Lars von Trier

Jacob Grady Professor Burrell English 242 October 12th, 2017 Analysis of Lars von Trier’s “Dogville” Lars Von Trier's film “Dogville” is an interesting European spin on how America is viewed. Produced in 2003, performed by an almost all-American cast, written by a Danish director, “Dogville” becomes not only a film about how Europeans might see America; but how the audience can interpret what Trier is presenting to them. “Dogville,” is often viewed and critiqued by many as a cynical spin on how

disturbingly psychotic and totally gratuitous in their usage; but are they representative of something other than shadow? Or is it just that this shadow is out of the managerial range of parents, teachers and clergy? Even if we consider the view of von Franz that: "Not all dark impulses lend themselves to redemption; [and we have to be careful not to] accept everything that comes up from the unconscious" (Interpretation

Fade-in. Woman's face, sullen, not frowning or smiling. She's intensely looking into the camera there seems to be no movement, but then birds begin to fall from the sky. This is the opening image of Larz Von Trier's Melancholia. This slowed down time being by portraying this woman -who we come to find out after the eight-minute non-diegetic intro- is Justine (Kristen Dunst). Cuts. Establishing shot of setting. Garden, landscape, in the background rocks overlook into a body of water edged by rocks

Out of the three themes in the film Melancholia 2011, Lars von Trier, The first part of the film is seeing things from Justine’s perspective. We get a glance that she is happy when they are sitting in the limo laughing. The audience does not get an impression of something being wrong until she immediately is worried about a red star, that same star appears later when she leaves her wedding to go to the golf course. The easiest and most enjoyable topic was narrative, the language and the dialogue

The role of women in history has changed dramatically over time, especially in the past century. Most of the time, she is presented as a victim of society, helpless and hopeless. Blamed and accused of being the root of all the problems. She is often sidelined because of being a confused being, not knowing what she wants and at the same time, she is the center of attention and the subject of man’s fantasy (the male gaze). History is full of evidence and stories of violence against women, who are subject

Mark Shasha Friday, February 27, 2015 DogVille – Film Analysis Why not just call it DogVille? DogVille, a film adaptation of the book DogVille written and directed by Lars von Trier, takes place in a small town of the same name in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado during the period of the Great Depression. DogVille has a population of about 13 adults and a few children, most of which have never left the town in their entire lives. One night, one of the residents, Tom Edison Jr., hears a gunshots coming

One of cinema's most unexpected, artistically fertile iterations in the 21st century is the viral video, a Warholian flash of lightning: brief, often concept-less, zigzagging across the globe on bright computer/phone screens, and then, just as quickly, vanishing from relevance. This new medium's Meliesian pioneer is a mercurial figure whose fifteen minutes of fame has miraculously protracted into a decade's-worth of cultish, vaudevillian mini-movies; their deranged comedy, hot-topic commentary, and

=The film Nymphomaniac, Volumes I and II, directed by Lars von Trier, is the story of Joe, a woman with an insatiable sexual appetite, as told in first person narrative to a man who found her laying beaten in the street. Joe found her sexuality at a young age, frankly recalling, “I discovered my cunt as a two-year-old.” Her sexual exploits that follow, the high volume of lovers per day; her encounters that push the boundaries of societal normalcy; and, the problems that arise within her personal

Melancholia is defined as a mental condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions. Lars von Trier wrote the film during his own episode of severe depression, and noted the tendency of the depressed to remain peaceful during catastrophic events. To reflect this detached sense of reality, Lars Von Trier rejected his rigidly realistic Dogma 95 principles for a dreamlike aesthetic that represents the depressed mind of the main character Justine

and then get asked if without knowing the directors were the same, we would still see a compatible trait that these two films have. Lars von Trier has created some of the craziest and darkest films of time. Dogville and Antichrist are defiantly on Lars von Trier’s crazy train. The definition of losing someone or something is definitely an imprint that Lars von Trier makes perfectly clear. Grace Margaret Mulligan from Dogville loses her entire life to a god-forsaken town, and both characters from