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"One rarefied objet d’art
that actually entertains.
It’s a laconic yukfest, in fact, where each static,
surreal sequence invariably ends with a mute, imploding
punch line
the long buildup heightens a climactic ka-boom that should
have
Kafka, Beckett, and Dali convulsing in their graves ‘til
Judgment Day."
- Dennis Harvey, San Francisco Bay Guardian
"One of the most highly crafted
[films] in recent memory...
Confirms Andersson as a formidable talent working
with a total control and freedom equaled only by the late
Stanley Kubrick."
- Derek Elley, Variety
"Combines the visual jokes of
Jacques Tati, the absurdist humor of Monty Python
and the sick wit of Charles Addams"
-Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Composed of a series of immaculately staged tableaux,
SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR is a stylized black
comedy-turned-nightmare. A mysterious urban landscape is
home to: a hapless office worker, unceremoniously fired
after not missing a day of work in 14 years; a soot-covered
furniture store owner who makes a clumsy stab at arson;
an endless row of luggage-dragging travelers lined up at
the airport; a traffic jam extended to infinity; a magician
whose saw-trick goes frightfully wrong.
Critics have compared the film's wildly original humor
to Beckett, Kafka and Buster Keaton, and its contemporary
take on surrealism to the canvases of Otto Dix and Salvador
Dali.
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