DP/30: Force Majeure, Ruben Östlund, Johannes Kuhnke

[@MultiplexShow]

Force Majeure was such a brilliant film, so weirdly insightful. It's great to hear these two explain the process in such detail. Great interview as always David!

[@PompeyBoy66]

Great movie. It was moving how his children embraced and comforted him when he was crying about his own failure to do the expected thing (be a strong male protector of his family). It showed the love of children for their parents. The daughter also leading the mother to comfort him was touching. It was such a loving scene- very moving for me as a father and a man. It helped him accept himself, his own weakness in that event. The wife giving him a chance to redeem himself and be the hero was funny and so smart on her part, helping her kids see their father as family protector and hero again. The bus scene at the end was brilliant- showing how anyone can be scared, and revealing that to the wife. I loved how he took the cigarette- kind of embracing his common humanity with another human being who was scared to ride in the bus (like all but the very baĺlsy lady). This film is so beautiful. I like skiing also.

[@androidpops]

David, thank you for doing these videos. It's hard to find any other place that holds this much valuable content of filmmakers expressing themselves candidly in unbroken 30-minute interviews. Keep it comin!

[@herrmannmunster]

This is the first I hear of Force Majeure, but I loved all of Ruben Östlund's Swedish-language films so I'll have to watch it. Such an interesting filmmaker

[@ZachThom9]

Why do americans talking about an "american version" - i think is an insult. It is like europeans should do a european version of Forrest Gump. In some way it is the attitude of "now let the big boys show you how its done".

[@mololuwa]

Zacharias Thomasson Yea, I agree. Except I don’t think it’s an ego play, as much as a money move. Hollywood sees an international movie do well & want to financially capitalize on that success.

[@IanAannevik]

Why don't you edit the videos? I don't mind, but the problems you had with the audio could easily have been cut out I assume?

[@vishrutbajaj337]

The point of the channel is that every interview is uncut 30 mins

[@IanAannevik]

@@vishrutbajaj337 thank you for claryfing this 4 year mystery, its been a burden on my soul

[@DaveNoodles]

That one camera position a day thing sounds kind of cool/crazy. Will check this film out.

[@KartikeyaDutta]

Force Majeure was the best film of 2014

[@pf2879]

40 takes per scene? That's insane. Loved this film.

[@arunsnair2901]

Love the Movie :)

[@jennifersamuels4394]

I loved this film and I had to tell everyone I know to go watch it. I thought the ending was brilliant, so satisfying in its cleverness. I could talk about this movie endlessly, the discourse on the relationship between women and men, about their expectations of one another and of family. And though it seems universal in its themes it seemed at the same time deeply personal.

[@brennansheridan196]

It annoys me when native English speakers, while talking to people for whom English is a second language, make no effort to slow down and enunciate. Let's not assume that everyone from everywhere is as fluent in our language as we are.

[@ViolentFEAR]

DOn't talk to us like we are retarded. Most people's active English will also be much worse than their understanding of it.

[@Robespierre-lI]

I agree that it is not ideal but you must understand that the world has decided to use English as a lingua franca. This has had the strange effect of putting native English speakers in the position of never knowing what it is like to be conversing in a language that is not your own. There are many of us who do learn other languages, of course, but the pressure is almost always off. I gave up on learning Dutch, for example, because no Dutch person allows you to actually speak their language without switching to English at your first mistake.

[@roarbertbearatheon8565]

To many people it can be seen as patronizing to slow down unnaturally and ennuciate in a contrived way. I understand some don’t mind, but it’s humilating to be talked to like a child. I would rather not understand then to be treated that way and I don’t do it to others because of the golden rule.

[@bigcalipso]

The worst English speaker in this interview is the interviewer

[@emmacassidy8482]

How did he have the money to edit for a year?

[@tigerji]

perhaps he did it himself

[@Robespierre-lI]

Kuhnke is stunningly beautiful.

[@DaveNoodles]

Just saw this film. Jesus it's crazy. Kind of fun, then just pure cringe & the immense drama.

[@phspalace1021]

The new Ingmar Bergman.