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An Absolute Nihilistic Garbage


I saw Two and a Half films of 'Von' Trier: 'Breaking the waves'' Dogville' and Most of 'Dancing in the dark' and I felt the same about them all. an Awful Moviemaking. It Combines Sick mind, Immature Characters, Rediculus Plots and above all, Preverted and Mean point of view about the world and the Human nature, Superficial and disrespectful attitude about Religion and Angloamerican culture ,Uglyness , cheap Photography and Production.
I would not bother to comment on those films, but The sad fact that Trier is so Highly appriciated and so much (Over) Rated I feel that I must put my Unpopular view on the table and say : This king is naked. There is absolutely nothing there.
I will try to make a short Comparison Between Trier and David Lynch Who is in my opinion, a Great ,Unic and Underrated filmmaker. some people found similarity between him and Von Trier. In Lynch films there are so many beautiful and pure things like a perfect Aesthetics, Sadness and yearning to a lost and innocent world. The Evil in Lynch films is always balanced with a Good and Humane behavior. The good is always within reach. Although There is some similarity between them, especially in repersenting Females as Tragic victims in most of Lynch and Trier films The difference in both Artistic and Moral point of views is Huge.

Inbar Sh,
Israel

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I thought it was very good and thought provoking.

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It wasn't as bad or dull as I thought it would be judging by a lot of negative response to Trier films in general, however I found the Dogme style influence of filming (all the shaking and hand-held photography) to be quite distracting. It worked in some true Dogme films for me (like Festen), but just didn't felt right here.

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but religion and angloamerican culture are both bad tho

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