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"Twist and Shout," a Danish film
playing this weekend at Sheldon
Film Theatre begins with a crowd of
young Danes tailing all over them
selves while a Beatles sound-alike
band rips through aversion of "Twist
and Shout." Meanwhile, Erik stares
longingly at Kirsten, dancing to the
new beat.
Soon, Erik's friend Bjorn starts
his own Beatles cover band. This is
1964, the beginning of the Beatles
explosion. Bjorn dresses like the
Beatles and bobs his head like
Ringo when he plays ,the drums in a
band called SeaLionJ five lads from
Denmark that even make the Finns
ters look good.
Is the film about the Beatles or
Beatlemania? Nope. Director and
co-writer Bille August just uses the
Beatles as a lure. "Twist and Shout"
has nothing to do with the Beatles,
but it has everything to do with two
young men growing up too fast and
making hard choices. It sounds
almost like "Danish Graffiti" or
"Happy Days " but "Twist and Shout"
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is more than that.
Using the Beatles as a lure is kind
of a cheap way to get people in the
theater who might not have gone
without the popular title. But what
he's luring the viewer into is a mov
ing story about growing up and one
of the best foreign films to come out
in years.
Bjorn and Erik have problems
that would have never touched their
American counterparts, Potsie Weber
and Richie Cunningham.
Erik's mother is a paranoidschi
zophrenic, and his father is a disci
plinarian who believes the best way
to treat his wife's illness is to keep
her locked away in her room where
others can't see her. Erik is shy,
robbed of much of his childhood
while taking care of his ailing mother.
Erik is also madly in love with
Kirsten, and Kirsten is madly in love
with would-be drummer Bjorn.
Bjorn, well, he doesn't have as
rough a life as Erik. He falls deeply
in love with the alluring Anna.
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likeable character.
Scenes of Anna and Bjorn doing
the things young lovers do are inter
cut with scenes of Erik discovering
how to best treat his mother. Instead
of locking her away, Erik takes her
on clandestine walks through parks
and to the library while his father is
away at work. His mother looks and
acts better.
Everything goes wrong when Erik's
father discovers the daytime walks
and when Anna gets pregnant. Erik's
father is screwed up, but there are no
cliche characters in this film. Sym
pathy can be found for him; he loves
his family, even though he doesn't
know what's best for them.
After a horrifying illegal abortion,
Anna, confused and afraid their love
will never be the same, dumps
Bjorn, who goes back to Kirsten on
the rebound. Bjorn, living like a
zombie, consents to marry the
manipulative Kirsten while Erik's
father locks his mother in her room
for good.
Both Erik and Bjorn have to make
hard choices.
"Twist and Shout" makes John
Hughe's adolescent-in-crisis films
look like a day in the park. And
August gets exceptional perforr
mances from all the actors, espe
cially Adam Tonsberg as Bjorn, Lars
Simonsen as Erik and Bent Mejding
as Erik's father.
Like any foreign film, "Twist and
Shout" also gives a look into a dif
ferent culture and lifestyle. No,
"Twist and Shout" doesn't have
much to do with the Beatles explo
sion, but we've seen enough of those
films and too little of films like this.
"Twist and Shout" plays tonight
through Sunday. Screenings are at 7
and 9 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at
5 p.m. (There- are no screenings
Friday.)
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