"Separating the art from the artist can be easier debated than done. In 1967, Roland Barthes infamously argued in his essay "The Death of the Author" that a writer's biography should be irrelevant to the meaning or value of their work. In 1983, Nora Ephron asserted the opposite in her novel, : "Everything is copy." Today's pop culture has tended to agree with Ephron's take: Confession fuels the biggest songs; celebrity memoirs dominate best-seller lists."
"Sentimental Value, an emotionally layered film up for eight Golden Globes this weekend, complicates that perspective. It follows a family of storytellers: Gustav (played by Stellan Skarsgård) is a celebrated director hoping to cast his estranged daughter Nora (Renate Reinsve), an actor, in his first project in 15 years. Nora's sister, Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), is a historian who helps Gustav with researching his script."
One view holds that an artist's biography should be irrelevant to a work's meaning or value. An opposing view holds that art often emerges from personal confession and lived experience, and that confession fuels much of contemporary pop culture. Several recent films and awards-season dramas center creators whose personal lives and work are inseparable. Sentimental Value follows a family of storytellers as a celebrated director seeks to cast his estranged daughter while a sister-historian helps research his script. The director Joachim Trier has repeatedly explored creative figures and the ways art functions as personal therapy.
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