![]() ![]() ![]() In Tarantino-Inspired ‘Agent Elvis,’ the King Battles the Manson Family, Drug Dealers - and Robert Goulet In Norway, every child knows about the Kon-Tiki, the book was huge, and the film shot on board won an Academy Award.” ![]() “And we always always wanted to make a film of the Kon-Tiki, ever since we were making films. “Well, we grew up in a village not far from Thor Heyerdahl’s home, so for us it was a local story as well as a national one,” explains Rønning. They too embarked on a hugely ambitious project that had no guarantee of success or even completion, and encountered myriad unforeseen problems along the way – there’s no doubt the film had to be something of a labor of love for them both. And it’s a temptation we’re going to give in to when we met the co-directors during the Göteborg International Film Festival recently, they had the air of men who had finally come in to port after a long stormy voyage. There’s a great temptation to draw parallels between directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s epic journey in making “ Kon-Tiki” ( reviewed here) and the expedition it chronicles. ![]()
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