Let the Right One In [Blu-ray]
by Tomas Alfredson
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Actor: Kare Hedebrant, Lina LeanderssonDirector: Tomas Alfredson
Brand: Magnolia Pictures
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Swedish (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-03-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 10179
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
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- A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his strongermates but never strikes back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn't seem affected by the freezing temperatures.Coinciding with Eli's arrival is a series of inexpli
Blu-ray Reviews of Let the Right One In [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: Låt den Rätte Komma In ( Let the Right One In ) : A Novel Retelling of the Vampire Myth Brilliantly Remastered Swedish Style
Summary: 5 Stars
Kudos! This has to be one of the most charming, original, unique and unusual vampire films I have ever seen. Based on the Swedish bestselling novel by John Lindqvist, this remarkable fairy tale-like story takes place in a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden during the early but drab 1980's when Sweden was still heavily influenced by the Soviet bloc. This drab, bleak, wintry landscape becomes the background for a terrific suspense horror story involving two 12 year old Swedish children as they explore and discover their existential lives, confront their own demons both literally and figuratively, and their relationship with each other amidst their own pre adolescent growing pangs. It's a novel coming of age love story in a macabre sort of way as 2 children form a most unlikely alliance in their mutual affection and self-preservation against a hostile social environment.
Oskar is the brunt of cruel and mean school bullies who use almost every opportunity possible to persecute him while Lia, a new neighbor, has a vampire nature and requires a fresh homo-sapien food supply that pits her against civil Swedish society in order for her to maintain her physical life and existence. Everything works together in this film to create a haunting and mysterious backdrop to this fairy tale of 2 children dealing with finding their place in the world and ultimately in each other's hearts.
From an artistic point of view, the directing, cinematography, acting, soundtrack are superb. The supernatural ambiance is magically interlaced with the mundane and the macabre. The child actors playing the 2 main characters of Oskar and Lia are natural and gifted in their abilities to pull off the complex roles they perform with such sophisticated grace and nuance. They are entirely believable and unforgettable ! Brilliant acting debut performances by these 2 young children, ages 11 and 12 at the time of filming. Regrettably, Magnolia film distributor, chose to go with amateur, crude subtitles that do not capture the essence or nuance of the actual dialogue as seen at the theater. English dubbing is decent however, and helps even when watching this film in subtitles to preserve the original dialogue. Eventually we will see this movie re released with the original theatrical subtitles. For now I would not let these inferior subtitles deter anyone from enjoying this fine film especially if dubbing and subtitles are employed together and simultaneously.
Although this is a superb horror film, it lacks the gratuitous blood and gore of many Hollywood horror movies and does not need to rely on alot of special effects to distract one from the real story. Although this vampire character deviates from the classic Hollywood stereotype in a number of ways, the result is a more contemporary and compelling and heroic vampire figure and story. Seldom if ever, have I ever felt empathy for a vampire in an authentic sort of way. Lia, although a little demon, is at once both lovable and innocent. One may find a few scenes somewhat disturbing, but overall 'Let the Right One In' is a creatively made artsy vampire film that aspires to something beyond itself. It is hard not to compare this film to an Ingmar Bergman masterpiece in its existential authenticity. Although it is technically a vampire movie as well, this prepubescent child vampire is crisp, refreshing and original breaking the Hollywood stereotypes and molds. Unlike a mediocre vampire flick like Twilight, this vampire tale is unpretentious and non-manipulated and the vampire protagonist in this story has autheniticity, depth, innocence, complexity without the libido and erotic undertones found in so many familiar worn-out vampire tales. Neither can she be categorized as a classic "villain" in spite of her carnivorous appetite and taste to feed on homo-sapiens. She manages to retain a precarious innocence even as an demon avenger.
Be sure to watch this Swedish cinematic gem before the Hollywood remake is released in 2010. This story has an uniquely Swedish flavor and ambiance that is sure to be lost as Hollywood diligently dumbs down this amazing movie to placate an American audience complete with hyperactive special effects and computer graphics. Any Hollywood remake is bound to lack the originality, authenticity and creativity of this independent foreign movie full of nuance and Swedish atmospheric effects.
One of the themes of this film is 'revenge and love' and along with Luc Besson's Angel-A, it has to be one of my favorites along this line. This is a movie you may potentially desire to watch over and over again as it has a depth and artistic creativity seldom seen in generic vampire movies. This film is destined to capture the hearts of many and become an international cult classic. Rated by several movie critics as one of the best films produced in 2008.
Description of Let the Right One In [Blu-ray]
Oscar, a 12-year-old fragile and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl he befriends, who moves into his building. When Oscar discovers that Eli is a vampire it does not deter his increasing feelings and confused emotions of a young adolescent. When Eli loses the man who protects and provides for her, and as suspicions are mounting from her neighbors and police she must move on to stay alive. However when Oscar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can.The enduring popularity of the vampire myth rests, in part, on sexual magnetism. In Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson's carefully controlled, yet sympathetic take on John Ajvide Lindqvist's Swedish bestseller-turned-screenplay, the protagonists are pre-teens, unlike the fully-formed night crawlers of HBO?s True Blood or Catherine Hardwicke?s Twilight (both also based on popular novels). Instead, 12-year-old Oskar (future heartbreaker Kåre Hedebrant) and Eli (Lina Leandersson) enter into a deadly form of puppy love. The product of divorce, Oskar lives with his harried mother, while his new neighbor resides with a mystery man named Håkan (Per Ragnar), who takes care of her unique dietary needs. From the wintery moment in 1982 that the lonely, towheaded boy spots the strange, dark-haired girl skulking around their outer-Stockholm tenement, he senses a kindred spirit. They bond, innocently enough, over a Rubik's Cube, but little does Oskar realize that Eli has been 12 for a very long time. Meanwhile, at school, bullies torment the pale and morbid student mercilessly. Through his friendship with Eli, Oskar doesn't just learn how to defend himself, but to become a sort of predator himself, begging the question as to whether Eli really exists or whether she represents a manifestation of his pent-up anger and resentment. Naturally, the international success of Lindqvist's fifth feature, like Norway's chilling Insomnia before it, has inspired an American remake, which is sure to boast superior special effects, but can't possibly capture the delicate balance he strikes here between the tender and the terrible. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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