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I was lucky enough to be at the Inglourious Basterds premiere last night - the film is top notch, great fun.
Europa - Von Trier's got everything right in this as far as I'm concerned - great look to the whole thing and even Lemmy Caution () has a role. Stunning last gasp scene for the carriage attendant.
After being tricked into to seeing Dancer in the Dark, I decided nobody was ever going to con me into being party to one of von Trier's filmic abortions again for as long as I lived.
Yeah, that's a good film. You're right about the dream logic and the way that, later in the film, it makes her father seem very scary. I'm really feeling this dream thing in films at the moment and this is a nice example of a kids' film that manages to be entertaining for adults as well and not by dint of putting in some rude jokes. I like the bit near the start when it seems that the boy can't move away from the window 'cause she hasn't drawn his legs yet."Bernard Rose's debut. Recommended. It certainly has flaws, but has a very specific kind of creepiness that really hits home if you were a child in the eighties. The dream logic makes you completely distrustful of the whole film."
After being tricked into to seeing Dancer in the Dark, I decided nobody was ever going to con me into being party to one of von Trier's filmic abortions again for as long as I lived.
'Europa' is the only one I've seen. Less 'avant-garde' than his later work, perhaps? I'm aware of his rep but this really is a very good movie.
You're right about the dream logic and the way that, later in the film, it makes her father seem very scary.
seriously, try Breaking the Waves. I wouldn't guarantee you'd like it, but it's undeniably worth a watch.
I'm probably too...squeamish(?) for his latest...
I guess I'm just not that moved by stories about psychologically fragile codependent simpletons.
I was also very pleased that it didn’t bother with a good ending.
Well, if psychological fragilitiy doesn't interest you per se, then there's quite a lot of art that won't interest you. Films about people who're totally psychologically sorted don't tend to be that interesting...
And I don't see why 'simpletons' are of any less interest than the rest of us, to be honest.