The Bothersome Man

This dinky little picture, with a bit of imagination, is by Jens Lien, made in 2006
Razor sharp images, very very deep focus; a singular and visually interesting look. Tough to know exactly how it is achieved. Backlighting certainly, use of stunning clowd formations where light is reflected both from the front and the back.
This is not a film staged in depth though; all is generally on the same level, the light is incredibly even with the grey colour schemes as a key part of the thematic. The chest height camera throughout also destroys all overlapping, which would cause depth. A visual style that shows a certain thought, slightly comical and precocious, but a good feature overall.
The themes are clear enough, and interesting, but a braver filmmaker would have perhaps taken on the harder task of not positing an imaginary world to explore them. It is fun enough in this new world, but perhaps makes the thematic a little easy, a little cursory, a little fast.
The story is well and briskly told, with pretty standard editing (slightly longer takes would be nice), in very much an exploration of one person; much close work (perception shots) in and around their face.
This film is like a slightly less extreme Jeunet and Caro picture (an excellent guide for the filmmaker), or a slightly less self-important Kauffman one. It is fun at times, with an interesting visual aesthetic, and if not exactly revolutionary ideas, a nice exploration, without going over the top, of genial themes.