Our interview/review in Ekstra Bladet! The translation is not great, but you get the idea; TRIBECA CINEMA, NEW YORK, USA (NBA): Six years of filming and eight years of film work culminated Friday night when a documentary about Christiania had its world premiere in New York. Probably there were no celebrities and the red carpet was in place on one of the filmmakers in the form of the familiar trio-dotted red Christiania tshirt. But on the other hand was a little piece of Denmarks history unfolded for the American audience. Christiania - 40 years of occupation, says the film, which is part of the movie catalog at this years Architecture and Design Film Festival in New York. American infatuation We were so fascinated by Christiania in 2005, then there were not made some English-language documentary, so we wanted to make a movie about the place we fell in love, says filmmaker Robert Lawson Along with the films other director Richard Jackman has for years he followed the Christianite States lives for good and bad and takes viewers back when it all began: From Bådsmandsstræde Barracks became an occupied sanctuary, hippie village and today a cultural institution in Copenhagen . The film follows among other Christianitters Nis Jensen, Hélène Claire Jensen and Ole happiness. Each reproduces the 70s idealism to contemporary realism, where people shares politikonfrontationer and marijuana market has become a part of Freetown. The latter meant also that the vast majority who moves into Christiania with a camera over his shoulder that marijuana street was forbidden territory if they wanted to avoid problems. Policeman want to keep the city Everlasting currently stands 76 marijuana dealers from Pusher Street today accused of widespread cannabis market, following a police raid fight in the spring. For the more curious quotes in the film it is worth reproducing this from a then senior police officer: - I respect and believe that Christiania should continue to exist. I think its a good idea that there is an area where people can break the reg ... So do not break the rules but go to the limit and develop things that we do not. I think its a good place in a society like ours to have room for the kind, says the then deputy police inspector Lars Haugaard from Copenhagen Police, there is a recurring character in the film. The film, with its 76 minutes both in-depth, interesting and humorous visit behind Freetown. But the recordings started in 2006 and completed in 2011, the first to reach the canvas in 2014, the film can obviously be criticized for acting a bit dated. Christia rivets must wait for the premiere The goal of the documentary, according to the instructors was to make Americans aware of the small unique community. - I think many Americans will see their own wish-society reflected in the film.Many believe that they control their lives, but it is not true. But the film shows is that it is possible, says Robert Lawson. Christiania - 40 years of occupation (Christiania - 40 Years of Occupation , ed.), Denmark has been rejected by CPH: DOX, appears again today Sunday in New York in the presence of ao the Danish Consul General, and planned otherwise the premiere of Christianitters themselves at the start of the new year.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:38:50 +0000