Anyone see this? Thoughts?
I was not prepared for this horror when I watched it on Netflix. Still wondering why they recommended this for me. I enjoyed it, but never want to see it again.
I don’t think anyone can be prepared for the horror of that movie… I sure wasn’t.
I was prepared for it, as I’d read several reviews of it.
It has some of the most beautiful cinematography I’ve ever seen, and the opening scene is heartbreakingly beautiful. The rest of the film, less so, but still worth watching.
I’ve not watched it again, mainly because it’s so intense, but I imagine I will at some point.
It took two tries to see it. I can’t defend my answer to anyone’s satisfaction but my own, but I found it self-indulgent, juvenile, and thoroughly disgusting. Without any merit I could see. I’d rather (almost) watch it again than one of those Aronofsky high-school/undergraduate-projects made with larger-than-student budgets, but that’s not saying much, is it?
I’d recommend “August Underground’s Mordum” for a less disgusting version of the same thing.
A beautiful film, the best of 2009. Charlotte Gainsbourg should have been nominated for an oscar.
I would totally buy a fox plush toy that says “chaos reigns.”
I haven’t seen it–I found even the written descriptions overwhelming–but I’m curious. What makes you describe it as beautiful? The cinematography? Dialogue? It doesn’t sound like something I could think of as beautiful, so I’m just interested in more input. (You aren’t the first to have this opinion–just the first one I could buttonhole. 
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I’m glad it spoke to you. I must say, C. Gainsbourg (I assume she’s related to the songwriter/singer) gave a pretty brave performance, but I couldn’t find much beyond that aspect to praise in her shtick.
You’re not the first to mention the photography (I assume that’s what you’re talking about) – can anyone give an idea of what aspects of the DP’s work was noteworthy?
It wasn’t just the cinematography that was beautiful. I thought the screenplay showed an excellent portrayal of grief, despair and mental illness. I know that Von Trier is a pretty troubled individual, and it really comes across in this film. It connects me, the audience, to the artists in a way that few films have. It’s a masterpiece of psychological horror.
What’s so shocking in it?