Songs from the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen) (2000)

Directors' Favorite Films (327 movies items)

" 1 Director: Mike Leigh"

Black Comedy - Updated Jan 2013 (308 movies items)

" Swedish Language Black Comedy"

Watched in 2013 (212 movies items)

"13.1.2013 I just say the same as everyone else; cinematography was interesting and really made part of the film by itself. It was a good movie otherwise too, but there was just so much in it's themes and plotwise etc. were I was left in darkness. I'll most definitely rewatch this at some point, because there seemed to be so much more in it than I got out of in the end."

Aprakadabra's Movie Diary - 2012 (460 movies items)

"17.10 Ruotsin oman Terrence Malickin eli Roy Anderssonin filmografia on varsinkiehtova. Songs from the Second Floor lienee miehen tunnetuin ohjaus. Pitkistä otoista koostuva elokuva tallettaa jokikisen kohtauksen katsojan muistiin ja näin antaa pohdittavaa vielä lopputekstienkin jälkeen. Tavallisten ihmisten näyttelytyö on aivan loistavaa, sillä näin ote pysyy realistisena."

Magnificent Cinema (77 movies items)

"This is what Roy Anderson thinks about our society. Every image is so well planned that you can't believe your own eyes. Humor is good and ending is one of the most memorable moments ever. "

Watched in 2012 (534 movies items)

"19.8. Olen pantannut tämän katsomista ikuisuuden, koska katsoimme tämän kanavan ensimmäisessä miitissä, ja olin niin humalassa, etten pystynyt seuraamaan koko leffaa. Ihan tarpeellinen katsominen siis, koska muistin elokuvasta tasan yhden kohtauksen. Leffa itse on hilpeää etenemistä ei minnekään ja mahdollisimman kauas alkuperäisestä kohteesta, tai muuten vain allapäin olevia ihmisiä, jotka eivät pahemmin jaksa enää yrittää. Homma toimii."

Swedish Film History (1967-2000) (709 movies items)

" A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. This is a black comedy directed by Roy Andersson who won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes for this movie. "

“Years ago, I was searching for a surreal film, something vast and strange and incomprehensible that I would struggle to wrap my brain around, when I found Roy Andersson’s dystopian masterpiece. Meticulously photographed and yet minimally directed, with mise-en-scène that would make even Orson Welles jealous, the film tells the story of Kalle, a local businessman who sets fire to his office in an attempt at insurance fraud. His son, whom he loathes, is unreachable—lost in himself and unable to cope with the sadness of the world around him. Or as his father says, “He wrote poetry until he went nuts!” Across the city, a magician accidentally cuts a man in half. A man is fired just before retirement. A swindler tosses his plastic product into a garbage heap, uttering, “Who could eve” read more

Unforgettable, or The Tropes of my Mind's Eye (15 movies items)

""You have never seen a film like this before. You may not enjoy it but you will not forget it." :: Roger Ebert Certainly the case for me. Often bewildering, always strange, seemingly pointless yet uniquely endearing--many of these haunting scenes still linger in my mind. Most Memorable Scene: The end, with Kalle tossing his unsold Crucifix figures onto a garbage pile--and slowly, the camera pans to the left... Songs from the Second Floor "