Watch Time Stand Still in The Worst Person in the World , Anatomy of a Scene

Ever wish you could put a pause on your current life decisions to explore a different option The Norwegian film The Worst Person in the World takes this question literally in one scene. The 30yearold Julie (Renate Reinsve) is in a relationship with an older man, Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie). But she recently met Eivind (Herbert Nordrum) at a party and was smitten by him. To consider how things might be with Eivind, Julie and the film stop time so she can go across town and see him. As she wanders through Oslo, everyone else but the wouldbe lovers are frozen. Discussing the sequence, the films director, Joachim Trier, said that he didnt want it to feel supernatural. Its not about, oh my goodness, shes discovered a time machine, he said. Rather, its sort of a musical romantic sequence that plays around with the idea of how it feels to be in love as if time stands still. Rather than rely heavily on digital effects to make the moment work, Trier and his crew brought