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The Snowman was originally released on VHS in 1982 by Palace Video. It has been re-released several times by Palace and later PolyGram Video, and Universal Studios Home Entertainment UK after Palace went out of business. In 1993 it was released on VHS in the US by Columbia TriStar Home Video.
- Who The Snowman Killer Is
- The Snowman Killer's Motive: Why Mathias Did It
- How The Snowman Killer Is Connected to Harry Hole
- How Is Katrine Connected to Rafto?
- Is Arve Støp Guilty?
- What Happens to Katrine?
- The Real Meaning of The Snowman Ending
- The Snowman Director Understands If The Film Needs Explaining
Mathias Is Responsible For The Killings In The Snowman
The ending of The Snowman revealed that the killer was surgeon Mathias, who was using his professional reputation to hide his murderous activities. Harry and Katrine suspect many potential killers throughout the uneven story of The Snowman, from Arve StøptoIdar Vetelsen. However, at the end of the film, Harry discovers that Mathias Lund-Helgesen has been the killer the whole time. Harry and Mathias had several scenes together throughout the film, but Harry never pieced the clues together. Mat...
Childhood Resentment Led Mathias To Beome A Murderer
The Snowmanopens with a scene of a young boy, his mother, and his biological father. The boy was the result of an affair, and when his mother threatens to tell his father's wife the truth. His father flees, taking off in his car. The boy's mother follows him, with the boy in the passenger seat, but drives off the road onto a frozen lake. The boy gets out of the car and tells his mother to do the same, but she doesn't. She remains in the car as the ice cracks and the car sinks into the frozen...
Harry And Mathias Are More Connected Than He First Realizes
Harry's personal life leads him to the identity of the killer by the end of The Snowman, and the detective is shocked that the killer is known to him and has a connection to his past. Harry knows who the killer is because Mathias is dating Rakel, Harry's ex. Throughout the film, it's obvious Rakel and Harry still have feelings for each other even though she seemingly moved on from Harry. Mathias and Harry are cordial to each other, as he's still in Rakel's life because he is like a father fig...
Rafto Is Katrine's Father
Among the many mysteries in The Snowman, one of the most perplexing is how Rebecca Ferguson's Katrine is connected to Val Kilmer's Gert Rafto.Harry learns that there was a similar murder case years earlier, so he goes to meet Gert Rafto, one of the officers on the case. However, he soon finds out that Rafto died eight years earlier from an alleged suicide. While at Rafto's cabin, Harry discovers a jacket and photograph and learns Rafto is Katrine's father. He realizes Katrine is working with...
The Shifty Character Has Done A Lot Of Wrong, But Isn't A Murderer
Rafto may have committed suicide several years prior to the events of The Snowman, but his death ends up becoming yet another piece of the complex jigsaw puzzle. Katrine is convinced corrupt businessman Arve Støp killed her father. However, she is never able to prove that he is connected to her father's death or the new murders that Harry's investigating. Despite his other shady dealings, Støp is innocent in terms of murder and didn't kill Rafto. Though he is involved in a prostitution ring,...
After Katrine attempts to seduce Støp, he tells her to meet him in his hotel room. She attempts to catch him in the room and prove he is guilty. Instead, she's captured by the killer. The murderer drugs and kills Katrine, then severs her right finger and uses it to unlock her work tablet. Harry finds Katrine's dead body in her car, with a snowman d...
The Core Message Is About The Dangers Of Unaddressed Trauma And Resentment
While, as the director acknowledges, The Snowman doesn't always tell it smoothly, the movie presents a strong message about how childhood trauma and resentment can drive a person mad. Not everyone who experienced hardships growing up or held onto resentment will turn into a killer, but this is what happened to Mathias. He never healed from what his parents did to him, and he used it to fuel his murder spree as an adult. The Snowman ending also touches on the way society often blames women and...
The director of The Snowman is under no illusions about the complex nature of the 2017 movie, and completely understands that many elements of the ending warrant further explanation. Norwegian director Tomas Alfredson, who was also behind 2011's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and 2008's Let the Right One In, spoke out in 2017 and shared his perspective....
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs was first published in the UK in 1978 as a wordless picture book featuring exquisite, pencil illustrations. It tells the story of a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life at the stroke of midnight when a magical adventure begins.
Frosty the Snowman: Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.. With Jimmy Durante, Billy De Wolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees. A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
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- Animation, Short, Comedy
- Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
- 1969-12-07
Parents need to know that The Snowman is a charming, whimsical, totally kid friendly adaptation of Raymond Briggs' classic picture book. At only 26 minutes long, it's brief enough to hold even the youngest viewers' attention.
- Raymond Briggs
- Dianne Jackson
- Sony Pictures
Dec 6, 2007 · It's a history that goes all the way back to the Dark Ages. Some ghastly snow forms, apparently, wandered into some anatomically-correct bodily busts, arriving today at the lovable lumps of snow ...
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Frosty the Snowman was the first Rankin/Bass Christmas special to utilize traditional animation (versus the stop-motion method used in their other projects).
