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Nov 10
2009
07:05 PM ET
'Antichrist': Why Lars von Trier's latest fake outrage was made for, and only for, the Cannes film festival
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The title of this article is not appropriate. The only argument for why the film was made “for, and only for, the Cannes film festival” is that it generated some boos at the Cannes premier but not anywhere else. (I also enjoy the relatively loaded term “Fake Outrage”, implying some movie outrage is more real than others.)
Describing the film as a “torture-porn” is an oversimplification. The film contains a progression of increasingly violent sexual imagery, but the events are not “random”; each one has a role in the film’s narrative.
The film is by no means perfect but it hard to argue that it is not thought provoking. The narrative is outwardly very simple but I found that many of its elements stuck with me long after the film was finished. Additionally, many of the scenes were beautifully shot.
I’m thinking this reviewer Just Doesn’t Get It.