Erik Løchen, then, has stayed for most ciné buffs an enigma, someone the
happy few talk of as the Norwegian Godard, a misunderstood genius who
was allowed only to execute two projects before dying at age 59. Jakten
was actually show at Cannes at its release, but didn't get much of a
reception. A lot of new ideas were coming around all over at the time
and Jakten must have been seen as just another "modernist" approach, depending heavily on with Brechtian inspiration.
JAKTEN (1959)
is the charmer of the set. The film tells the story
about a married couple and their friend who are all staying in a cabin
in the mountains where they are hunting. In one of the opening scenes a
narrator introduces the three characters and presents the second man and
his friend's wife as lovers. She gets annoyed and shouts to the camera
that it is a lie, breaking down the fourth wall.
