Nuit et brouillard
indieWIRE INTERVIEW “Reprise” Director Joachim Trier
by eric kohn (may 14, 2008)
Combining pop whimsy with nuanced characters, Joachim Trier’s “Reprise” constructs a simultaneously moving and satiric portrayal of two young struggling writers, Erik (Espen Klouman-Hoiner) and Phillip (Anders Danielson Lie), in Norway’s chic modern professional scene. After a warm reception at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 and a similar response later that year at New Directors/New Films, “Reprise” remained without distribution until producer Scott Rudin, a fan of the film, pressured Miramax’s Daniel Battsek to purchase it. Incessantly lively, filled with contemporary references, and containing a number of creative flourishes to help give the heavier ideas a sense of levity, “Reprise” marks Trier’s directorial debut. In a conversation with indieWIRE last week at the Soho Grand Hotel, the filmmaker matched the positive qualities that make his movie so distinct.
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