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Grueling, even as Von Trier goes
thisisbrandx.com –
2009-10-21
PM PT, Oct 21 2009 In all his best known works -- from "Breaking the Waves" (1996) through "Dancer in the Dark" (2000), "Dogville" (2003) and "Manderlay" (2005) -- Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier has repeated the the same template:... ... Full Article
Last bit of Cannes news. Lars von Trier, the Dogme 95 -Breaking the Waves filmmaker I used to follow before he bored me to the point of gouging my eyes out with his last couple of movies ( Dogville and... ... Full Article
Lars Von Trier Shocks Cannes
dearcinema.com –
2009-05-18
Antichrist (2009) The movie turned out to be an exercise in power-play, titillation and deathly guilt. All these culminated in the macabre and the murderous in a film that takes us back to Von Trier's obsession with suffering women. ... Full Article
IDIOTS, THE: DVD
urbancinefile.com.au –
2008-09-01
First off, I gotta warn you: if you are planning to see The Idiots because you loved Breaking the Waves by Lars, don't do it without a bit more research. It's not the sequel. This film can be seen as ... Full Article
British actor.Oscar-nominated for Breaking The Waves (1996) and Hilary And Jackie (1998) Breaking The Waves was my first screen role; I signed off the dole to make it. ... Full Article
The Five Obstructions
stltoday.com –
2004-05-11
By Joe Williams Post-Dispatch Film Critic 11/05/2004 The Five Obstructions *** (NR; 1:30): If you don't know Lars von Trier, director of "Breaking the Waves" and "Dogville," you certainly don't know the Danish filmmaker's mentor, Jorgen Leth, or understand why... ... Full Article
News From Hollywood
ew.com –
2001-04-06
BREAKING THE WAVES The best place for celebrity sightings in the coming months may well be offshore, as young actresses ride the waves in hopes of joining the ensemble cast of Surf Girls in Maui. ... Full Article
Bj?rking the Waves
laweekly.com –
2000-10-12
I didn't care for Lars von Trier 's Breaking the Waves - too much slack-jawed beatitude for my taste, and the director's twisted madonna-whore complex made me very nervous. ... Full Article
Björk
popmatters.com –
2000-09-18
Björk Gudmundsdottir has the ability to create music both whimsical and melancholy. Her latest release, Selmasongs illustrates this ability to an extreme. "Sometimes the worse things get, the need to be happy is so big that the songs become happier,"... ... Full Article
Good Will Hunting
efilmcritic.com –
1998-08-26
A young man, seemingly no different to anyone else, works at one of America's most prestigious universities as a janitor. When the halls are empty he takes it upon himself to solve mind-blowing mathematical formulas left on the corridor blackboard... ... Full Article