#22. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Director/Writer: Roy Andersson
Producers: Pernilla Sandström (You, the Living)
Distributor: Rights Available
The Gist: This focuses on two central characters: one is a traveling salesman and the other is slightly mentally retarded. It is the vendor who tells his friend about why society is what it is...(more)
Cast: Unknown.
List Worthy Reasons…: We discovered the absurdest humor of Roy Andersson late in his career with Songs from the Second Floor — which oddly counted as only his second feature film in a four decade run which was interfered by his career of avant-garde commercial work. We loved parts of 2007’s You, the Living and apparently this shot on the RED camera is the final part of a trilogy that Andersson mentions will be “enormous, deep and fantastic, humorous and tragic, philosophical, Dostoyevsky film.”
Release Date/Status?: Currently in post production – this is more than likely heading to Cannes’ Main Competition section circa 2012.
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