2 posts tagged “mads mikkelsen”
The film Flame & Citron (Flammen og Citronen) is the based on the true story of two Danish resistance fighters who liquidate Nazi informers during World War II. The ever-amazing Mads Mikkelsen plays Citronen (Citron or Lemon) to Thure Lindhardt's Flammen (Flame), most recently seen in the love-it-or-hate-it movie Dan Brown/Tom Hanks/Ron Howard film Angels & Demons.
I'm not sure you're aware of this, but the Danes are under the uneasy impression that the world thinks they've somehow failed to do enough to fight evil Nazism during WWII. Crazy, Danes. I have a theory about this.
Danes are the epitome of stoicism. They are creative, sensitive, deep-thinking, highly educated, genetically beautiful creatures with a tendency to appear unemotional in times when everyone else is freaking the hell out. Appearances can be deceiving: this logic in tempering their emotionality, essentially the art of quiet disconnect, is what provides the so-inclined stoic a clear mind for judgment and a inner calm. And it's this standoffish nature of the Danish culture that makes them feel that maybe this movie will clear things up, explain away any residual doubts about Denmark's resistance to Hitler's Secret Service.
To the Danes I say this:
So sweet of you to make this film to share your true story. We all know you're not Nazi sympathizers, in fact spending more than 45 million kroner -- a blockbuster sum -- to convince us of this is heartening. Thanks! It's a brutally lovely flick! Plus Mads is in it, and I'll watch that boy in anything at all. ANYTHING. AT. ALL. But please understand that we love your unaffected, surface-cold temperaments and disturbingly talented (albeit oft cheesy and indifferent) culture. We do. It's what makes the Danes, you know...Danish.
So, embrace your genetically ingrained shoulder-shrugging attitude and please, and please do continue to exploit it in great films, music, literature, and art. It's who you are, and we love you for it. Also, make sure Mads Mikkelsen is featured as much as possible. In advance, tak!
Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jørgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions... Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jørgen's daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life.
Gravity like lunar landing
You make me want to run till' I find you
I shut the world away from here
I drift to you, you're all I hear
As everything we know fades to black
Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending
I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But love remains the same
I find a place where we escape
Take you with me for the space
The city buzz sounds just like a fridge
I walk the streets through seven bars
I have to find just where you are
The faces seem to blur
They're all the same
Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending
I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But love remains the same
So much more to say
So much to be done
Don't you trick me out
We shall overcome
It's all left still to play
We should've had the sun
Could have been inside
Instead we're over here
Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending
Too much time too long defending
You and I are done pretending
I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
Everything will change
I, oh I,
I wish this could last forever
I, oh I,
As if we could last forever
Love remains the same
Love remains the same