122: Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World - a podcast by Seventh Row

from 2022-02-02T14:00:47

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The entire Seventh Row editorial team is here to talk about site favourite Joachim Trier's new film, The Worst Person in the World.This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, Contributing Editor Lindsay Pugh, and Editor-at-Large Mary Angela Rowe. 

On this episode:

  • Existential detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions (2:21)
  • Related episodes (4:15)
  • The World Person in the World and our first reactions (5:39)
  • Is Julie the worst person in the world?(19:31)
  • The film's structure (27:23)
  • The film's style (33:57)
  • Julie's relationships (45:06)
  • The time freeze scene (56:57)
  • The mushroom scene (1:10:42)
  • Intellectualizing and romanticizing (1:18:07)
  • The retroactive Oslo Trilogy (1:33:38)
  • Conclusion (1:49:20)

Show notes

  • Read an excerpt of Lindsay's interview with Renate Reinsve from our upcoming email book Existential detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions
  • Sign up to be the first to pre-order Existential detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions, the first book to ever be published on Joachim Trier. You will also receive exclusive excerpts from the book.
  • Read Alex's review of The Worst Person in the World
  • View our Directors We Love page on Joachim Trier, for extensive information on Trier and his key collaborators, and links to all of our coverage of his films

Related episodes

  • Ep. 114: Mia Hansen-Løve’s Things to Come and Bergman Island
  • Ep. 112: Raw and Thelma: Modern female monsters
  • Ep. 107: Another Round and Oslo, August 31st: Are men OK? Masculinity, mental health, & addiction Redux
  • Ep. 54: Used to Go Here and Unexpected: Kris Rey’s thirtysomethings (Member's Only)
  • Ep. 40: Stories We Tell, Louder Than Bombs, & Mouthpiece: Dead mothers (Member's Only)

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