I have to admit that I haven't seen Dancer in the Dark, or Dogville, perhaps two of Lars Von Trier's famous films. Though I have The Idiots, I haven't really seen it in full, just jumping from one scene to next, most of which are graphic copulation of retards. I'm looking forward to Antichrist though. No, Brillante Mendoza's Kinatay failed to really make a hoopla over at Cannes last May, encompassed by the flesh-boring, genital-clipping, ball-crushing craziness that is Antichrist. I'd prolly jump in glee when I see it in bootleg, then people would dart fearsome stares at me when they know it's over a bootleg copy of the film. A friend of mine, who saw in Copenhagen, said that she really didn't cringe at the supposed controversial scenes. It won't be shown here, that I'm sure, or else it won't be flesh-boring, genital-clipping, ball-crushing anymore.
Got this photo via the film's site. Conjures up images from NIN's The Perfect Drug music video. Creepily good, isn't it?
I love NIN's "Perfect Drug" video. I bought the Lost Highway OST solely for that song. I've long been a fan of director Mark Romanek's vids.
ReplyDeleteThey don't make videos like "Perfect Drug" now, do they? I puke every time I tune in to MTV.
Von trier. No wonder Antichrist won't be shown here. He is a director of with a shear focus on the non-'filmic' approach (DOGME 95), and i would always wanted to relate him to Dziga Vertov who has the same sentiment. Von trier is a bit morally confused i think, but his style is direct and impulsive. Who could not have love/hate him for all this? ;-)
ReplyDelete@ANDY: Yes, they don't make music videos like that anymore. Good thing I don't have access to MTV, perhaps just in time when everything went from stylish to crap. I love Mark Romanek videos too, esp. Criminal. Oh, and Lost Highway, what a complete mindfuck, isn't it?
ReplyDelete@ADRIAN: From what I've read and gathered since I knew Von Trier (not personally of course hehe), isn't it apparent that he's flat-out atheist? Not just because of Antichrist of course.