...Insert your topic (movie person) of the week HERE.
A small (or bigger) intro would be lovely, for example:
Lars von Trier
Short bio: Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective – an avant-garde filmmaking movement – although his own films have taken a variety of approaches. His work has frequently divided critical opinion.
Von Trier began making films at age eleven. Von Trier suffers periodically from depression, as well as various fears and phobias, including an intense fear of flying. As he quipped in an interview, "basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking." His first publicly released film was the 1977 experimental short The Orchid Gardener and his first feature came seven years later with The Element of Crime (1984). Among many prizes, awards and nominations, he is the recipient of the Palme d'Or (for Dancer in the Dark), the Grand Prix, and the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
Full bio from The NY Times: http://tinyurl.com/nf6n2ql
Some of his filmography:
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dogville (2003)
Antichrist (2009)
Melancholia (2011)
& upcoming The Nymphomaniac (in two parts)
This smorgasbord of talk and sex constitutes a very full meal.
http://tinyurl.com/qf5bxl6
Racy subject aside, the film provides a good-humored yet serious-minded look at sexual self-liberation, thick with references to art, music, religion and literature ...
http://tinyurl.com/q4ge3h4
Chaotic and not especially pretty, it has more of the punkish, radical spirit of The Idiots or Dogville than the gloss or contained drama of Antichrist.
http://tinyurl.com/oj9okd7
Lars von Trier's two-part psychosexual epic makes for invigorating, profound and occasionally baffling viewing.
http://tinyurl.com/q6c39cg
Help guide: Have you seen any of these movies? If yes, rank them, or post something about your favorite and/or worse. If not, check out the trailers, see if something inspires you to do so. What do you think about Lars as a filmmaker? How about his choice of women protagonists, particular sort of actresses or themes? Will you watch The Nymphomaniac in theatre or at home?
Basically, let's have a place for extensive discussions on anyone movie related, we tend to have those frequently in lots of different threads so this could be a perfect venting thread for that sort of stuff.
When do I get to push for ma man Leo, or Bale, or someone else? It's easy, participate in discussion, when it gets cold, bump the thread like I just did with Lars, it doesn't have to be overly detailed, something to pick up board's interest and that's it, enjoy the show.
On topic (ha), I'm starting my Lars marathon today, will end with Nympho in three days, part I at least.
A small (or bigger) intro would be lovely, for example:
Lars von Trier
Short bio: Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective – an avant-garde filmmaking movement – although his own films have taken a variety of approaches. His work has frequently divided critical opinion.
Von Trier began making films at age eleven. Von Trier suffers periodically from depression, as well as various fears and phobias, including an intense fear of flying. As he quipped in an interview, "basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking." His first publicly released film was the 1977 experimental short The Orchid Gardener and his first feature came seven years later with The Element of Crime (1984). Among many prizes, awards and nominations, he is the recipient of the Palme d'Or (for Dancer in the Dark), the Grand Prix, and the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
Full bio from The NY Times: http://tinyurl.com/nf6n2ql
Some of his filmography:
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
Dogville (2003)
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado town. In exchange, she agrees to work for them. As a search visits town, she finds out that their support has a price. Yet her dangerous secret is never far away...
Antichrist (2009)
A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Melancholia (2011)
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
& upcoming The Nymphomaniac (in two parts)
Some reviews for The Nymphomaniac so far:A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
This smorgasbord of talk and sex constitutes a very full meal.
http://tinyurl.com/qf5bxl6
Racy subject aside, the film provides a good-humored yet serious-minded look at sexual self-liberation, thick with references to art, music, religion and literature ...
http://tinyurl.com/q4ge3h4
Chaotic and not especially pretty, it has more of the punkish, radical spirit of The Idiots or Dogville than the gloss or contained drama of Antichrist.
http://tinyurl.com/oj9okd7
Lars von Trier's two-part psychosexual epic makes for invigorating, profound and occasionally baffling viewing.
http://tinyurl.com/q6c39cg
Help guide: Have you seen any of these movies? If yes, rank them, or post something about your favorite and/or worse. If not, check out the trailers, see if something inspires you to do so. What do you think about Lars as a filmmaker? How about his choice of women protagonists, particular sort of actresses or themes? Will you watch The Nymphomaniac in theatre or at home?
Basically, let's have a place for extensive discussions on anyone movie related, we tend to have those frequently in lots of different threads so this could be a perfect venting thread for that sort of stuff.
When do I get to push for ma man Leo, or Bale, or someone else? It's easy, participate in discussion, when it gets cold, bump the thread like I just did with Lars, it doesn't have to be overly detailed, something to pick up board's interest and that's it, enjoy the show.
On topic (ha), I'm starting my Lars marathon today, will end with Nympho in three days, part I at least.
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