production support from Germany, France and Denmark, it was shot in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin. The story was partly inspired by an installation Östlund and producer Kalle Boman had made. Östlund was also inspired by a…
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Source I didn't know much about this movie but it looked like a fun crime film so I decided to give it a watch last night and it was worth it. The story is about a middle-aged man who isn't happy with his life and especially with his marriage and a young woman who is in a similar situation, an unhappy marriage, and the desire to begin an entirely new life someplace else. These 2 individuals are lovers despite their…More
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The term "square" can be interpreted in three ways. First, it is about the square, in a literal, but also metaphorical sense, that is, the place where people meet to trade, exchange opinions, and have social contacts. Second, the same word denotes the rectangle as a geometric shape, so the space is bounded by clear, predefined edges. Thirdly, the same word is used in the slang for the conservative, not so much in th…More
Reality. In a Dublin gallery, there are no cunning sculptures, and the thoughts of George Bernard Shaw, who says "you use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul". Reality as a cinema. At a Swedish museum before an exhibition, a curator tries to explain to a journalist what art really is in conversation about the upcoming exhibition. The curator is a hero in the latest film by Swedish…More
The Square involves many things, but overall speaks how we don't truly want to think about the existence of others, but mostly think about ourselves. It is hard and unusual in many ways to think about others. The Square makes us ponder what a society of shared values would look like... and therefore implies the question of why we don't have one. These questions reflect on the current chaos and belligerence we see in…More
The prizes, with which the biography of "The Square" has, sound like this - Cannes '17 - Golden Palm, Vulcan Austin '17 Best Film Award. To be exact, however, "The Square" has four equal sides and here are they: In one of the interviews that the main character Christian (Kles Bang) gives, he says roughly the following - the question is whether the ladies bag placed in this exhibition hall is becoming art. When I fir…More
The term "square" can be interpreted in three ways. First, it is about the square, in a literal, but also metaphorical sense, that is, the place where people meet to trade, exchange opinions, and have social contacts. Second, the same word denotes the rectangle as a geometric shape, so the space is bounded by clear, predefined edges. Thirdly, the same word is used in the slang for the conservative, not so much in th…More