RIFLE RANGE BOY

The Worst Person in World ( Verdens verste menneske,  Norweigian; 2021) Director: Joachim Trier Maybe it is the pressure to experience all the sensations in one lifetime. Perhaps one lifespan is not long enough to complete Man's laundry list of wants and needs. There is a desire to do the right thing at the first attempt and not lose out to fellow world inhabitants. Are we so hedonistic, only caring for ourselves and not batting an eyelid for others? We have become so self-centred that nobody else matters. It is just me, myself and I. We look at life as a reward. We exist to experience, only to die and disappear into oblivion. There are neither before nor forever after stories after this birth. We get one chance, after which it is GAME OVER.  Like headless chickens, we seem to be running around, collecting experiences.  We cannot wait. We see the line on the other side is moving faster. We jump queue only to find that the last line moves much quicker.  We get frustra...

Louder than Bombs (2015) Director: Joachim Trier It seems that everyone is moving around their own burden of baggage. Just because they do not carry their heart on their sleeves and they appear composed, do not for once think that they had it all sorted out. In the same vein, like how Jesus is said to have said, "He who had not sinned shall cast the first stone!" no one is immune from failure or wrongdoing. Unfortunately, life is not two-dimensional but multilayered with sparks of goodness, evil, hopelessness, and injustices. It is within our duty to separate the wheat from the chaff.  This story is a story of a widowed father with two sons. The mother, a high-flying photojournalist, had died three years previously. An exhibition is planned to fete her work, and a newspaper is planning an intimate exposé of her life and times. The article will not be pretty as many unanswered questions are surrounding her nasty car accident. The question of suicide is thrown in.  The elder of...