The Square - What is Art? 

Me being the third commenter and somewhere around the 2450 view speaks to how underated this video is. Even though I watched the film in the cinema almost five years ago this video helped me understand what the square was actually about.

Östlund is by far one of the most interesting filmmakers today (and that goes back by two decades). His brilliance is best to be picked up in tiny portions as the sequences got chewed up in such an amazing detailed manner here that I'm grateful that I found this review/analysis/chopping of the scenery. I re-watched the film as a warm-up for his next greater-than-life cinematic experience Triangle of Sadness.

Nice analysis. A cool thing that shows how subtle this film is when displaying ideas is that Justice is played in the car and the co-worker says: "The paradox is that they're called Justice. And what are we out to get?" Christian replies: "That"s not a paradox." But later on we learn that it actually hás turned out to be a paradox. Because they are eventually bringing injustice to the little boy and his family. And often people who think they are serving a good cause in the name of justice, actually fuck up a lot of shit.

So much to say about this essay and the film; it’s a supremely underrated film, especially as a Cannes winner but also Claes Bang shows such an extreme awareness of the material it’s amazing. As awful as that Dracula series was, this dude is proving himself to be such an intelligent actor. He completely embodies the material (and in the case of Dracula, presumably read it as pure camp). I’m very excited to see how he does in The Northman. As for the essay, it’s excellent. There’s a million great commentary/essay channels, but it’s a pretty rare occurrence for creators to find properly dense material and dissect and build on it in a way that is both informative and expansive. I’m not gonna…blow anyone’s mind by saying it’s not the most inventive editing, but the actual commentary is incredibly skilled. You elevate the underlying film (which deserves elevation) without insulting the viewer. It’s a perfect way for fans to reassess the material without making anyone feel dumb, but while also forcing them to re-examine the film. Just really beautiful writing their dude.

Just... wow.... one of the best movie analysis i've seen in the last 2 years. Thank you

Also great here. Big fan of this movie and this made me appreciate it even more.

That is probably my faviorite video about cinema. Great work!

The Beggers ask if christian can help them and sometimes when he says no most of the time actually, he finds himself in situations asking for help right after declining the beggars

The scene with Terry Notary as Olig, made another level with The c apocalypse

One of the best movie analysis I've seen

Great analysis! I like how in depth it goes, and you've pointed out some great things!

great essay!

Great analysis

This movie and this video makes me feel dumb. I didn't have even a faint inkling what those strange scenes were about. Dumb as a rock with eyes painted on them to make it look as if it was watching a movie.

Yo withouth that review/essay, I would have missed a LOT of the messages in some scenes. Thanks man !

Excellent video !

Woah incredible analysis

I agree with the other comments. Your analysis helped me understand this film a little better. ThanK you.

i think the gorilla act was mostly focused on freedom of speech and act as a great satire on art and the world. as long as the art or artist entertains you you laugh and enjoy yourself but when it begins to bother you very much, you just wanna kill the art and the artist. but surprisingly when i was watching the movie it thought the art gallery / gorilla artist represented government or the people with power whatever you do to express yourself , move or try to run they will hunt you. so people attacking the gorilla felt expressive and optimistic which is also kind of feel of the scene , well we wanted the gorilla to be stopped/

Great Analysis!

the music in the background reminded me of a mosquito and was super distracting but otherwise i enjoyed the review

Why is the narrator talking so slow?? Are we supposed to just know to put the playback speed to 2X

altruism.. strange concept...

sry i misclicked n clicked on dislike. i m not sure i managed to remedy that but clicking the dislike again. hopefull it cancels out. like it would if you have clicked like twice. then i clicked like just once of course. thanks for the video.

This video is perfect 💥

Great analysis