Underplayed Gems

En Rig Mand (1979)

En Rig Mand poster
Original title
En rig mand
Directed by
Jon Bang Carlsen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1h 06m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a Danish documentary portrait from 1979 about a wealthy businessman. The director uses a staged and stylized approach that sparked debate about its fairness to the subject.

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What happens

En rig mand er en dansk portrætfilm fra 1979, der er instrueret af Jon Bang Carlsen efter eget manuskript. Den særlige form for iscenesat dokumentarisme, som Jon Bang Carlsen havde dyrket i den prisbelønnede kortfilm Jenny og i den spillefilmagtige En fisker i Hanstholm (begge 1977), blev i En rig mand ført konsekvent igennem. Portrættet forekommer helt arrangeret på instruktørens betingelser og fremstår stærkt stiliseret. Mange mente, Bang Carlsen hængte Substral-kongen ud, og filmen vakte en del debat, også da den blev vist i tv. Hans Smith skal imidlertid selv have været godt tilfreds med den. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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