Underplayed Gems

Slette omstændigheder (2018)

Slette omstændigheder poster
Directed by
Max Kestner
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
58 min
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An amateur detective investigates a famous Danish Arctic expedition that ended in tragedy. He searches archives, consults experts, and uses modern technology to find out what really happened.

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What happens

Slette omstændigheder er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2018 instrueret af Max Kestner. Dokumentarfilmen er en frit fabulerende fortælling, der tager afsæt i den mytiske Danmark-ekspeditionen 1906-08. Den ukuelige amatørdetektiv, Steffen Holberg, har sat sig for at afdække sandheden om ekspeditionen: Hvad var det for omstændigheder, der ledte til Mylius-Erichsens, Niels Peter Høeg Hagens og Jørgen Brønlunds tragiske død? Var der mere på spil for ekspeditionen end to forsvundne lig? I sin jagt på svar tager Holberg på opdagelsesrejse i Statens arkiver og søger hjælp fra faglige eksperter, moderne skanningsteknologi og gammeldags skriftanalyse. I et uvejsomt terræn mellem virkelighed og myte flettes fortid med nutid til en større fortælling om den menneskelige iver efter at kortlægge nyt land, indvinde ny viden og skabe mening i det tilsyneladende meningsløse menneskeliv. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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