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Ever since his debut was heralded as "a young master's first masterpiece" by none other than Ingmar Bergman, director Lukas Moodysson has been hailed internationally as one of Sweden's greatest filmmaking talents, delighting and confounding audiences in equal measure.
Moodysson's first film, Fucking Åmål (released overseas as Show Me Love), tells the story of awkward small-town teenager Agnes and her crush on popular classmate Elin, which unexpectedly blossoms into real-life romance; it was quickly heralded as a new queer cinema touchstone and one of the most authentic portrayals of youthful relationships on film. He swiftly followed this with the bittersweet, satirical 1970s-set Together, in which the inhabitants of a commune try to reconcile their ideals with their hearts' desires.
Having made a name for himself as the new master of tragicomic, feel-good humanism, Moodysson suddenly frustrated expectations with a trio of startlingly confrontational works: the hauntingly bleak Lilya 4-ever, based on a real-life case of a Russian girl sold into sex trafficking in Sweden; the abrasive and semi-improvised A Hole in My Heart, detailing the messy (un)making of an amateur porn video in a tiny flat; and the avant-garde Container, narrated in its English version by Jena Malone (Donnie Darko).
After making his mainstream English-language debut with the expansive Mammoth, starring Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams, Moodysson returned to his roots with We Are the Best! (based on a graphic novel by his wife and "consigliere" Coco), the charming and funny tale of three schoolgirls starting a punk band in early-1980s Stockholm.
Moodysson's eclectic filmography can now be appreciated as the work of a singular filmmaking voice, as avowedly uncompromising and unabashedly political as it is keenly observed, deeply felt and frequently hilarious.
Limited Edition Boxset Contents:
High Definition (1080p) Bluray presentations of all seven films
Original DTSHD MA 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo mixes for all seven films
Optional English subtitles for all films, plus English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on Mammoth and the English version of Container
New video interviews with Lukas Moodysson and other cast and crew, moderated by film programmer Sarah Lutton
200page hardback book featuring new writing by Peter Walsh, excerpts from the original press kits for each film, including interviews with and directors’ statements from Moodysson, and essays on his films from a 2014 special issue of the Nordic culture journal Scandinavica by C. Claire Thomson, Helga H. Lúthersdóttir, Elina Nilsson, Scott MacKenzie & Anna Westerståhl Stenport and Kjerstin Moody
Disc One:
2K restoration by the Swedish Film Institute, approved by director Lukas Moodysson and cinematographer Ulf Brantås
New interview with Lukas Moodysson
New interview with star Alexandra Dahlström
Did You Know She’s A Lesbian?, an appreciation by Dr. Clara BradburyRance, author of Lesbian Cinema After Queer Theory
Talk (Bara prata lite), a short film directed by Moodysson in 1997
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Disc Two:
4K restoration by the Swedish Film Institute from the original camera negative, approved by director Lukas Moodysson and cinematographer Ulf Brantås
New interview with Lukas Moodysson
New interview with script supervisor Malin Fornander
New interview with editor Michal Leszczylowski
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Disc Three:
New interview with Lukas Moodysson
New interview with costume designer Denise Östholm
Guardian Interview with Lukas Moodysson, a Q&A with the director filmed at the London Film Festival in 2002
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Disc Four:
New interviews with Lukas Moodysson on both films
Lukas Moodysson Masterclass, an interview with the director filmed at London’s National Film & Television School in 2004
A Hole in My Second Heart, a behindthescenes featurette from 2004
Swedish and English narration options for Container
Inside the Container Crypt, a 2007 featurette on the themes of Container
Theatrical trailers and image galleries for both films
Disc Five:
New interview with Lukas Moodysson
New interview with line producer Malte Forssell
Promotional interviews with Moodysson and Gael Garcia Bernal from 2009
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Disc Six:
New interview with Lukas Moodysson
New interview with cinematographer Ulf Brantås
A New Expression, a look at the background to the film by Swedish punk historian David Andersson
Q&A from the 2013 London Film Festival screening, featuring Moodysson and stars Liv LeMoyne and Mira Barkhammar
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery
Alexandra Dahlström