Swiss Army Man

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Movie
German title Swiss Army Man
Original title Swiss Army Man
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 14
Rod
Director Daniel Kwan ,
Daniel Scheinert
script Daniel Kwan,
Daniel Scheinert
production Jim Kaufman ,
Gideon Tadmor
music Andy Hull ,
Robert McDowell
camera Larkin Seiple
occupation

Swiss Army Man is an American grotesque tragic comedy with dramatic, philosophical and utopian elements released in 2016 by the director duo daniels , consisting of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert . The main roles are played by Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe .

Daniel Radcliffe , actor of the flapping corpse

action

The shipwrecked Hank wants to take his own life on a desert island. At the last moment he is stopped when he discovers a washed-up, regularly flapping corpse. First he uses them to escape from the island. He then drags her on his back through the wilderness in the hope of encountering civilization .

Over time, the corpse, which Hank named Manny, begins to speak. A friendship develops between the two. In their conversations, Hank explains to Manny what to do and what not to do in society. Hank's cell phone, which has no reception in the wilderness and is therefore unusable in your situation, has the image of a young woman as a screen saver. Manny falls in love with her, whereupon Hank takes the cell phone away from him to save battery. You make it your goal to find the young woman again. Later it turns out that Hank used to see this woman on the bus and was very attracted to her, but never had the courage to speak to her.

When they arrive in the garden of the woman named Sarah and her little daughter, completely neglected , she calls the police straight away. The officers take care of the two, but can only determine Manny's death. Hank is certain that Manny is just playing the dead again and brings him back to the beach. There Manny proves to be alive again, which is seen by all those involved.

background

  • Filming was completed in 22 days, starting on July 14th and ending on August 7th, 2015. The film was shot entirely in California .
  • It is unusual that the music was composed before the shooting. So you had the opportunity to run it on set and make it easier for the actors to put themselves in the mood of the film.
  • The film celebrated its world premiere on January 22, 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival . When the event was sold out, many visitors left the hall early, disgusted.
  • The official theatrical release in the USA was on July 1, 2016. In Germany, the film opened on October 13.
  • The film title, which means something like "pocket knife man" in German, refers to the many different functions Manny has, such as a Swiss Army knife . For example, it is used by Hank as a drinking water dispenser or a rifle.

reception

Age rating

In Germany the film is FSK 12 . The statement of reasons for release states: “Due to their level of development, children from the age of 12 are able to grasp the various levels of the narrative and to see the sometimes bizarre humor in the context of the positive story. The lonely protagonist's thoughts of suicide are also presented in a way that neither scares nor disorientates children from the age of 12. "

Reviews

After its release, the film met with a largely positive response. Critics emphasized the largely exaggerated staging, but rated it positively with the background of the philosophical aspects. On the movie review page Rotten Tomatoes , the film is given a score of 69 percent. In the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) it is rated similarly with 7.0.

"Apart from the constant flatulence, Swiss Army Man is an admittedly completely crazy, but nevertheless wonderfully warm-hearted and definitely worth discovering tragic comedy about loneliness, friendship and the human imagination as a refuge for lost souls."

- Christoph Petersen - Filmstarts.de editorial team

“Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe embody their challenging roles with a lot of respect, sensitivity and persuasiveness. While the former Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe should not only have freed himself from his 'over-figure', Paul Dano proves once again that he is one of the most talented and versatile actors in the current film business. The excellent chemistry between the two, the very successful finale, which will probably haunt you for a long time, and the numerous questions that are asked of society during this unusual introspective, are the "Swiss Army Man" together with the very touching individual moments into one of the most unusual films of the year. Seldom has one seen better friendship between men in the cinema. "

- Christian Gertz - Mehrfilm.de

"There are scenes in this movie where you do not know whether they are now terribly funny or simply just to find horrible [...]. But be assured: the images and sounds (oh yes, the sounds ...) are imaginative, courageous and completely crazy; and it is precisely these characteristics that should ultimately define the indie sector. In addition to the exuberant aesthetics [...], the work is also extremely remarkable in terms of content: The creative duo combines fart jokes and conversations about masturbation with existentialist questions - namely [...] so compellingly interwoven, as if the philosophical would be inconceivable without the rough. "

- Andreas Köhnemann - kino-zeit.de

Gross profit

The film grossed around $ 5 million worldwide.

Awards

  • The directing duo daniels won the Directing Award: US Dramatic at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival .
  • At the 2016 Sitges Film Festival , the comedy was named Best Picture and Daniel Radcliffe named Best Actor .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.fsk.de/asp/fskkarte.asp?pvid=567294
  2. Age rating for Swiss Army Man . Youth Media Commission .
  3. Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ssninsider.com
  4. Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ssninsider.com
  5. http://filmdoctor.co.uk/2016/09/28/daniel-radcliffe-on-swiss-army-man-acting-and-directing/
  6. http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/21/daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man-sundance-walkouts
  7. fsk.de
  8. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/swiss_army_man/
  9. IMDb
  10. http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/238993/kritik/
  11. http://www.mehrfilm.de/kritik/swiss-army-man
  12. Swiss Army Man - Derbe Philosophie , accessed July 26, 2017.
  13. ^ Swiss Army Man. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  14. Award winners 2016
  15. Sitges Film Festival