Brothers: Susanne Bier

Here's a slightly dated but still worthwhile interview with Susanne Bier, director of the 2004 film upon which NP's Brothers is based. Bier also directed 2007's Things We Lost In The Fire with Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro. I didn't know Bier had directed a "Dogma" film. (Future Movies)

FM: What attracted you to the mixture of political and domestic in Brothers?

Susanne Bier: I am quite fascinated by the way we live in the West. Scandinavia is fairly small and fairly privileged, and we have this notion that we are protected and that nothing can happen to us. Since September 11, that sense of security isn’t so strong anymore – the big wide world is creeping in on us, for better or for worse – I don’t necessarily think it just bad. That sense of being protected also acts like a wall between us and the rest of the world, that I think is kind of unhealthy. I am fascinated by the way that we are being influenced by fear.