The Tragic Beauty of Oslo, August 31st
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2022
- This video contains spoilers.
"One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo."
Songs used:
1. Desire - Under Your Spell
2. Daft Punk - Too Long / Steam Machine
3. Gabríel Ólafs - Filma Solo - Розваги
The last shots in the movie. I interpreted it as "All these areas were someones memories. Now no one is left to remember them. And the world continues on."
For some reason I always was moved by the ambient shots of the city environment in this movie, perhaps exactly for this reason. Regardless of one's own personal experiences, the world continues on. Beautiful.
My favorite movie…. ever. The most human, bittersweet, and moving movie I’ve watched. When he sits down to play the piano before taking the last hit it just crushes me.
Easily my favourite movie. It is the most accurate depiction of depression that I have ever seen. The door is wide open, rays of light shine through now and again, and yet you just cannot take the step outside. The internal struggle which no one can help you with, and the complete dissociation from the surrounding world.
I interpret the ending to be ambiguous: I like to think that there is a possibility that Anders survives, and that the cycle continues.
@@Plauudhis parents are not there though
I recall when I finished the movie I could really feel this suicide was inevitable. It's so impressive that the movie managed to convey such a thing. I don't feel any judgement about his action, because of all the allusions made towards his decision to commit suicide being final throughout the film it almost feels normal and a formality to end it all. And I don't even have any experience with addiction myself, but still I feel the intimate connection to the character and could understand the decision was the only way out, despite the obvious potential for a good life financially etc. the film communicated that it would be anyway deeply meaningless to him.
It's 3 in the morning here, I just finished watching this movie a few mins ago. This was such a beautiful breakdown of this movie, well done!
I think this is the most realistic and accurate depiction of depression in a film. I've seen a lot of other movies with depressed characters going through it all but nothing's really hit me like this, nothing resonated this well with me. Throughout the movie you see just how futile and pointless he sees everything to be. Like he listens to that girl at the cafe mentioning all the things she wants to experience in life and he can't relate to any of that.
And then there's the opportunities he turns down. Those could be real new starts for him and he turns them all down. I was internally screaming for him to give the uni girl a chance, maybe that was just what he needed and he turned it down, yet again. And it all felt so real because that's exactly what being in the bottomless pit of depression does to you. And in the end, he ends up ODing in the same house that was being sold to pay for his rehabilitation. What a beautiful and poignant film. 10/10.
You know I never connected that his parents sold the house partly because they had to pay for his rehab... it makes the ending that much more tragic
Rewatched yesterday for the third (maybe forth) time. One of my favorite films. Great video by the way.
one of my favorite films of all time
Beautifully put. I loved your take on this movie. Thank you :)
Ever since I first watched this movie, I made it a habit that I watch this movie every year on 31st August, no matter where I am and what I do. As much as depressing and realistic it is, somehow strangely this movie give me a ray of hope. Indeed there is a tragic beauty in this.
Beautiful commentary, brought tears to my eyes thinking back to the movie. I watched it years ago and it stayed with me in a strange way, like some sort of a cautionary tale. Also, I loved how you zoomed in on the directorial choices as a way to tell the story and to show Anders' thoughts and feelings.
Excellent work. Love this movie, it left me with similar sentiments.
Beautiful movie, great analysis. It reminds me of "Eastern plays" another movie I watched a few years before Oslo 31 august. It's a movie with a somewhat similar topic - struggles with drug addiction, hopelessness, isolation and so on.
Great video, I just finished the movie shortly before and after watching this i can appreciate the movie even more. I must say I didn't realise anders suicide was implied at the end. I thought he only relapsed and the final shots were showing the films locations in backwards order to symbolise that he was back where he started , the cycle of addiction renewed. But your take on it makes more sense and is more impactful.
К сожалению, это мой любимый фильм.
such a weird coincidence, i saw it for the first time today and it's 31st Aug (2023) today.
It's so tragic he didn't stick with this girl he met. :/ I think he was far too gone and disconnected from everything to give it a meaning. :(
Wow. So good to have you back. Last time a watched one of your videos was when you did one on Y Tu Mamá También, my favorite movie. And now you come back with the best movie I saw last year. Thanks! I adore this movie, which is something odd to say, because it is bleak af. But it really helped me to get a new perspective in one of the darkest times of my life. I love how in the end of the video you point out how it is impossible to determine if any of his close friends had any responsibility in what happened. I think when it comes to s*****e, people often have this need to point out the exact moment the decision was made, but that fails to realize that it is both a really racional decision but also deeply irrational one, at the same time. Specially for someone like Anders, who’s struggling with addiction and depression, there might not even be a causality. I don’t know, but like you said, this is probably the best and most honest portrayal I’ve ever seen of a troubled nihilistic young man who can’t make sense of the world around him
After looking back at all the movies I watched last year, I think Oslo was the best one I saw too! At least for first watches
Your insights about s*****e were brilliant, thank you so much for sharing.
Nice take on the movie.
Personally I wish I could enjoy it the same way, as it does capture depression more honestly than any movie I've seen.
But the Oslo-isms and people there are insufferable to me and that keeps taking me out of the movie.
Its probobly a Norwegian thing
Keep up the good work
What kind of Oslo-isms are you referring to? I’m curious as someone who’s never been there