Very verite this one.
I caught a couple of scenes from this during the early days of HBO. Due to my youth, I thought it was funny the way the "lips didn't match the words." (You see....it was subtitled due to the Swedish language.)
I saw it again MUCH later and was blown away.
Bad cop meets a comeuppance in the hospital. Then we get a few scenes of very technical, and seemingly painstakingly filmed, police procedure. Big Bo seemed to be trying to show the world what Swedish Police go through on a day to day.
Bo was a huge fan of The French Connection and wanted to make the Swedish equivalent. Seeing as MOTR got the home country's version of Oscar for best picture....I'd say he succeeded. And the homage shows.
The book it was based on (The Abominable Man) was every bit as thrilling.
A playable DVD is hard to get outside of Europe but keep looking. This is a treasure worth the hunt.
I caught a couple of scenes from this during the early days of HBO. Due to my youth, I thought it was funny the way the "lips didn't match the words." (You see....it was subtitled due to the Swedish language.)
I saw it again MUCH later and was blown away.
Bad cop meets a comeuppance in the hospital. Then we get a few scenes of very technical, and seemingly painstakingly filmed, police procedure. Big Bo seemed to be trying to show the world what Swedish Police go through on a day to day.
Bo was a huge fan of The French Connection and wanted to make the Swedish equivalent. Seeing as MOTR got the home country's version of Oscar for best picture....I'd say he succeeded. And the homage shows.
The book it was based on (The Abominable Man) was every bit as thrilling.
A playable DVD is hard to get outside of Europe but keep looking. This is a treasure worth the hunt.