An avant-garde portrait of Stockholm created by the members of the literary group "Fem Unga". In the contemporary culture criticism, the film was blamed for oblique angles and for being pro-USSR.
Erik Asklund
Sweden
Is it worth your time? If you're the kind of person who enjoys a good museum exhibit but finds traditional documentaries boring, maybe give this a whirl. But if you’re looking for a plot, or people talking, or anything resembling a normal film experience, stay far away. You will probably hate this if you get motion sic...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Stig Almqvist
Bruno Ziener
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"Is it worth your time? If you're the kind of person who enjoys a good museum exhibit but finds traditional documentaries boring, maybe give this a whirl. But if you’re looking for a plot, or people talking, or anything resembling a normal film experience, stay far away. You will probably hate this if you get motion sickness from shaky, diagonal camera shots. Watching Gamla stan feels like someone gave a camera to a poet who was trying way too hard to be 'different.' The oblique angles are const..."
1920 · IMDb —
Edward LeSaint
