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Thursday 3 February 2022
Life in chapters in 'The Worst Person in the World'

By JAKE COYLE Reinsve. "It's impossible to
AP Film Writer make a choice that's right.
NEW YORK (AP) — Last fall, You just have to live it, you
film director Joachim Trier live out the chaos. But you
and the actors Renata Re- don't know until later. I can
insve and Anders Danielsen relate to that very much.
Lie gathered at a restau- It's all chaos. I've just surren-
rant in midtown New York dered."
to talk about why people If "The Worst Person in the
seem to keep crying during World" is about the indeci-
their movie. sion that can grip anyone
If their film, "The Worst Per- as they navigate their way
son in the World," was a through life, it's an ongoing
weepy melodrama, such issue for Lie. While a cel-
responses could be ex- ebrated and widely known
pected. But while "The actor (the National Society
Worst Person in the World" of Film Critics named him
has moments of grief and best supporting actor for his
loss, it's principally about This image released by Neon shows Renate Reinsve in a scene from "The Worst Person in the performance in "The Worst
an uncertain, meandering World." Person in the World"), Lie
journey of self-discovery Associated Press works as a full-time doctor
for a young woman (Re- in Oslo when he's not act-
insve) in early adulthood. Festival last summer and cartoonist (Lie) and a hard- ater school and us realizing ing.
The emotional response the opens in theaters Friday. to-shake chance encoun- she was actually awesome "That's my chaos," he sighs.
film engenders has more to Since then, it's been a regu- ter (Herbert Nordrum). and we had to do some- But for the 43-year-old ac-
do with its warm compas- lar at film festivals (including Including prologue and thing later." tor-doctor, the twists and
sion and fullness of spirit. It the New York Film Festival, epilogue, the film has 12 Reinsve had a small part in turns of fate are hard to
captures much of the de- during which an interview chapters. Julie, a 29-year- "Oslo, August 31" with just separate from the fictional
light, confusion, folly and took place last September old millennial searching one line: "Let's go to the lives he's played across the
romance of life, in 35mm. before the film's release for a purpose, envisions a party." Oslo trilogy. To him, a con-
"A friend of mine was joking- was delayed) and on Top grand narrative for her life "That's a very human thing necting theme in the films
ly saying, 'Oh, TV shows. Isn't 10 lists (including that of The but she experiences it with- to say," Lie says, chuckling. is the clash between one's
that very 2016?'" Trier said. Associated Press ). out anything like an objec- "Part of life." expectations for their life
"There's something about: It's the third film in Trier's tive perspective. While scripting "The Worst and how it actually turns
We need to fight for the so-called Oslo trilogy, a "It's Scandinavian and pre- Person in the World" with his out — on screen and off.
big screen again and do disjointed but similarly set tentious but Kierkegaard regular writing partner, Eskil "Reprise" led directly to Lie
something that breathes group of films begun with once said 'We can only Vogt, Trier began to imag- meeting his wife at a party
and has a big heart. That's 2008's "Reprise" and contin- understand life backwards, ine Reinsve, who had spent for the film.
where we're coming from." ued with 2012's "Oslo, Au- but we're forced to live it the intervening years large- "We think that our lives will
"The Worst Person in the gust 31" — both of which forwards,"' says Trier. "We ly in theater, in the role. The be like a story with a linear
World" is Norway's shortlist- starred Lie. "The Worst Per- make a self-narrative where movie has been a break- development. But when
ed Oscar submission and son in the World," though, we do see our life in chap- through for the 34-year-old we live our lives, in the pres-
Trier's stab at something takes place over a longer ters. I put my life in chapters actor. Reinsve, who is still ent, it's just random chaos
like a romantic comedy. It's stretch of time, with ellipses by the eras I made my films. adjusting to her new fame, all over the place. Why
already been a long ride in between. It's a period I remember 10 years ago Julie's sense of constant ex- am I here? What's my pur-
for the film, which landed of years in Julie's life that being with Anders making istential wonder is easy to pose?" says Lie. "Then when
Reinsve the award for best spans her relationship with 'Oslo, August 31' and Rena- connect to. you look back on your life,
actress at the Cannes Film a ready-to-settle-down ta was there, just out of the- "I agree with her a lot," says there's structure. q

Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among Rock Hall nominees

NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Super Bowl Halftime Show Artists must have released
Parton, Eminem, Lionel with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, their first commercial re-
Richie, Duran Duran and Mary J. Blige and Kendrick cording at least 25 years
A Tribe Called Quest are Lamar, earned a nomina- before they're eligible for
among this year's first-time tion in the first year he was induction.
nominees for induction eligible. Duran Duran singer Simon
into the Rock & Roll Hall of This year's class will be an- Le Bon thanked fans on
Fame. nounced in May, with Twitter for their support
The Cleveland-based in- an induction ceremony over the years. "This distinc-
stitution announced 17 planned for later this year. tion is due in large part to
artists and groups being "This year's ballot recog- the fact that we have an
considered for Rock Hall nizes a diverse group of army of fans around the
induction, including Rage incredible artists, each world who have unwaver-
Against the Machine, Pat who has had a profound ingly supported us for the
Benatar, Dionne Warwick, impact on the sound of past four decades," he
Carly Simon, Judas Priest youth culture," said John wrote.
and Beck. Sykes, head of the foun- The other nominees are
Lionel Richie performs at KAABOO Texas in Arlington, Texas on
May 10, 2019. Beck and Simon are also dation that runs the Rock Kate Bush, DEVO, Euryth-
Associated Press nominated for the first time. Hall, in a press release on mics, Fela Kuti, MC5 and
Eminem, who is playing the Wednesday. the New York Dolls.q