In parte esperimento brechtiano e in parte parodia dell’America, Von Trier ha importato star anglofone (tra cui Nicole Kidman) e ha messo in scena un racconto di gangster negli anni ’30 in uno studio privo di qualsiasi realismo, ma ricco di tumulto. Un film diverso da qualsiasi altro!
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.
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.
Strange things are happening in the underbelly of a Danish hospital in Lars von Trier’s long unavailable cult TV phenomenon. Stunningly restored in never-before-seen versions, The Kingdom I is a wickedly funny supernatural mystery. Let the battle between good and evil commence!
A difficult yet rewarding film from the equally complex Danish provocateur Lars von Trier! This fiercely polemical, little-seen sequel to Dogville tackles a topic as sensitive as slavery, all the while maintaining its predecessor’s Brechtian premise, anti-American bent, and yes, its brilliance.