Tag: Antichrist
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Lars von Trier Will Take a Break After Parkinson’s Diagnosis: It’s a ‘Pity’ for Actors to Work with Me Now
Lars von Trier is opening up about his Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis.The “Antichrist” auteur was diagnosed four months prior to the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where the long-awaited Season 3 of “The Kingdom” premiered 28 years after the TV show first debuted.During a press conference at the festival, the director admitted to having Parkinson’s symptoms for…
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Why A Serbian Film Is Misunderstood, And More Relevant Than Ever
Some films are so disgusting, repellent, violent, prurient, or tasteless that audiences find themselves unable to easily define them.Films like Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom,” Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist,” Gaspar Noë’s “Irreversible,” Ruggerio Deodato’s “Cannibal Holocaust,” Takashi Miike’s “Ichi the Killer,” Tom Six’s “The Human Centipede” trilogy, or even John…
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The Reason Willem Dafoe Needed A Body Double On Antichrist Might Surprise You
Lars Von Trier’s 2009 film “Antichrist” is a dour-hearted romp through the foul trenches of human depression. The first part of an unofficial Depression Trilogy (which also includes 2011’s “Melancholia” and 2013’s “Nymphomaniac“), “Antichrist” is about a couple who, while engaged in a bout of shower coitus, miss that their five-year-old son has accidentally fallen…
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Willem Dafoe Brings His Wild Eyes To A Surprisingly Horny Saturday Night Live
It’s hard to believe that it took this long for Willem Dafoe to host “Saturday Night Live,” even though there’s actually a pretty reasonable explanation behind the wait. But thanks to the power of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and probably a lack of availability for Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire, the “Spider-Man” franchise villain and…
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‘Close to Me’: Sundance Now’s Psychological Drama Is Well-Acted but Clings to Convention
All is not as it seems in “Close to Me,” Sundance Now’s psychological drama about a married woman and mother who forgets the last year of her life following a traumatic event. A personal investigation into what caused it consumes all six episodes of the limited series, which stars Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston in…