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Special Issue on Louder Than Bombs

To celebrate the release of Louder Than Bombs, the best film of 2016, we published a Special Issue on the film, which included a new feature every day during the week of April 18–22, 2016. Here you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about the film: a two-part interview with director and co-writer Joachim Trier, an interview with cinematographer Jakob Ihre, a review of the film, and an essay on exile in Louder Than Bombs and Oslo, August 31st.


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The header image of this essay shows a still from Oslo, August 31st next to a still of characters from Louder Than Bombs, behind a streak of purple bearing the white text: "Oslo, August 31st at 10".

Alex Heeney / August 30, 2021

There is a world elsewhere: Exile in Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st and Louder Than Bombs

In this essay, we discuss exile in two Joachim Trier films: Oslo, August 31st’s clear cut, fatalistic story of exile, and how that sense of estrangement in Louder than Bombs is much more complex and optimistic.

Joachim Trier, Louder Than Bombs, Jakob Ihre

Alex Heeney / April 21, 2016

Interview: Cinematographer Jakob Ihre talks Louder Than Bombs

Cinematographer Jakob Ihre discusses Louder Than Bombs, collaborating with Joachim Trier, his aesthetic influences from Tarkovsky to Lichtenstein, and capturing performances.

Review of Louder Than Bombs

Alex Heeney / April 20, 2016

Review: Louder Than Bombs is a deeply empathetic look at family, grief, and memory

Joachim Trier’s sublime English-language debut Louder Than Bombs is an engrossing and empathetic look at a family recovering from trauma.

Joachim Trier, Louder Than Bombs

Alex Heeney / April 19, 2016

Joachim Trier talks Louder Than Bombs: Part 2

This is the second part of our two-part interview with Joachim Trier. It is the second feature in our Louder Than Bombs week celebration.

Louder Than Bombs, Joachim Trier, Jakob Ihre

Alex Heeney / April 18, 2016

Interview: Joachim Trier talks Louder Than Bombs – Part 1

Joachim Trier discusses his new film Louder Than Bombs: how he experimented with film form to show us the subjectivity of memory, the importance of two-shots and closeups in the film, and how he used physical spaces to convey emotional meaning.

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