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Lars von Trier

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The Profile

Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter known for provocative, formally innovative cinema. He co-founded the Dogme 95 movement and has made acclaimed works including Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Antichrist, Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac.

Co-founder of Dogme 95; Palme d’Or at Cannes for Dancer in the Dark (2000); his ‘Depression Trilogy’ comprises Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011), and Nymphomaniac (2013).

DeBaser hosts 23 reviews on Lars von Trier, spanning early experiments to the ‘Depression Trilogy’ and The House That Jack Built. Critics debate his handheld rigor, provocations, and themes of grief, sex, and cosmic doom. Performances (Gainsbourg, Dafoe, Dillon) and sonic choices (Wagner, Rammstein) recur. Love-him-or-hate-him energy runs through it all.

Notable Quotes

❝ «A film should be like a pebble in a shoe.»
❝ KATABASIS!
❝ “Nymphomaniac is a four-hour porno. Long live Lars Von Trier.”
❝ The reality is black.
❝ you either love him or hate him.
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