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Tag Archives: Melancholia
“If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.” — Lars von Trier
It’s his birthday today. So … happy (?) birthday to this provocative sometimes-maddening always-fascinating auteur. Question mark due to the doubt that “happy” has anything to do with the Danish film director, who has been poking the bear from the … Continue reading
Lars von Trier’s Melancholia: Open Thread
It’s hard to “get into stuff” on Twitter, so I’m opening up a thread to discuss Lars von Trier’s Melancholia. I reviewed it when it first came out in 2011, and I also wrote the capsule review of it in … Continue reading
Melancholy Manifest
I first saw this film at the NYFF in 2011, and have seen it 5 or 6 times since. It won’t let me go, and some of its images have actually been incorporated into my own psyche. I have felt … Continue reading
NYFF 2011: Lars von Trier’s Melancholia
Originally published at Capital New York, for my coverage of the 2011 New York Film Festival From its magnificent opening, reminiscent of a high-concept couture spread in Vogue Italia, with excruciating slo-mo, and a parade of surrealistic tableaux, all to … Continue reading
NYFF 2011: Melancholia: It’s the End of the World As We Know It
The 49th New York Film Festival starts in only 5 days, and the press screenings have already begun. My first review, of Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kiefer Sutherland (with a little help from Charlotte … Continue reading