{"id":6147,"date":"2011-02-02T22:05:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T21:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2011-02-02T22:21:45","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T21:21:45","slug":"rotterdam-film-festival-skarsgard-in-the-flesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/6147","title":{"rendered":"Rotterdam Film Festival: Skarsgard In The Flesh!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, sorry no\u2026 not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0002907\/\" target=\"_blank\">that one<\/a>.&#160; It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001745\/\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>!&#160; Here\u2019s what happened.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Project 365 (Day 33) Rotterdam Film Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/5411536302\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Project 365 (Day 33) Rotterdam Film Festival\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/5292\/5411536302_6d4a3eec90.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"588\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other day my friend Genevieve asked if I wanted to get together in town today and maybe see a movie.&#160; When we realized that all the theaters in town aren\u2019t showing regular films because of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rotterdam International Film Festival<\/a>, she asked if I wanted to do that instead.&#160; I was all for it as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3243\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;d gone last year<\/a> and really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p>We both sort of forgot about it and today decided last minute to go have some lunch and check out one of the films.&#160; It was easy to decide which one we were going to because there were only a few options during the time we were available.<\/p>\n<p>We ended up choosing a film called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1332134\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kongen av Bast\u00f8y<\/a> (King of Devil\u2019s Island) and it was SO good!&#160; Here\u2019s a trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ti3qZHtuHAM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was quite dark and gloomy and very violent in spots but it had both myself and Genevieve on the edge of our seats the entire time.&#160; I think the fact that it\u2019s a true story made it a bit more difficult to watch as you know that these things actually happened to the children who were sent there.&#160; Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd played his role of the Governor to perfection, allowing us to see how vile and cowardly he was while still giving us glimpses of his humanity.&#160; There were times when you really think he is a good guy in a difficult position, but then he quickly proves you wrong.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s one thing that tells me if I really love a movie, or an actor.&#160; If I hate a character, like truly despise them to the point of still hating the actor a little bit when I look at them afterwards?&#160; I know they&#8217;ve done a damn good job.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd @ The Rotterdam Film Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/5410923057\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd @ The Rotterdam Film Festival\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/5017\/5410923057_63a7c20d57_b.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the film was over the director, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0392319\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marius Holst<\/a> and Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd came out for a Q&amp;A.&#160; They gave some insight into the film and discussed what actually took place on the island over the years.&#160; It was really interesting to learn some history about the place, what prompted him to do the movie, how he chose the actors to play the children and all the other info he had to share.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd @ The Rotterdam Film Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/5411535690\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd @ The Rotterdam Film Festival\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/5173\/5411535690_a2478e033f_b.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was so excited when I saw him walk in though!&#160; I mean how often do you just happen to end up in the same room with a movie star?&#160; \u2026 and he IS a movie star!<\/p>\n<p>You know what I was thinking the whole time?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>OMG!!! 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