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Lars von Trier

Explore the controversial career of Lars von Trier, known for provocative filmmaking and acclaimed works like "Breaking the Waves" and "Melancholia." Discover his unique style, including the acclaimed Dogme 95 movement and the Golden Heart Trilogy.

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Lars von Trier

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  1. Lars von Trier • Born April 30 1956 in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark • Recipient of 8 Cannes Palme d'Or nominations and 1 win • “I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking”

  2. Born Lars Trier to a Communist mother and socialist father who raised him with few rules • Added the regal particle “von” to his name while in film school as a joke • First feature, The Element of Crime (1984) was highly acclaimed for it's unusual take on film noir, winning Technical Grand Prize at Cannes • Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWb81mBw6XE

  3. Dogme 95 • Von Trier ended up making just one Dogme film, The Idiots (1998) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWaPAQwDS5s • Along with Thomas Vinterberg, von Trier started the movement to combat excessive artifice in films, creating a vow to use no special effects, nondiegetic music, or even tripods • Somewhat tongue-in-cheek

  4. Provocateur • Films frequently feature explicit violence, mostly against martyr-like women • Declared “persona non grata” at Cannes for comparing self to Hitler-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpUqpLh0iRw • Multiple films with unsimulated sex scenes • Bjork, who receieved a Cannes Best Actress award for Dancer in the Dark (2000) has never made another film since working with von Trier • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJyAuAdYm_A

  5. Golden Heart Trilogy • Trio of films with female protagonists attaining grace through brutal treatment • Von Trier is often accused of misogyny, but claims he thinks “women are better, more understanding” • Breaking the Waves trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcnddpruXM Breaking the Waves (1996)[pictured] The Idiots (1998) Dancer in the Dark (2000)

  6. Dogville and Manderlay • Actors pantomime opening and closing doors and invisible walls separate scenes • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CApovMdNxw8 • Von Trier eschewed sets entirely with this pair of films that condemn moral relativism

  7. Depression Trilogy • Von Trier's three most recent films were written while he suffered from severe depression • Feature protagonists with pathological behaviors, alienating those around them • After brutal sexual violence and planetary destruction, von Trier promised “no more happy endings!” • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxbxsuVCPzU All three star Charlotte Gainsbourg, though she plays a supporting role in Melancholia as the sister of Kirsten Dunst's miserable bride

  8. Filmography • The Orchid Gardener (1977) • Images of Liberation (1982) • The Element of Crime (1984) [Europa trilogy] • Epidemic (1987) [Europa trilogy] • Europa (1991) [Europa trilogy] • Breaking the Waves (1996) [Golden Heart Trilogy] • The Idiots (1998) [Golden Heart Trilogy] • Dancer in the Dark (2000)[Palme d'Or] [Golden Heart Trilogy] • The Five Obstructions (2003) [co-directed w/ Jorgen Leth] • Dogville (2003) [USA trilogy; abandoned] • Manderlay (2005) [USA trilogy; abandoned] • The Boss of It All (2006)

  9. Filmography TV Movies/Miniseries Medea (1988) The Kingdom (1994) The Kingdom II (1997) • Antichrist (2009) [Depression trilogy] • Melancholia (2011) [Depression trilogy] • Nymphomaniac (2013) [Depression trilogy]

  10. Sources Used • Lumholdt, J. (2003). Lars von Trier: Interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. • http://cinetext.philo.at/reports/dogme_ct.html • http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/may/18/lars-von-trier-cannes-2011-nazi-comments • http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/13/film.filmnews • http://www.signandsight.com/features/465.html

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