Disco
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Jorunn Myklebust Syversen's disturbing second feature Disco looks at contemporary Christian cults through the eyes of teenaged Mirjam (Josefine Frida Pettersen). The film opens during a dance competition, where Mirjam is favoured to win. But the atmosphere isn't about the pleasure of dance or movement or the music. It's about frenzied sexuality and the various competitors' desperate need for approval. (The effect of the scene is a lot like sticking your head in a pinball machine.) Mirjam's need is stoked by her mother — whose brother is a very prominent pastor — and by her stepfather, who runs the church she essentially competes for. When the stress finally gets to Mirjam and she begins to lose competitions, her elders don't seek to reassure her. They blame it on her lack of faith, a devastating accusation considering virtually every second of her day is dominated by religion, from the television shows she watches to the podcasts and music she listens to. (When she dares to look up bloggers who talk about other issues, she's told they're just a worldly barrier between her and her God.) As Mirjam's control and confidence slip away, she searches for more radical solutions. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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This Norwegian offering has only confirmed my conviction that all churches, religious societies and sects are some the greatest sources of evil that have plagued mankind since time immemorial. I'm an atheist, which means I don't believe in the existence of a god or an omnipotent creator. However, I have nothing against anyone with faith, as long as it helps them on their journey through life and, most importantly, as long as they don’t impose it on others. The strong whiff of bigotry I feel here gives me the creeps. The subject matter is not bad, but the way it is handled is strange to say the least. The director Jorunn Myklebust Syversen crammed too many themes into an hour and a half, most of which she did not manage to put across fully, but only skimmed lightly over the surface. Most of the footage was taken up by religious issues that make me want to vomit. (45%)
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Ouch, that was one hell of a painful spectacle. The film is a parade of Christian bigotry, dancing and shallow dialogue with no informational value. I feel like 90% of what was said in the movie were Christian "motivational" speeches that neither moved the story along nor said anything about the plot or characters. I'd shove a book on cinematic speech into the director's hands, and a book on shot and framing into the cinematographer's hands, because the film is absolutely awful from a visual and technical standpoint. I couldn't understand the spoken word, but could decipher what the characters around me were saying rather than the main dialogue. By the end, I don't even really know what the film is about. About dancing? About religion? About finding yourself? About growing up? I really don't know. I skipped the last 15 minutes because I really didn't have the energy anymore. This film is really bad and doesn't respect a single rule of drama construction or cinematic language.
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