{"id":7365,"date":"2013-12-20T15:09:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T20:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7365"},"modified":"2013-12-20T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T20:14:15","slug":"dvd-hunt-the-jagden-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7365","title":{"rendered":"DVD: Hunt, The \/ Jagden (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Film: Excellent\/ DVD Transfer: Very Good\/ DVD Extras: \u00a0n\/a<\/p>\n

Label: Mongrel Media \/ Region: 1 (NTSC) \/\u00a0Released: October, 2013<\/p>\n

Genre: Drama<\/p>\n

Synopsis: \u00a0The life of a divorced teacher is ruined within days after he\u2019s accused of molesting the daughter of his best friend.<\/p>\n

Special Features: \u00a0(none)<\/p>\n

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Mads Mikkelsen delivers a powerful yet understated performance in this remarkable low-key drama in which an odd remark by a child ignites a supervisor\u2019s seething suspicions, inevitably launching a series of cautious actions that turn an entire community against a local grammar school teacher.<\/p>\n

The script by director Thomas Vinterberg (A Celebration<\/strong>, Submarino<\/strong>) and Tobias Lindholm (Borgen<\/a><\/strong>, A Hijacking<\/a><\/strong>) immediately present teacher Lucas as a good and very ordinary man who\u2019s respectful of the kids and makes appropriate corrections to ensure there\u2019s never any impropriety. By making it clear Lucas is wholly innocent, the torment that follows becomes almost excruciating to watch, especially since it\u2019s just a remark made by a child known to be very imaginative.<\/p>\n

The key to Lucas\u2019 survival is tied to his son and a loyal friend, and their ongoing belief in his whole innocence, but regardless of what occurs after the police become involved, it\u2019s the community\u2019s shunning of the man and his efforts to maintain his rights and retain dignity which are difficult to watch. Mikkelsen portrays Lucas as a fallible man \u2013 beneath his quiet tone lies the ability to rage \u2013 but he never pitches the character\u2019s emotional displays high, thusly avoiding screeching melodrama.<\/p>\n

Vinterberg also films scenes in a realist \/ docu-drama style, often cutting to quiet reaction shots which themselves magnify character suspicions without making grand dramatic or judgmental statements. When there is rage \u2013 verbal, or through physical actions – it\u2019s still relatively retrained until a confrontation in a grocery store that pits Lucas\u2019 stubbornness against the coordinated revulsion of the employees.<\/p>\n

In a U.S. film, a lawyer would\u2019ve been added to the character set, and the drama would\u2019ve fixated on the quest for justice and restatement of a man\u2019s reputation, but Vinterberg and Lindholm recognize the grey zone that lingers after there\u2019s a resolution, and how Lucas will always be surrounded by doubters. There are several powerful scenes towards the film\u2019s conclusion \u2013 the buildup to a church exchange is emotionally harrowing \u2013 and like the direction, it\u2019s captured in a docu style, with much of Nikolaj Egelund\u2019s score held back until the End Credits.<\/p>\n

Charlotte Bruus Chritensen\u2019s cinematography is gorgeous \u2013 her colours and compositions are really beautiful \u2013 and Mikkelsen\u2019s supported by a great cast who convey the look of very ordinary people whose sense of community is ruptured by a terrible accusation.<\/p>\n

The DVD transfer is very clean with solid colours and details, but there are some step-like stuttering in a few linear pan shots from the PAL to NTSC conversion. The Canadian Mongrel, U.S. Magnolia, and British Arrow releases are bare bones editions, but Mongrel opted not to issue a Blu-ray edition for Canada.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2013 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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