International EditionThe Happening, Part III: Do you think it could be plants?Av Dag SødtholtA Shyamalan enthusiast is struggling mightily to come to terms with the conundrum of The Happening, a split identity film that swings wildly between excellence, rampant quirkiness and unchecked hysteria.
International EditionThe Happening, Part II: Goners with the windAv Dag SødtholtA guide to the many powerful suicide scenes, including the brilliant, icily electrifying opening where normality turns into nightmare. Plus motifs, visual ideas and references to earlier Shyamalan works.
International EditionThe Happening, Part I: The twisted face of mankindAv Dag SødtholtSay what you want about M. Night Shyamalan's foray into disaster movie terrain, but its last 25 minutes are excellent, carefully walked through in this screenshot-based analysis.
