A withering indictment of American social values, written and directed by a man who has never set foot in America, Lars von Trier’s Dogville is an ambitious provocation. With an all-star cast led by Nicole Kidman, this epic Brechtian drama is a raw examination of small-town hypocrisy and prejudice.
Il film inaugura la cosiddetta Trilogia del cuore d’oro, che comprende anche Idioti e il vincitore della Palma d’Oro Dancer in the Dark. Con Emily Watson in un’interpretazione intransigente, Le onde del destino rimane uno dei migliori lavori di Von Trier.
Sfidando con virtuosismo i suoi detrattori, Lars von Trier ci regala The House That Jack Built, il ritratto brillante e ultraviolento di un serial killer. Con un eccezionale Matt Dillon in forma smagliante, questo viaggio dantesco nel cuore della follia è un mix provocatorio di horror e commedia.
A controversy stormed, the Dogme 95 movement took center stage, and an angry critic got kicked out of the Cannes screening. When the dust settled, Lars von Trier was left with this poignant, boundary-pushing film, which explores the very price of provocation. Presented here in a new restoration!
This early triumph by Lars von Trier, which won no less than three prizes at Cannes, is one of his most bizarre yet accessible works: a feverish retooling of film noir, an unhinged thriller, and a visually mind-blowing odyssey into a nightmare of our past.
