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Lars Von Trier
Lars Von Trier is an idiosyncratic and influential Danish director.
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Lars Von Trier - news / articles
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Nicole Kidman no longer part of Von Trier's controversial Nymphomaniac -
17 October 2012
-Nicole Kidman has reportedly quit her Dogville director Lars Von Trier's latest movie project Nymphomaniac.-The actress will not be teaming up with Shia LaBeouf, Willem Dafoe, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgard in the film, as was
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Dafoe wasn't shocked by Von Trier's Cannes controversy -
21 February 2012
-Actor Willem Dafoe was not surprised when shamed director Lars Von Trier hit the headlines for making controversial remarks about Nazis at a film festival last year (11), because he has been known to be a "buffoon".-The Danish filmmaker stunned reporters when he made a
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Von Trier escapes prosecution over Nazi comments -
9 December 2011
-French officials have decided not to press charges against director Lars Von Trier for remarks he made about Nazis at the Cannes Film Festival in May (11).-Public prosecutor Jean-Michel Cailleau confirms the case has been officially closed after the Danish filmmaker wa
Lars Von Trier - what members say
review by A customer from Middlesex
Classic film. 10 June 2004
review by moorje from Southport, UK
Cinematic Masterpiece 25 April 2004
review by from London, UK
brilliant and weird 25 May 2004
Lars Von Trier - filmography
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Melancholia
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth... MELANCHOLIA is a psychological ..read more »
 
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Melancholia - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Udo Kier, John Hurt
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Lars von Trier directs this sci-fi drama about the effects of depression on two sisters, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Played out in two acts, the film opens with the wedding of Justine (Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård): a sumptuous affair paid for by Justine's ..read more »
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Antichrist
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Lars von Trier's controversial exploration of depression, guilt and sexuality stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple grieving the death of their young son. The mother is initially admitted to hospital following the incident, but her husband - a therapist - insists on taking her to ..read more »
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The Boss Of It All
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Benedikt Erlingsson
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Black comedy from acclaimed director Lars von Trier. Jens Albinus plays the boss of an IT company who, on the firm's startup, invents a fake CEO to take the flak when potential employee problems threaten to raise their head. Everything rolls along nicely, until the time when he decides that he ..read more »
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Manderlay
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Danny Glover, Chloe Sevigny, Jeremy Davies
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Manderlay lay on a lonely plain somewhere in the deep south of the USA. It was in the year of 1933 that Grace and her father had left the township of Dogville behind them. By chance their cars stop in the state of Alabama in front of a large iron gate bearing a thick chain and a padlock. Beside the ..read more »
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Dear Wendy
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Bill Pullman, Novella Nelson, Michael Angarano
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
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Drama starring Jamie Bell as Dick, a loner living in a poor US mining town who happens upon a small antique handgun, and finds himself strangely drawn to it. He convinces other young outcasts to join him in a secret club he calls 'The Dandies'. It's a club based on the conflicting ideals of ..read more »
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Kingdom Hospital - Complete
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Diane Ladd, Bruce Davison
Director: Craig R. Baxley
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Written and produced by horrormeister Stephen King teamed with experimental filmmaker Lars von Trier, this 13-part TV mini-series is set in the haunted Kingdom Hospital, built on the wreckage of two horrific fires. The first fire occurred in the civil war, burning down a mill where small children, ..read more »
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Dogville
(2003)
Starring: Harriet Andersson, Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Unusual, theatrical drama by pioneering director Lars Von Trier, co-founder of the Dogme film movement - which uses pared-down filming techniques inspired by Bertolt Brecht. The entire film is shot on a bare wooden sound stage without special effects or artificial lighting, the streets and homes ..read more »
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The Five Obstructions
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Majken Algren Nielsen, Jorgen Leth, Claus Nissen
Director: Jorgen Leth, Lars Von Trier
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A novel but remarkably un-gimmicky experiment in filmmaking occurs when we watch 'Dogme 95' co-founder Lars von Trier challenge his older mentor Jorgen Leth to remake Leth's 1968 short film, 'The Perfect Human.' The catch: Leth must remake the film five times, each time with a new set of rules (or "..read more »
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Dancer In The Dark
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Peter Stormare, Stellan Skarsgard, David Morse
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Selma (Bjork) is a Czech immigrant who works as a machine operator in an American tool factory. Almost blind herself, she struggles to make enough money to pay for the operation which will save her son's eyesight, and has nearly collected the complete sum when the money is stolen from her by the ..read more »
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The Idiots
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Papr, Jens Albinus, Louise Hassing
Director: Lars Von Trier
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The second of the controversial Dogma 95 films. Set in present-day Denmark, it begins with a chance encounter between the timid Karen and a group of drop-outs engaged in a strange, informal experiment where they pretend to be mentally disabled. Initially shocked, Karen finds herself compelled to ..read more »
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Breaking The Waves
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Emily Watson, Katrin Cartlidge, Stellan Skarsgard
Director: Lars Von Trier
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With Breaking The Waves, director Lars von Trier fashions an often disturbing tale of the singular power of love. Bess (the Oscar-nominated Emily Watson) is a naïve, borderline simple young woman who lives in a Scottish coastal town ruled by the religious doctrine of its council of elders. ..read more »
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The Kingdom II
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Holger Juul Hansen, Kirsten Rolffes
Director: Lars Von Trier
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Within the walls and labyrinthine corridors of a Danish hospital otherworldy events are unfolding. The tormented ghost of a young girl haunts the elevator, a phantom ambulance appears each evening and the eccentric staff are preoccupied with secret societies, malpractice cases and a pregnancy that ..read more »
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The Kingdom
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Holger Juul Hansen, Kirsten Rolffes
Director: Lars Von Trier
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All five episodes of Lars von Triers' surreal hospital soap are collected together. The Kingdom is a state of the art hospital which stands on desolate foggy marshland, but it contains a portal to the spirit world within.
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Cinema 16 - European Short Films
Director: Lars Von Trier, Peter Mullan, Krzysztof Kieslo
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A collection of short films from a selection of European filmmakers including classics from the biggest names in European film as well as award-winning films from new talent. Includes short films by Lars Von Trier, Jean-Luc Goddard, Tom Tykwer, Peter Mullan, Javier Fesser, Chris Morris and many more.
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Lars Von Trier facts
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...It is a comedy , but not of a traditional style.Kick started the dogme movement,Lars Von Trier is a genius....
