In this month’s edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tom Secker joins us to talk about Trollhunter, a 2010 Norwegian found footage mockumentary about a secret government agency that is dedicated to disposing of (and concealing evidence of) trolls. We talk about the mockumentary genre, conspiritainment, how socialist societies deal with national security threats, and much more.
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Interview: Andre Ovredal, Director of ‘TrollHunter’
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May I venture to suggest that Trolls relate to, erm,… Trolls.
The embodiment of the wildness of nature, untameable, un-“enlightened”, instinctual, powerful, remnants of the old world, mischievous, playful and sometimes malign.
They cannot be reasoned with. Cannot be gamed with Bernaysian tricks. They are Trolls.