Antichrist (2009) DVD

Antichrist

Only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Defoe, inhabit the space of this supernatural thriller directed by Lars Von Trier. The stars play a couple who attempt to grieve for their dead child by living in seclusion in the middle of a forest. But their story does not end there: in the forest, they encounter pure evil in Satan. With Von Trier at the helm, ANTICHRIST promises to be a challenging, intelligent film that doesn't adhere to the conventions of cinema or religion.

Starring	Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Director	Lars Von Trier
Studio	ARTIFICIAL EYE
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 49 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 49 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Horror, Thriller
Language	Blu-ray: English
Released	DVD: 26 Dec 2009 Blu-ray: 11 Jan 2010 Production year: 2009
Format	DVD

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A surreal experience

A beautifully constructed film, which at times becomes slightly self indulgent and you either love it or hate it. Gone is the Dogme '95 look which was applied in The Idiots or even in Dogville, instead we are presented with glossy HD imagery equalling thousands of beautiful stills. This film is the combination of beautiful visuals with one morbid storyline behind it. The performances are superb by both Dafoe and Gainsbourg.

Very explicit, definitely not for the squeemish.
- - ninka from London
  - Posted 24 Jul 2009 15:40
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Dull chat of theology in dark rooms by one-dimensional characters

Danish art house film by Lars Von Trier about theology and misogyny. The film owes a debt to torture porn films such as, the Saw and Hostel series, the cabin in the woods style horror films and soundtrack influences from The Exorcist as well as David Lynch films. The atmosphere and sound design is really a touch of class, its just a shame Von Trier hasn’t spent as much time on the characters, which are pretty much non-existent, and only talk about the existence of God and nature in a really dull fashion. The style is very portentous in parts, from the overblown operatic opening sequence where a child is drawn to a window by the beauty of nature and subsequently falls to his death, to the clunky talking fox that mutters something about chaos reigning. Added to this are the extremely violence torture scenes which I didn’t have too much of a problem with. All violence in horror films is symbolic and is not meant to be taken literally. Here, the violence can be seen as an allegory for all evil in the world deriving from women. The Charlotte Gainsbourg character tortures and nearly kills her husband, as well as contributing to her son’s death. This I have an issue with, however, the film isn’t interesting or dramatic enough for the full running time and that its main problem.
- - Daniel Pollard from Manchester, England
  - Posted 29 Sep 2009 23:49
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Lars von Trier: Antichrist
- 21 Jul 2009
Not one to shy away from controversy, Lars von Trier is a director who likes to cause trouble. His latest film, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe, has already been censored in several countries due its strong sexual and violent content, but has been passed uncut in the UK. We sat down with the enfant terrible to talk controversy, Cannes and, er, pubic hair... LOVEFiLM: Where did the idea for Antichrist stem from? Lars von Trier: I concluded very early on in life that nature and... Read more
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