Cannes report: Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist': 'The closest film to a scream'

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I didn’t say that; Lars von Trier did about his own new movie, which had exactly the kind of scandal-courting press premiere on Sunday evening Read the full post.

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Boni
Sat 08/29/09 12:51 AM

This stupid country called USA wouldn’t know good, artistic horror if it stabbed it in the gut.

Ignorant, stupid, naive people.

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sonia
Tue 09/15/09 12:17 PM

I’m European and i tend to see Hollywood movies (with some exceptions) to be entertaining movies, like going to superball and Trier’s movies (and many others good directors) like a piece of art that can be pleasing or disgusting depending on the viewers point.
Well, sports bore me to death and i find art surprising and ground-breaking. I found this movie far from a “no filler”, and yes it is emotion drainer, vicious and violent but aren´t also pain, guilt , depression , grief and madness? I see this as an exaggerated (for art proposes) portrait of a suffering humanity.

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sonia
Tue 09/15/09 12:26 PM

And oh, Lars doesn´t need to “sell” the movie through marketing schemes. He as a audience that likes do be provoked and shocked, he reminds hes audience that they are alive and that is only human to feel strange things.

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sonia
Tue 09/15/09 12:28 PM

It’s catarsis.

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carniemagic
Mon 09/21/09 7:13 PM

How was the Tarkovsky mention, flipping the bird? Have you seen Stalker? This film was clearly an ode to that film and others by Tarkovsky. And to say it was misogynist makes me wonder if you saw the same film. At worst it hates everyone, but other than that it could be termed a pro-woman film. The final scene is in one sense a searing condemnation of male patriarchy.

This is the greatest film of the year, and one of the best films of all-time. I think you got too distracted by the violence and the sex and managed to completely miss most of the film, which is kind of baffling.

Do you even love film anymore? The reaction to this film by so called film critics to this point, has been embarrassing.

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Ivory
Mon 11/23/09 1:08 AM

My friends and I are big fans of Von Trier, but we don’t live near a big population center. So, in order to see “Antichrist” we drove for 4 hours to reach an independant movie theatre in the nearest city that was showing it. We were all incredibly horrified by the film. It wasn’t like “Dogville” or “Breaking the Waves” where the shocking parts were at least meaningful and part of a larger message. So far none of us have been able to tease a larger message out of this film that is worth the cringe factor. I and my friends were left wondering “what was the point?”

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Marietta
Mon 03/01/10 3:02 AM

wow is all I know to say…..that was the most intense film I have ever watched, and has left my head spinning….which is what a great film should do. How could you ask “what’s the point?”? I mean….real art is left open for us to derive our own meaning frmo it, but this film…with it’s gorgeous cinematography and symbolism told you exactly what the point was..and was disturbingly beautiful in doing so. I LOVED this film….it now gets a spot in my top five of all time. wow….still in awe of it.

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