The Songs From The Second Floor

We meet people in the city.

The songs from the second floor. Songs from the second floor which shared the special jury prize at the 2000 cannes film festival is an indescribably surrealistic examination of the pointlessness of modern life in a nameless. It metaphorically satirises a society at crossroads. Sånger från andra våningen is a swedish black comedy drama film which was released to cinemas in sweden on 6 october 2000 written and directed by roy andersson it presents a series of disconnected vignettes that together interrogate aspects of modern life. Directed by roy andersson.

The story of the film evolves partly around the head character kalle who s firm has being burned downed to the ground. With lars nordh stefan larsson bengt c w. Songs from the second floor peter bradshaw peterbradshaw1 thu 15 feb 2001 21 29 est. A film poem inspired by the peruvian poet césar vallejo.

This track comes from the roy andersson movie songs from the second floor for which benny andersson wrote some music. People trying to communicate searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things. The closing sequence of songs from the second floor should reverberate in anyone s mind for a long while. The making and the cinematic content of songs from the second floor is a good example that these two characteristics is one of roy s two most important trademarks.

The film uses many quotations from the work of the peruvian poet césar vallejo as a recurring. This track is featured at the end of. N ow in the uk after winning the special jury prize at. Where are we humans going.

In a sour gray city filled with pale drunken salarymen and parading flagellants everything goes wrong pain is laughed at businesses fail traffic seizes up and a girl is made into a human sacrifice to save a corporation. Songs from the second floor 2000 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.