Manden der Tænkte Ting |
Denmark • 1969 • 93m •
   • Directed by: Jens Ravn. • Starring: John Price, Preben Neergaard, Lotte Tarp, Lars Lunøe, Kirsten Rolffes, Ejner Federspiel, Elith Pio, Jørgen Beck, Tove Maës, Kai Christoffersen, Nuni Tholstrup, Marchen Passer. • Music by: Per Nørgaard.  The mysterious Mr. Steinmetz has the acquired the ability to create things and beings by will alone. Only, after a while his creations invariably disappear. He therefore approaches a famous brain surgeon, Max Holst, who he hopes can help him with this problem. When Max refuses, Steinmetz brings his doppelgänger into being to replace him.
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Review:
Max Holst, a neurologist, is summoned to the hospital because a patient has asked for him. Holst finds the patient in his room, smoking a cigar. This is not hospital procedure, and Holst is curious how the patient smuggled the tobacco into his cell. Shortly after the patient escapes, somehow managing to get a key to his room. What is going on? As the title suggests, this patient, by thinking hard enough about an object, can summon it into existence. This man wants something from the doctor and will not take no for an answer.
Shot in stark black and white, The Man Who Thought Life seems a fairly low budget film, at least by American standards. What the film has to offer is something that costs very little, an unpredictable plot. The viewer tilts on shifting ground with the film's plot. The one complaint is that the ending seems too easy. That aside, The Man Who Thought Life should be sought out by curious viewers.
Review by jrd_73 from the Internet Movie Database.
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