Utøya: July 22

6/17/2019

**_Brilliant use of the techniques of_ cinéma vérité _make for a disturbingly realistic experience_** > _Når en mann kan forårsake så mye ondt - tenk hvor mye kjærlighet vi kan skape sammen_ [_When one man could cause so much evil - think about how much love we can create together_]. - Stine Renate Håheim (Utøya survivor); July 23, 2011 _Utøya 22. juli_ is an aesthetically fascinating, pseudo-documentarian examination of the 2011 Utøya massacre, told from the perspective of one of the youths trapped on the island, rather than the killer, the police, the parents, or the courts. Decidedly different from Paul Greengrass's recently released Netflix film, _22 July_, the makers of _Utøya 22. juli_ have little interest in either overt political contextualisation or the aftermath of the m