YOU THE LIVING, is a strange film about the human condition, its faults, flaws and triumphs, what little they may be. Rather than a straight forward film, its a series of vignettes, detailing different characters, there situations and problems. Some of these characters meet up, or pass each other, some don't, and we also drift between dream world, fantasy and reality throughout. Funny at times, complicated and intriguing, the film can be frustratingly slow, and annoying, though there are certain scenes that are well made, brilliantly set up and timed, and with a dark streak of humour throughout, that borders on a cross Beckett and the British comedy THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN. One thing I did like about the film is its look, Andersson uses static camera shots throughout, with a subdued and bleak look in the set designs and cinematography, that add to the overall feel of the film, in its look on the drabness and blandness of life. An interesting and simultaneously frustrating film.
Review of You, the Living
