Lars von Trier is a a brilliant director, but an artist that evokes conflicting emotions out of anyone familiar with his work, I highly recommend Dancer in the Dark (the movie which Björk was nominated for a best song Oscar & wore that swan outfit to the show) & Dogville starring Nicole Kidman, to get an idea of his dark avante-garde style. His latest film Antichrist is described as:
"a psychological thriller that evolves into a horror film". Then there's that dispiriting official blurb. "A grieving couple retreat to 'Eden', their isolated cabin in the woods, where they hope to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage," it reads. "But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse ... "
The 'worse' is in reference to the much talked about genital mutilation that occurs at the hands of Charlotte Gainsbourg (Serge's daughter) who happened to win the Best Actress Award at Cannes on Sunday for her role in Antichrist. I most likely will not be seeing this movie in theatres, but am certainly intrigued by it and the polarizing responses it's generated & Von Trier's claims that he's "the best film director in the world."
Lars von Trier's Antichrist - Official Trailer from Zentropa on Vimeo.
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