materie 2004* - Norsk filminstitutt

JAKTEN PÅ HUKOMMELSEN
HUNTING DOWN MEMORY
90 MIN | COLOUR | 1:1,85 | 5 REELS | DOLBY SR
DIRECTOR: THOMAS LIEN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: PATRIK SÄFSTRÖM
PRODUCER: PETTER VENNERØD FOR MERKUR FILM
PRODUKSJON AS
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 2008
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR: CCV/ORO FILM
CONTACT: MERKUR FILM PRODUKSJON AS,
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MAIL: merkur@merkur.no, www.merkur.no
38 NORWEGIAN FILMS 2008
Imagine waking up tomorrow without recalling today. All recollections are deleted. Imagine
living without a background history, without recognizing those who know you. Imagine encountering
the world as if it were for the first time. And finally, imagine this happening to you
while travelling alone on a train in China.
Hunting Down Memory is a true story about Øyvind Aamodt, who suddenly lost 27 years
of his memory. He remembered nothing from his life. NOTHING! For most people, this
would have been a dreadful experience, an ominous and frightening event in their life. For
Øyvind, it was an adventure. He is neither traumatized nor paralyzed, he is just curious. He
wants to know what happened, but he would also like to know what cottage cheese and blueberry
pie taste like.
Thomas Lien (1971) has worked in the film industry since 1991 in various capacities
(production and camera assistant on a number of feature films; assisting
editor on two feature films and editor of several short films and commercials).
From 1996 to 2003 he was captain on a cruise around the world. He made his
directorial debut in 1995, with the shortfilm Depth Solitude (co-directed with
Joachim Solum).