S4E3.5: In Order Of Disappearance
This week on the Kill James Bond podcast we're honouring our ironclad commitment to international cinema by checking out this film from a small indie country they're calling 'Norway'. Apparently they could afford Stellan Skarsgard, so really good for them. Helping us to unpack this tale of revenge and isolation is Berlin-based artist and writer Ari Nielsson!
Ari's writing can be found at https://www.instagram.com/theoenus/, and copies of his essay collection, Urin, can be found at https://urinbook.bigcartel.com/
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Comments (27)
the bit about scandinavians not believing anything could happen Here is so real. When i got fired from my job for no particular reason the rumour going around was that it was because the manager had a reputation as a homophobe. And i told a friend this and she burst out "What? I thought that only happened in america!"
I hope you do Nobody!
Very interesting listening as someone who's watched Cold Pursuit, liked it, and had no idea it was a remake. Like looking through a Norwegianifying device. Colorado was definitely the right choice for capturing the 'town vs country' theming of the original, IMO. Makes perfect sense that a crime boss from Denver would be Nepo Baby Joker and it means that the cops get to complain about dumb pot-smoking skiers taking over their town.
Just found out the Swedish title for this move is "En iskall jävel", which translates back to English as either An Ice Cold Devil or An Ice Cold Bastard
Inb4 the gang watches Russian "Taken" called Ворошиловский стрелок with Milo and produce something incredibly ignorant but funny
"nepo baby of crime" is one viable interpretation of the Joker's "clown prince of crime"
I've seen a lot of revenge movies and it only just occurred to me how few of them have husband and wife going on a rampage where both are into it. Usually if a female love interest is involved, they tend to either be trying to hold the man back, or, the man realizes they've gone too far when she goes feral. It also kind of sucks how many of the revenge movies just use women as a target for sexual violence- the man loses his masculinity because another man "steals it" ( ick, ick ), and must recapture it by dominating another man. I think the last revenge movie i saw that wasn't complete shit was Kevin Bacon's Death Sentence.
It also kind of sucks how many female movies of revenge center around sexual violence done to them or a daughter. And all of them tend to have an air of sexual menace even when the woman goes on the offensive. Seldom does it feel as if the woman is an empowered vessel of rage that'll go full The Raid and Judge Dress a whole building of motherfuckers
Blotmonath trying to revive either the Danelaw or Lindisfarne.
Ghost Dog mentioned
Obligatory: What if a Swedish man was Norwegian
Gentle parenting my goons because I believe I can stop the cycle of violence in my drug empire 💕
I guess y'all will get to some of the Death Wish/Taken But Girl movies eventually. Looking forward to getting really pisses off about Peppermint and Miss Bala again.
the "roaring rampage of revenge but it's a woman" film abby is looking for is peppermint, considered to be one of the more racist films of 2018
I'm guessing part of the point of the singalong bit was that the song was lame as hell, but I ended up listening to Bjorn Eidsvag as a result.
Norway really does make some movies. Lately I've been delving into their films about the second world war, like Max Manus and The Arctic Convoy. The tv series Okkupert (Occupied) is also quite good.
Can confirm Norway is 100% subs over dubs country- people are taught English very early on, so practically only kids' media gets dubbed Unfortunately the Simpsons movie did qualify, so we do have to live with the fact that we cast Atle Antonsen as Norwegian Homer Simpson
I partly grew up in Norway and learned Norwegian from the subtitles on TV. Everything from Discovery Channel to MacGyver meant you got a good range of speech styles and situations to understand
Revenge movie with incompetent protag reminds me I need to watch Blue Ruin.
I can't think of Stellan Skarsgård without thinking of him strangling Daniel Craig with "Orinoco Flow" playing at full blast. Truly a career-defining scene.
I was really struggling to figure out what obscure genre “Urban Welsh” was referring to.
the mean streets of Port Talbot
If you want a revenge movie starring a woman, check out Revenge (2017). It's more "harrowing" than "rip-roaring", but I think you all would still get a lot out of it. It's made by the same director as The Substance.
"The Brave One" is a 2007 Death Wish type film with Jodie Foster "Peppermint" is a 2018 Punisher type film with Jennifer Garner
Shock-Racism doesn't really work to get laughs from an audience who has grown up knowing the pretense of 1990s enlightenment was a farce. Like, I can walk into a restaurant and see the exact same shit on live television from the most AI-generated "news" anchor I've ever seen.
in a somewhat similar vein (but approaching the theme more thoughtfully), i think the podcast would really enjoy "Riders of Justice" (and for different reasons, the director's earlier movie, "Adam's Apples")
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