June 1, 2023
LVIII — Kasper Häggström
Kasper Häggström is a Norwegian director based in Oslo.

Below are Kasper’s selects for influential works:

Films
Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch
United States & France
2005

Perfectly paced. Anticlimactic comedy at its best.

Films
Michael Clayton by Tony Gilroy
United States
2007

Probably one of my all time favorite films and perhaps the last of its kind. Like a modern(ish) Alan J. Pakula film.

Films
Neighboring Sounds by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Brazil
2012

Brilliant and beautiful. I highly suggest watching Kleber Mendonça Filho’s other two films as well (Aquarius and Bacurau). Amazing director and screenwriter.

Music Video
A Song For The Lovers’ Richard Ashcroft by Jonathan Glazer
United Kingdom
2000

I could pick any video by Jonathan Glazer really.

Music Video
‘Oblivion’ Grimes by Emily Kai Bock
Canada
2012

In my opinion one of the best performance videos ever made. I remember this coming out and being extremely jealous.

Music Video
‘Revolution 909’ Daft Punk by Roman Coppola
United States
1997

Brilliant idea. Perfectly executed.

Short Film
The End by Didier Barcelo
France
2011

“Charlotte Rampling is devastated. She just caught a rerun of He Died with His Eyes Open on TV, and realized that she has been erased and replaced by another actress: Liz Gareth, who the media is calling “the new Charlotte Rampling.”

Short Film
Mary Last Seen by Sean Durkin
United States
2010

This short resulted in Sean Durkin’s feature Martha Marcy May Marlene. Both the short and the feature are great.

Campaign
‘Van’ Proximus by Lionel Goldstein
Belgium
2005

This is one of MANY brilliant Lionel Goldstein commercials. I highly suggest doing a deep dive into their work. Unlike anything else. Some favorites are “Bicky Burger”, “Nissan Qashqai” and “The Most Fertile Woman in the World”.

PEOPLE IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleber Mendonça Filho
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Didier Barcelo
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Sean Durkin
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Lionel Goldstein
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