Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World
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The entire Seventh Row editorial team is here to talk about site favourite Joachim Trier's new film, The Worst Person in the World.This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, Contributing Editor Lindsay Pugh, and Editor-at-Large Mary Angela Rowe.  On this episode: Existential detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions (2:21) Related episodes (4:15) The World Person in the World and our first reactions (5:39) Is Julie the worst person in the world?(19:31) The film's structure (27:23) The film's style (33:57) Julie's relationships (45:06) The time freeze scene (56:57) The mushroom scene (1:10:42) Intellectualizing and romanticizing (1:18:07) The retroactive Oslo Trilogy (1:33:38) Conclusion (1:49:20) Show notes Read an excerpt of Lindsay's interview with Renate Reinsve from our upcoming email book Existential detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions Sign up to be the first to pre-order Existential detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions, the first book to ever be published on Joachim Trier. You will also receive exclusive excerpts from the book. Read Alex's review of The Worst Person in the World View our Directors We Love page on Joachim Trier, for extensive information on Trier and his key collaborators, and links to all of our coverage of his films Related episodes Ep. 114: Mia Hansen-Løve’s Things to Come and Bergman Island Ep. 112: Raw and Thelma: Modern female monsters Ep. 107: Another Round and Oslo, August 31st: Are men OK? Masculinity, mental health, & addiction Redux Ep. 54: Used to Go Here and Unexpected: Kris Rey’s thirtysomethings (Member's Only) Ep. 40: Stories We Tell, Louder Than Bombs, & Mouthpiece: Dead mothers (Member's Only) Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.
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