Directed by André Øvredal / Screenplay by André Øvredal

The cinematic technique known as ‘found footage’ dates back to Michael Powell’s groundbreaking psychological drama Peeping Tom (1960), but it really caught on in the late nineties via American films like The Last Broadcast (1998) and The Blair Witch Project (1999). The ‘found footage’ genre purports to show a genuine film or video recording shot by the characters in the story, complete with shaky camerawork and abrupt edits; and this raw footage has supposedly been found at the scene of whatever incident has occurred. The technique recommends itself to the horror genre, from The Blair Witch Project’s low-budget scares to the multi-million-dollar Cloverfield (2008), in which wobbly home video captures a night of terror as a gigantic monster rampages through New York. Filmed on a comparatively modest $3.5 million, one of the most ingenious and compelling of the genre is Troll Hunter, in which writer-director André Øvredal delves deep into the folklore and superstitions of his native Norway. A group of university students set out to shoot a documentary about a suspected bear poacher called Hans, but when they follow him into a remote forest in hopes of securing an interview, things take an unexpected turn: Hans bursts from the trees with a bloodcurdling scream of ‘Troll!’, pursued by something very large and very angry. Hans is a professional Troll Hunter working undercover for the government, and before long the students are making a very different kind of documentary, recording encounters with a bridge troll, a three-headed troll, a lair of cave trolls, and finally a giant mountain troll - but if you’re a Christian, those trolls can smell your blood…

Framed Dimensions: 330mm x 410mm

Acrylic on 300gsm Arches oil paper
Glazed, mounted and framed

Supplied with signed letter of authenticity from Barnaby.