Flickering Lights is Anders Thomas Jensen's feature film debut, and he is so lucky to have some of the best Danish actors of the time in the film. The film is part of the wave of films in the late 90s - early 00s, which surged across Denmark with its dark comic action. But where some films lingered to be just that, Flickering Lights is also a study of how traumatic childhoods affect people far into the future.
Although the above may sound a bit student-like, Anders Thomas Jensen manages to keep the film down to a level so that the underlying meaning of the film does not clash with its tone. Because it's funny - even though it sometimes drowns a little in its own humor.
Although the above may sound a bit student-like, Anders Thomas Jensen manages to keep the film down to a level so that the underlying meaning of the film does not clash with its tone. Because it's funny - even though it sometimes drowns a little in its own humor.