Spend an evening with the (IMO) best film of the 2010s
Sunday, August 23 at 2:30 pm ET
Over 75 minutes, we'll dig into how Joachim Trier creates two seemingly contradictory experiences at once:
He lets us inhabit Anders' inner world with extraordinary intimacy...
...while at the same time giving us an experiences Anders can't have because he's living his life and we're watching a film.
Which means the film can quietly push against the way Anders sees his life — without ever suggesting his perspective isn't logical.
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Join me for a FREE live event
When: Sunday, August 23
2:30pm ET
7:30 pm UK time
8:30 pm Central Europe
For 75 minutes
Where: live on Zoom
There won't be a recording available so choose the time that works for you to attend live.
What to expect
This is not a lecture. We'll spend most of our time actually looking at the film: replaying the same few seconds, pausing on key moments, noticing what's on screen, and linking those observations together.
What I ask you to look at next will depend on what the room has already noticed and gotten curious about. It's why I can't really reproduce these sessions in an article, podcast or video: what happens next depends on what happens in the room.
It's a space to think aloud and hear others do the same — together, we can build a much richer understanding of the film than any of us could alone. You'll have plenty of opportunities to share what you're seeing, but you're welcome to listen more than you speak.
You don't need to prepare anything or know anything about film analysis. We're all responding in the moment to what's on screen, just a few seconds at a time.
Hi, I'm Alex Heeney — film critic, educator, and Joachim Trier scholar.
I’ve been studying Trier’s work for more than a decade — and now writing a book about his work.
During the live event, you’ll often hear me say:
Pay attention to this…
Hold onto that…
Let’s think about this…
Now connect it to what we saw earlier…
What changes?
I’ve already spent years figuring out where the richest discoveries are inside Trier's films—and what questions unlock them.
My job is to put the right scenes in front of you, in the right order, with the right questions, so that each discovery unlocks the next.
Today, my work reaches hundreds of thousands of creators, my book is a bestseller, and my business generates significant revenue annually—without sacrificing the joy of making.