Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by TA (A) on October 11, 2004 at 22:12:19

In Reply to: Dancer in the dark... ***** posted by audiopolous on October 11, 2004 at 12:31:03:

Ummm ... I really like Lars Von Trier's films.

Breaking the Waves is one of my favorite films (and it's got really interesting "intermission" sequences with 70s music if you're a music lover). It's also very twisted, but Von Trier has this way of pushing situations past the point of sanity and, instead of coming across as artsy-fartsy or pretentious, churns out a powerful emotional payoff. I can't belive that I get teary eyed watching his over-the-top situations -- Von Trier somehow manages to make the audience put aside any sense of beliveability and just *feel* for the characters. To me, filmmaking is at its finest when a director can take two wet sticks of wood and rub them to make fire.

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