The Other Munch

This engrossing documentary follows the muchacclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard as he is invited to guestcurate an exhibition of paintings by Edvard Munch at Oslos Munch Museum Codirector Joachim Trier appears onscreen alongside Knausgaard as they visit several key locations from the celebrated painters life searching for insights into his imagination and vision as they discuss his vastly influential oeuvre his themes and obsessions his approach to rendering everyday things and strongly emotional scenes alike Knausgaards interpretation of Munch proves to be captivatingly unorthodox and the Trier brothers thrillingly seek to connect his thoughts about the painter to his own literary project yielding a double portrait of two of Norways most essential artists Film Society of Lincoln Center