ponents of the literary genre
that’s come to be known as ‘Nor-
dic Noir’. Nesbo’s story has been
adapted by writers Hossein Ami-
ni (Drive) and Peter Straughan
(the aforementioned Tinker
Tailor). Thelma Schoonmaker,
who may be the most respected
editor in the history of cinema,
cut the damn thing, presumably
having signed on when Martin
Scorsese was attached to direct.
Meanwhile, the cast reads like a
roster of the finest working talent
of Northern Europe and the US.
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Leading that impressive en-
semble is Michael Fassbender
as Harry Hole (the Norwegian
pronunciation of the surname
is ‘Hula’, but everyone here re-
grettably pronounces it phoneti-
cally). Harry is an alcoholic. Well,
he’s one of those Hollywood al-
coholics who wakes up on a park
bench at the beginning of the
movie and then never touches
a drop of gargle for the rest of
its duration. The Oslo police de-
partment (whose HQ resembles
that of a hipster tech firm, all fu-
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