If you find yourself in Oslo, the Norwegian Film Institute’s ‘Filmmuseet’ (Film Museum) is worth a visit. Housed in ‘Filmens Hus’, same building as the city’s cinematheque, this free, compact exhibition gives an engaging overview of film history. It also highlights Norway’s own contributions to film, though in a way that caters more to nostalgic Norwegians than the uninitiated foreigner. Still, it’s educational to see how a nation thinks of itself cinematically. Film museums always give ample room to internationally famous figures: just as Berlin’s film museum devotes most space to Marlene Dietrich, so Oslo’s starts with a case full of Liv Ullman’s awards. Part of the joy of visiting any country, though, is to move beyond stereotypes, and learn how the locals really live: in terms of cinema, discovering the best-loved actors, directors and films that may be less renowned outside their home country.
- 5/10/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
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