Cold Fever (1995)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Escritores:

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (writer)
Jim Stark (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

5 abril 1996 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama

Plot:

A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.

Plot Keywords:

Iceland | Road Movie | Road | Fish Out Of Water | Gnome

Premios:

3 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Teny Years On - The Film Still Works

Reparto

Masatoshi Nagase	...	Hirata
Lili Taylor	...	Jill
Fisher Stevens	...	Jack
Gísli Halldórsson	...	Siggi
Laura Hughes	...	Laura
Seijun Suzuki	...	Hirata's Grandfather
Hiromasa Shimada	...	Suzuki
Masayuki Sasaki	...	Higashino
Taizô Mizumura	...	Hirata's father
Ichiko Takashi	...	Hirata's mother
Taeko Kato	...	Girl in TV show
Toshimori Iwaki	...	TV show commentator
Ari Matthíasson	...	Bus guide
Magnús Ólafsson	...	Taxi driver
Rúrik Haraldsson	...	Grave digger

También conocida como:

Á köldum klaka (Iceland)
Fiebre helada (Spain) [es]

Duración:

Germany:85 min | USA:83 min

País:

USA | Japan | Iceland | Denmark | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés | Islandés | Japonés | Alemán

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Australia:M | France:U | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Spain:7 | USA:Unrated

Locaciones de Filmación:

Iceland

Compañía:

Icicle

Teny Years On - The Film Still Works

Ten years later this very compact film still works its magic. Much has been said by many of the other contributors with one exception. It is not a film to be rushed. Rather you need to view at the speed the film dictates - not unlike "Paris, Texas. Like the swirling mists and snow it slowly envelops you. No frame is wasted. Even a casual remark in the aeroplane en-route to Iceland gives a link for the future.

Many different cultures have their cultural layers peeled back; American, Japanese, Icelandic and Norse mythology. It's up to the viewer to see what he or she sees.

I think the most telling scene in the film is the Icelander who befriends Hirata. Although he does not want to accompany Hirata to the ritual grave scene because of a 'spirit dream', he nonetheless is there to show him the way home. In so doing, he witnesses a universal value with Hirate - the passing of life.

There's much to be said for good small budget films. The story and direction have to be tightly constrained.