This results both in adherents and those which dismiss his work as pretentious. He makes films that provide himself and his audiences with thorny intellectual challenges. If someone like von Trier makes a horror movie, it is hardly likely to be standard fare. One of the few uncontroversial films he has made is Boss of it All, an extremely clever comedy that didn't receive much attention. There were experiments like The Five Obstructions, and two highly theatrical Brechtian pieces called Dogville and Manderlay, with chalklines instead of sets. Next came Dancer in the Dark, an almost Janacek-like musical where a blind girl takes inner fantasy to extremes. He founded the Dogme movement of verite cinema, and made The Idiots, where lunacy and sanity are cleverly mixed. He came to fame through Breaking the Waves, a controversial story of how far someone would go for love. Where does horror reside in the psyche? Lars von Trier has established himself as a maker of serious, avant-garde drama. Von Trier has succeeded in creating a movie that is going to shock and must likely offend - but also assure movie buffs like myself - that there are still movie directors about that knows how to create masterpieces in a time where mainstream seems to be all there is. This is definitely a must see movie - if not for anything else, then at least for the splendid acting performances and the absolutely genius photographing.
And in antichrist he succeeds.Ī sometimes hard and gruelling movie to watch - I am at this point, a mere 1½ hour after exciting the movie theater, still deeply affected by the fantastic imagery and the cruel nauseating violence and self molestation. The director Lars Von Trier has always attempted to go beyond the limits of what could be shown in a movie without compromising his artistic vision.
Antichrist is an excellent and not often seen chance to see a magnificent piece of art.
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