Song From Second Floor

The film uses many quotations from the work of the peruvian poet césar vallejo as a recurring.

Song from second floor. A film poem inspired by the peruvian poet césar vallejo. Links to online sources for the audio recordings itunes amazon etc. Without the fantastic humour of you the living this film is melancholy and more than a little bit bleak but never the less it is a must see viewing experience for lovers of intelligent film making. Where are we humans going.

People trying to communicate searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things. 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. Get musical historical info. With lars nordh stefan larsson bengt c w.

Roy andersson s songs from the second floor is a collision at the intersection of farce and tragedy the apocalypse as a joke on us. 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. We meet people in the city. 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 and written by roy anderson songs from the second floor is a visual and emotional masterpiece. Directed by roy andersson. Hear a sample of every song. Songs from the second floor has been described as a poem put to film but after viewing this emotional work of art i can t help but to feel that a swedish opera put to film is a more accurate description.

Every lead sheet is available in c treble clef b flat e flat and c bass clef.