Antichrist, Anyone?
I admire Lars Von Trier more for his pranks than his artistry, although I thought Dogville was pretty brilliant. Breaking the Waves, Dancing in the Dark, nope, not for me. Too much angst, too little catharsis.
Now, his new film Antichrist has riled up viewers at Cannes, and has divided critics into two camps (roughly, “What a genius!” and “What repulsive trash!”)
Here’s the storyline: A married couple goes into the woods to help the wife recover from the death of their child. Things get out of hand, ending in shocking violence and sexual mutilation.
How much would you pay to not have to see this movie? I don’t have much in my bank account but I’d be willing to empty it, if that’s what it took. Lars, I love you, don’t ever change, just don’t come near me with anything sharp.
Here’s the trailer if you’re up to it.
May 20th, 2009 at 3:48 am
Hmmm, I think I’d really like to see that actually. I’m sorry!!!
May 20th, 2009 at 4:33 am
A beautifully photographed film with violence and sexual mutilation. Sign me up!
May 20th, 2009 at 4:42 am
I’ve seen the trailor…wish I hadn’t. Life doesn’t have to be all sunshine and bunnies, but I’ve decided I’m not going to go out of my way anymore to be scared, depressed or repulsed.
May 20th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Um, except I don’t think she does it with a sharp object…. Nasty!
May 20th, 2009 at 5:01 am
Yes, I’d gladly empty my bank account, which is nearly empty anyway, NOT to see this movie! I HATED Breaking the Waves, so I’ve avoided Lars since then.
May 20th, 2009 at 6:16 am
no thanks. i’m in enough pain already.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:41 am
I liked Breaking the Waves, had mixed feelings about Dogville, and given how brutalized they both made me feel, would never see either again. Just couldn’t see another one of his movies, either, I don’t think–especially not this.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:02 am
“Things get out of hand, ending in shocking violence and sexual mutilation.” — story of my life!
May 20th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
i actually did not enjoy dogville. it felt like three hours of nicole kidman abuse. people were walking out on the movie when i went to go see it. ugggg….
May 20th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Honeypants – Well, you like scary stuff, so maybe you can take it.
Winter Bird – It just got a distributor, so you can give us a review.
Jill – Amen.
May 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Danielle – Uh oh.
Iheartfashion – Hated it, even from the other room!
Jools – Oh poor Jools! It will get better, I promise.
ambika – I think he wants you to feel assaulted…I don’t need any more, either.
WendyB- And yet you seem so harmless!
alittlelux – I must have been in the mood to be abused when I saw it. I recall thinking that it was very bold in its bleak outlook.
May 21st, 2009 at 6:52 pm
oh god, i almost puke just thinking about it. maybe in 5 months.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:32 am
I got kicked out of the Cannes screening for shouting “For Gods sake somebody throw a pie!” at the halfway point…
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Lars needs a good swift kick in his undoubtedly rather small testicles.I hear he’s hung like a lightswitch. I havent seen the film but i saw the trailer with all those ominous crows flying about. Wooo, scary! And willem has a nice wang so natch lars has to disfigure it and reduce it to a size he can handle, not to mention Charlotte’s pleasure dome. Sicky little scandinavian man. Wow,excuse my negativity!
May 24th, 2009 at 12:12 am
fashion herald – Oh dear, sorry, I forgot about your Condition!
Ashton – I wish this were true.
slimeylimey – You know, I’m always hearing about Willem’s enormous package. If it’s really so impressive, why did he have to fuck with the spelling of his name, just tell me that!