Now let us import sad young literary men: "Reprise," the debut feature by the Norwegian director Joachim Trier, traces the divergent paths of two 20-something friends and writers in Oslo. Recasting the theme of camaraderie and performance anxiety from last spring's "Poison Friends" and its French university students, "Reprise" skitters with a heady, hit-the-ground-running style that cools off
The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. Two buddies are taken down different paths in life when one becomes a success and the other fails to grab the brass ring in this comedy drama.
For all their emphasis on the youth market, American movies have never done a good job of portraying actual youth. The idea that young equals dumb prevails -- never mind that it's about the only time in life when reading Foucault or sitting through a Tarkovsky double feature is a viable task. What Hollywood tends to ignore is perhaps the central project of late adolescence and early adulthood --
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Norwegian Joachim Trier directs his debut feature, " Reprise ," with such assured kineticism that it's only a matter of time before Hollywood gets his hands on him and turns him into an anonymous hack.
Norwegian Joachim Trier directs his debut feature, " Reprise ," with such assured kineticism that it's only a matter of time before Hollywood gets his hands on him and turns him into an anonymous hack.
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