Antichrist

I have to say it's one of the few films (if not the only film) that has ever made me turn my eyes from the screen (The scissors and lady parts bit).
 
Sweetloaf said:
I have to say it's one of the few films (if not the only film) that has ever made me turn my eyes from the screen (The scissors and lady parts bit).
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That was indeed very graphic.

I've just watched this and my god, what a load of unbridled ********.

All you arty types seem to be suggesting that the film is great just because it was hard to understand and not everyone 'got' its connotations. What exactly was good about it, apart from the acting? They did well to perform given the terrible content. What about the people that 'got it' and still thought it was total jism? Waste of time, ludicrous, boring to the extreme.
 
.G0 said:
Fantastic film and borderline masterpiece imho.

***SPOILERS BELOW***

All the women at the end was basically Lars von Trier showing that her situation wasn't an isolated case and that all women are evil!!! :eek:

When she was in the cabin the previous year she convinced herself through reading/research that women were evil, beleiving she was evil was what motivated her choices at the end!

It's not a simple couple who are devastated by the death of their child. The child himself is Lucifer, who fell from the sky provoking pain, sorrow and desperation (the three small figures).

From then on,
sex will be only pain and punishment, Eden will be the place of the ancient fears where the 'tremendum and fascinans' mystery of the nature will be revealed.
The battle between man and woman becomes THE war of sense and instinct.

In this vision, woman becomes a totemic and absolut witch and once she's burned to death everything gets clear. The movie starts with a falling and ends with a rising. Eden is full again, nature turns good again. You can't see the uphill but you can understand it's a rising toward a bigger promise."
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how are you meant to get this from a single viewing. i didnt see clues to any of this.

for the average person who will only watch once its is confusing and slow but i did like some of the cinematography
 
I wrote a thesis a few years ago on whether Lars von Trier is a mysognist. I had the opinion that he isn't.
However, i used the Golden Heart trilogy. Had this film been included, i suspect my arguments would have been futile :p
 
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