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Bookmark this pageThe Greatness of the Small Man (1999)
Director: Kjell Andersson, Bo Harringer
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From Time Out Film Guide
Not a standard 'making of' doc, this unassuming featurette on Songs from the Second Floor, co-directed by Roy Andersson's brother Kjell, spends time hanging out in a couple of Roy's inimitable sets - the disused hangar turned sweeping grey train station, and the gravel pit where a crowd of locals were assembled to witness the sacrifice of a nine-year-old - and observing the film's formation. Roy vouches a disdain for modern politics' illiberal technocratic bent, laughing gaily at anything that passes - and leaving his cameraman to knot his brow with artistic doubt. What registers is the human scale of the huge enterprise.Author: NB
Cast & crew
Director: Kjell Andersson, Bo Harringer
Producer: Kjell Andersson
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 56 mins
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