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...very important for me to not read crime fiction, actually. Plots in good crime fiction are so insidious that they get into your head and you don't even know that they're there. I was once writing a book - I forget which one it was, it was one of the Easy Rawlins ones - I was way more than halfway through when I realized, "This is very familiar to me." I'm talking to myself, saying "Well, of course it is, you just wrote it." And then I said, "No, it's familiar for some other reason." And then...
Which is why as complex as your plots can be, it's such a delight to actually see what seems to be a fully fleshed out character. Leonid McGill goes well beyond the typical, fairly bland mystery novel protagonist. Do you try to focus on character over plot...
...unfolding plot becomes more and more complex. Godley’s mathematical work deals with parallel universes—and it turns out that the entire book takes place in one. Sweden, we learn, is always on the warpath; Godley’s own fame comes from his success in cold fusion, a process which only works in his world. One begins to wonder at the potential truth of the grandiose statements that Adam turns over while lying in a coma. “My equations spanned a multitude of universes yet they posited a single world of unity...
...Cedergren) is relocated to the rural town. Immediately upon his arrival, Robert’s big-city customs provoke hostility from the locals. They resent everything about him—from the way he reprimands petty theft, to his preference of soda water over beer—and the plot seems to percolate with conflict. Compounding the rural-urban clash, Robert is soon sexually propositioned by a married woman, Ingelise (Lene Maria Christensen), who claims that her husband, Jorgen (Kim Bodnia), beats her. What ensues is a love-triangle ripe with violence and unexpected twists. As Robert learns to adapt...
...visual motifs which complement the movie’s larger themes. Early on, stark, desolate shots of the Danish countryside establish the harshness of life in Skarrild. Additionally, poignant portraits of Skarrild’s grim residents throughout the film evoke a melancholy commensurate to many of the disturbing plot points. And when Dorthe, Ingelise’s daughter, takes the baby carriage out for a walk, the creepy creaking of the wheels and the image of a solitary young girl, alone in the town’s dark streets, \foreshadow the strange and chilling events which come to dominate...