# Nymphomaniac - Lars von Trier: the Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552 "2013-12-31T09:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QueenOfClubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/53a042/32.png) [@QueenOfClubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenOfClubs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/1 "2013-12-31T09:25:05Z")
How do you plan to view Lars von Trier’s new cinematic masterpiece? [http://www.nymphomaniacthemovie.com/](http://www.nymphomaniacthemovie.com/) > **[Nymphomaniac (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphomaniac_(film))** > > Nymphomaniac (stylised as NYMPH()MANIAC onscreen and in advertising) is a 2013 erotic art film written and directed by Lars von Trier. The film stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Jean-Marc Barr, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen and Mia Goth in her debut. Separated as two-part films, the plot follows Joe (played by Gainsbourg and Martin), a self-diagnosed "nymphomaniac," who recounts her erotic experiences to a bachel... ---
**Author:** ![QueenOfClubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/53a042/32.png) [@QueenOfClubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenOfClubs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/2 "2013-12-31T09:34:08Z")
This film is the final film of von Trier’s “Depression Trilogy” which consists of Antichrist, Melancholia and the just completed Nymphomaniac. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/3 "2013-12-31T09:50:44Z")
You forgot: “Who is Lars von Trier?” ---
**Author:** ![QueenOfClubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/53a042/32.png) [@QueenOfClubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenOfClubs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/4 "2013-12-31T10:01:36Z")
Will credit you that your comment makes a better question than “Who is John Galt?”, which is quite repetitive and mostly quoted by people who haven’t the faintest idea who either of them is. 😛 Credit for take a stab at the Poll. If I were to recommend one of von Trier’s trilogies for someone who is not already a fan, I think I would recommend the Golden Heart trilogy which included “Dancer in the Dark” that you might have heard of, or either of the first two of his “America” trilogy: “Dogville” or “Manderlay”. The third of that set, “Wasington”, has not been filmed yet so you could catch up. It’s Danish Dogme 95 film, very minimalist, almost like a stage play. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/5 "2013-12-31T10:07:40Z")
How? I imagine the only way I would view a Lars von Trier film, is via the Ludovico technique. ---
**Author:** ![QueenOfClubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/53a042/32.png) [@QueenOfClubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenOfClubs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/6 "2013-12-31T10:14:03Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > How? I imagine the only way I would view a Lars von Trier film, is via the Ludovico technique. Probably a good choice. Although the apparatus to viddy welly welly well might not be so horrorshow. Well, it’s von Trier. It might be a plus. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/7 "2013-12-31T11:12:18Z")
I probably won’t see it because I didn’t think _Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy_ was all that funny. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/8 "2013-12-31T12:38:18Z")
I might watch it on TV if I was in the mood (which is not a choice). ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/9 "2013-12-31T12:48:40Z")
Having seen Antichrist, I can’t help but see Trier as a massive troll. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/10 "2013-12-31T13:21:58Z")
I plan on downloading the scenes featuring female nudity, and ignoring the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/11 "2013-12-31T13:54:13Z")
“To produce scenes of unsimulated sex, Von Trier is having the genitals of porn actors digitally composited onto the bodies of the film’s cast.[13]” So its CGI porn ? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/12 "2013-12-31T14:01:22Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > “To produce scenes of unsimulated sex, Von Trier is having the genitals of porn actors digitally composited onto the bodies of the film’s cast.[13]” > > So its CGI porn ? More like Photoshop porn. You know how they take the head of one actress and attach it to the body of another? This is the same thing, only with cocks. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/13 "2013-12-31T14:06:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > More like Photoshop porn. You know how they take the head of one actress and attach it to the body of another? This is the same thing, only with cocks. He attached cocks to actresses? Gross! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/14 "2013-12-31T14:20:10Z")
Your poll choice of “Not at all. I would never watch a Lars von Trier film” precludes a more general response of “Not at all.” As I would and have watched a Lars von Trier film, but I would not watch this one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/15 "2013-12-31T15:18:14Z")
You left out “Collection of ‘Best of’ .GIFs, late at night, in a ‘Private Mode’ browser window”. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/16 "2013-12-31T15:40:12Z")
Moving from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/17 "2013-12-31T16:35:34Z")
If I watch it at all, it will probably be in 5 minute spurts. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/18 "2013-12-31T17:20:40Z")
It’s a movie about sex, and Shia LaBeouf is in it. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/19 "2013-12-31T17:27:26Z")
I am done with Lars von Trier. Life is too short and I just won’t do unrelentingly bleak anymore ( and in von Trier’s case, also vaguely nasty ). ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552/20 "2013-12-31T17:41:33Z")
A family member really liked Melancholia. I hadn’t associated any names with it until this thread. I keep thinking I should at least give that movie a try. However… I have pretty much come to the conclusion that anything this family friend likes will be something that either annoys or bores me. So put me down for “probably won’t see.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nymphomaniac-lars-von-trier-the-poll/677552.md?page=2)