The Last Viking (Den sidste viking) opens with a narrated and animated sort-of fairy-tale about the accommodation of difference. When Baldur, one of a Viking chieftain’s two sons, loses his left arm, the Chieftain helps him overcome his sense of otherness and alienation by having every boy and man in the tribe sacrifice their left…
Primal scenes and personal perspectives: LFF Cult 2022 first published by BFI Includes capsules of: You Won’t Be Alone, The Origin (retitled Out of Darkness), Attachment, The Kingdom Exodus, New Normal, Linoleum A film’s cult status is normally defined by a peculiar kind of audience reception (repeat viewings, fanatical audiences) that has been acquired over…