{"id":8355,"date":"2010-08-21T17:59:48","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T06:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=8355"},"modified":"2010-08-21T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T07:04:51","slug":"big-troll-sighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/08\/21\/big-troll-sighted\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Troll Sighted"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve always thought of trolls as large and monstrous, but a new Norwegian monster film seems to have upped the ante considerably.<\/p>\n

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Apparently (as you can see from the trailer below) the filmmakers have hitherto been careful to keep the monster’s reality and appearance mysterious, suggesting that the documentary looks at a man who might be described as delusional — though the release of this image seems to have let the troll out of the bag.<\/p>\n

The film is made in what I call a “camera verit\u00e9” style. The style is sometimes referred to as “mockumentary”, that is, it mimics a documentary the way The Blair Witch Project<\/em> did, encouraging audiences to suspend disbelief by adopting the conceit of it being actual footage.<\/p>\n

Trolljegeren<\/strong> [aka The Troll Hunter] (Norway-2010; dir. Andr\u00e9 Ovredal)<\/p>\n

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It looks rather intriguing to me — and the daikaiju-sized troll is a definite plus.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong>: TwitchFilm<\/a>; via Avery. Written by Robert Hood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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