Book To Film To DVD: Let The Right One In

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Let The Right One In...

I first heard about this movie over Christmas when I was in Vermont. Please notice that in the title I called it a film not a movie, hence Vermont being the perfect place for me to discover it.

Well, firstly because Vermont is filled with hippies, filmmakers, hippie filmmakers and a whole bunch of nudist Buddhists.

Secondly, they just so happen to praise anything and everything that could possibly fall into the 'indie' 'hipster' and 'bazaar' category. (Did I mention that all of these nudest Buddhists and the rest of them are review happy?)

& Thirdly, while their review excited me, I was able to push it out of my mind for a few months till it came out on DVD and I was able to view it. Seeing as most of the films in the film festivals they praise so highly are bazaar, randomly disjointed, and more often then not, depressing as hell.

So writing it off as another film festival horror story saved me weeks of agony and frustration at not living anywhere near one of those 'select theaters' that no one ever has the privilege of living near.

But damn, this was an awesome movie. The greyness of the scenes made it feel as dirty as life is.

The boy is this incredibly cute blond kid who does a fantastic being complex and accepting, the girl is equally incredible, and for some reason, blood just looks like it's meant to be on her face.

There's this one part where the dude who kills people and drains their blood for the girl to drink dumps acid on his face and you can see through his cheek, it was gross but fascinating. There's a lot of silences in this film, it's very visual but that's part of what makes it great.

The only way to watch this is in the native language (Swedish) with English subtitles, because the English dubbing is just awful. It sounds like it's a pain but it's easy to get into and well worth the effort.

I haven't read the book yet, but maybe you can guess what I'll be buying on my next trip to the bookstore.

"To flee is life, to linger, death”