Thoughts on Lars von Trier ?
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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 6 months ago(September 18, 2025 07:14 PM)
Dancer in the Dark
remains the #1 worst movie I've ever seen (which is REALLY saying something), and all of his other movies are terrible pretentious garbage as well. Lars von Tryhard is the absolute embodiment of everything that gives arthouse cinema a bad name. -
/.ㅤ — 6 months ago(September 18, 2025 07:26 PM)
i find lars is usually going for a subversive or traumatic experience on screen.
so he needs characters people can identify with so they can find meaning in their suffering.
but in the end, as much as it may make the viewer think they've accomplished from the safety of their movie chair, it's not even comparable to they type of real growth a person would find in the real world. just a hollow simulation.
people who watch these movies think it makes them smarter or whatever, but it really just makes them dumber because they think they've found a hack to finding earned wisdom and knowledge through these curated stories of suffering. then they go back and try to apply what they've learned there in the real world with their particular context and get mad how it always blows up in their faces. -
Lilith — 6 months ago(September 18, 2025 10:21 PM)
I've only seen a few of his films, but of those, all but one, I have watched multiple times. My favourites would be:
Dancer in the Dark
Melancholia
Antichrist
Nymphomaniac Vol I & II
(but it's really important to get the extended versions because the scenes they cut are actually very pivotal to get into the intensity of motivation and mindset of Joe). Block off several hours and try to watch them back-to-back if possible. The ending is crushing.
Dogville
Of course, one reason I'm fond of some of these movies is because I
really
like Charlotte Gainsbourg.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith