Mubi has acquired 11 films by Lars von Trier for North America, including the director’s Dogme 95 entry The Idiots. It will release a new uncut 4K restoration of the film June 16 theatrically timed to its 25th anniversary, followed by an exclusive streaming release.
Other titles, most newly restored, include Dogville (2003), The Five Obstructions (2003), Manderlay (2005), The Boss of it All (2006), Breaking the Waves (1996), the Europa Trilogy, Antichrist (2009) and Dancer in the Dark (2000). Some are streaming on Mubi now, others will roll out on through September 2025.
Mubi acquired new restorations of von Trier series, The Kingdom Seasons 1 and 2, along with its latest season, The Kingdom Exodus in 2022.
TrustNordisk brokered the deal with Mubi.
The Idiots, which premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, was made under the Dogme 95 school started by von Trier and other Danish filmmakers. It centers on a commune, whose members aim to disrupt...
Other titles, most newly restored, include Dogville (2003), The Five Obstructions (2003), Manderlay (2005), The Boss of it All (2006), Breaking the Waves (1996), the Europa Trilogy, Antichrist (2009) and Dancer in the Dark (2000). Some are streaming on Mubi now, others will roll out on through September 2025.
Mubi acquired new restorations of von Trier series, The Kingdom Seasons 1 and 2, along with its latest season, The Kingdom Exodus in 2022.
TrustNordisk brokered the deal with Mubi.
The Idiots, which premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, was made under the Dogme 95 school started by von Trier and other Danish filmmakers. It centers on a commune, whose members aim to disrupt...
- 5/12/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
It is my experience that one gets a far richer, stranger cinema education in pursuing the careers of actors, that group defined first by (assuming luck shines upon them) two or three era-defining films and then so much that dictates their industry—pet projects, contractual obligations, called-in favors alimony payments, auteur one-offs, and on and on. Few embody that deluge of circumstance better than Michelle Yeoh and Isabelle Huppert, both of whom are receiving spotlights in March. The former’s is a who’s-who of Hong Kong talent, new favorites (The Heroic Trio), items we can at least say are of interest (Trio‘s not-great sequel Executioners), etc.
Huppert’s series runs longer, and notwithstanding certain standards that have long sat on the channel it adds some heavy hitters: Hong’s In Another Country, Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness, Hansen-Løve’s Things to Come. And, of course,...
Huppert’s series runs longer, and notwithstanding certain standards that have long sat on the channel it adds some heavy hitters: Hong’s In Another Country, Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness, Hansen-Løve’s Things to Come. And, of course,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Lars von Trier has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 66, per a statement from his representatives. The filmmaker is receiving treatment and will be able to finish his next project, the highly anticipated third season of “The Kingdom,” but will be keeping a lower public profile in the future.
“Lars is in good spirits and is being treated for his symptoms — and given treatment so he can complete ‘Riget Exodus,’” the statement said. “The illness means that Lars will only take part in interviews to a limited extent until the premiere later in the year.”
Von Trier has been a force to be reckoned with in the arthouse community since he burst onto the scene with “The Element of Crime” in 1984. His debut feature earned him a Palme d’Or nomination at the Cannes Film Festival that year and established him as a purveyor of dark,...
“Lars is in good spirits and is being treated for his symptoms — and given treatment so he can complete ‘Riget Exodus,’” the statement said. “The illness means that Lars will only take part in interviews to a limited extent until the premiere later in the year.”
Von Trier has been a force to be reckoned with in the arthouse community since he burst onto the scene with “The Element of Crime” in 1984. His debut feature earned him a Palme d’Or nomination at the Cannes Film Festival that year and established him as a purveyor of dark,...
- 8/8/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Hulu has put into development hourlong drama The Golden Cage, from producers Darryl Taja (The Perfect Guy) and Adam Rodin (Extant). Kiernan Shipka (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) is attached to star in the project, created and written by Page Awards finalist Oskar Nordmark. BAFTA-winning British helmer Susanna White (Andor) is set to direct the potential pilot and serve as an executive producer.
Described as Suits meets Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, The Golden Cage explores the lengths one woman (Shipka) will go to camouflage her past, while climbing the dizzying heights of Wall Street.
This marks the first major sale for Nordmark who is a forensic accountant by trade. He executive produces alongside Taja via his Epidemic Pictures banner, Rodin, White and Roadside Attractions. Talks are underway with potential showrunners.
Rodin originally brought the project to Taja to develop and produce through Epidemic Pictures. Based on the experience...
Described as Suits meets Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, The Golden Cage explores the lengths one woman (Shipka) will go to camouflage her past, while climbing the dizzying heights of Wall Street.
This marks the first major sale for Nordmark who is a forensic accountant by trade. He executive produces alongside Taja via his Epidemic Pictures banner, Rodin, White and Roadside Attractions. Talks are underway with potential showrunners.
Rodin originally brought the project to Taja to develop and produce through Epidemic Pictures. Based on the experience...
- 10/29/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Lars von Trier has not officially announced a new project since he shocked Cannes again (again) with 2018’s serial-killer saga “The House That Jack Built.” For his next project, as announced by Zentropa Productions on Thursday, von Trier will be returning to the cult hospital series that established his TV presence in the mid-1990s, “The Kingdom.” Set in the neurosurgical ward of a Copenhagan hospital, the series, now dubbed “The Kingdom Exodus,” will return for a third and final season in 2022. Expected to shoot next year, the new revamp of “The Kingdom” will consist of five hour-long episodes. Check out videos teasing the return below.
Producers say the new “Kingdom” will contain a mix of new and old characters from the original, which followed the idiosyncratic staff of the Danish hospital and their encounters with the supernatural and unexplainable. A third season of the show, which ended in 1997, was...
Producers say the new “Kingdom” will contain a mix of new and old characters from the original, which followed the idiosyncratic staff of the Danish hospital and their encounters with the supernatural and unexplainable. A third season of the show, which ended in 1997, was...
- 12/17/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Epidemic Sound, a subscription service that provides backing tracks for YouTube creators to orchestrate their videos, has launched a new tool to help make the selection process a little bit more seamless.
The Sweden-based company has unveiled today a machine learning-powered ‘Music Recommender’ that services song suggestions based on the content of a creator’s most recently-published videos. The Music Recommender furnishes five track recommendations at a time -- which can be instantly refreshed by users -- from the Epidemic Sound library comprising songs that have been used in other, similar videos, the company says.
Epidemic, which is based in Stockholm, says that videos containing its songs are viewed 1.5 billion times on YouTube every day -- and it is harnessing this data to help fuel suggestions. The suggestions will appear users’ landing pages, and will auto-refresh every 24 hours.
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The Sweden-based company has unveiled today a machine learning-powered ‘Music Recommender’ that services song suggestions based on the content of a creator’s most recently-published videos. The Music Recommender furnishes five track recommendations at a time -- which can be instantly refreshed by users -- from the Epidemic Sound library comprising songs that have been used in other, similar videos, the company says.
Epidemic, which is based in Stockholm, says that videos containing its songs are viewed 1.5 billion times on YouTube every day -- and it is harnessing this data to help fuel suggestions. The suggestions will appear users’ landing pages, and will auto-refresh every 24 hours.
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- 10/30/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Six months ago, Money Man had 400,000 Spotify monthly listeners. Now he’s at 4.9 million.
Much of that boost comes from the trap rapper’s Kobe Bryant tribute song “24,” which further soared in popularity after Lil Baby jumped on a remixed version in August. But that collaboration wasn’t just good fortune. It happened because Ghazi Shami, CEO and founder of indie music distribution company Empire — which started working with Money Man in March — slid into Lil Baby’s DMs.
“I was like, ‘My bro, got a Money Man record going viral,...
Much of that boost comes from the trap rapper’s Kobe Bryant tribute song “24,” which further soared in popularity after Lil Baby jumped on a remixed version in August. But that collaboration wasn’t just good fortune. It happened because Ghazi Shami, CEO and founder of indie music distribution company Empire — which started working with Money Man in March — slid into Lil Baby’s DMs.
“I was like, ‘My bro, got a Money Man record going viral,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Samantha Hissong
- Rollingstone.com
Epidemic Sound, a Swedish startup that enables YouTubers to incorporate licensed music into their videos for a monthly subscription fee, has onboarded former YouTube and Spotify exec Kate Vale to serve as its managing director, North America.
Vale, who was the first Google employee in Australia and New Zealand, will be tasked with driving U.S. market growth for Epidemic. Her hire arrives in the wake of a $20 million funding round, as well as other newfangled collaboration efforts by Epidemic to promote the symbiotic way that it connects creators and musicians.
Vale started her tenure at Google as head of sales and operations -- a position she held for roughly seven years, during which she grew her team from zero to 500 amid revenue growth of roughly $500 million, according to Epidemic. She then was named head of YouTube for Australia and New Zealand, where she lead the implementation of the platform's monetization model there.
Vale, who was the first Google employee in Australia and New Zealand, will be tasked with driving U.S. market growth for Epidemic. Her hire arrives in the wake of a $20 million funding round, as well as other newfangled collaboration efforts by Epidemic to promote the symbiotic way that it connects creators and musicians.
Vale started her tenure at Google as head of sales and operations -- a position she held for roughly seven years, during which she grew her team from zero to 500 amid revenue growth of roughly $500 million, according to Epidemic. She then was named head of YouTube for Australia and New Zealand, where she lead the implementation of the platform's monetization model there.
- 11/26/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Epidemic, a drama from David Titcher, creator of The Librarian franchise, Great Big Story, No Trace Camping (Room) and Universal TV.
Written by Titcher, Epidemic revolves around Nicole Summers and Daniel Golden, two superstar doctors within a special investigative division of the Cdc who recruit the nation’s best medical students and travel the world solving diseases nobody can figure out.
Inspired by a four-minute short, Epidemic is the first scripted project sold into development for Great Big Story.
Titcher executive produces with Courtney Coupe and Kristina Sorensen for Great Big Story along with No Trace Camping’s Jeff Arkuss, Jesse Shapira and David Gross. No Trace Camping’s Josh Phillips is a producer. Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, is the studio.
Titcher is best known as creator The Librarian franchise, a series of adventure-fantasy movies starring Noah Wyle which aired on TNT.
Written by Titcher, Epidemic revolves around Nicole Summers and Daniel Golden, two superstar doctors within a special investigative division of the Cdc who recruit the nation’s best medical students and travel the world solving diseases nobody can figure out.
Inspired by a four-minute short, Epidemic is the first scripted project sold into development for Great Big Story.
Titcher executive produces with Courtney Coupe and Kristina Sorensen for Great Big Story along with No Trace Camping’s Jeff Arkuss, Jesse Shapira and David Gross. No Trace Camping’s Josh Phillips is a producer. Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, is the studio.
Titcher is best known as creator The Librarian franchise, a series of adventure-fantasy movies starring Noah Wyle which aired on TNT.
- 11/22/2019
- by Denise Petski and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Christopher Showerman, Lynn Lowry, Jonathan Tiersten, Yan Birch, Laurene Landon, Jennifer Runyon, Ari Lehmann, Ashley Park, Felissa Rose, Helen Udy, Leana Lewis, Natalie Waldrip | Written and Directed by Jimmy Lee Combs
A horror anthology fan for many years, I’ll admit I was excited for Terror Tales, and I so wish that it had delivered. Firstly, The Wrapround Story… When a vacationing family are abducted on the road by a psychopath, known only as The Driver, they are told three tales of terror whilst being subjected to violence and mind games, their fate hanging in the balance.
We start with tale number one, By Proxy. I would love to tell you what the segment is actually about, but I honestly don’t think I know myself. Famous writer Susan McKay is, I think, struggling to cope with her young Sons suicide, or so it seems. It then becomes apparent,...
A horror anthology fan for many years, I’ll admit I was excited for Terror Tales, and I so wish that it had delivered. Firstly, The Wrapround Story… When a vacationing family are abducted on the road by a psychopath, known only as The Driver, they are told three tales of terror whilst being subjected to violence and mind games, their fate hanging in the balance.
We start with tale number one, By Proxy. I would love to tell you what the segment is actually about, but I honestly don’t think I know myself. Famous writer Susan McKay is, I think, struggling to cope with her young Sons suicide, or so it seems. It then becomes apparent,...
- 1/16/2019
- by Faye Ellis
- Nerdly
Tagline: "No Happy Endings!" Terror Tales is an upcoming horror anthology. From director Jimmy Lee Combs (Hans Crippleton: Talk to the Hans), this anthology hosts at least four short films: "Epidemic," Radical Video," "By Proxy" and a wraparound. The film's central story involves a kidnapping, a cargo trailer and a deadly toxin. During the kidnapping, a new tale of horror is told as they reach their final stop. Terror Tales stars: Lynn Lowry (Shivers), Jonathan Tiersten (Sleepaway Camp), Yan Birch (The People Under the Stars), Felissa Rose and several others. This horror title will release in early January. The other shorts tell very different stories. One of the films involves a demon and a journey of self-discovery. Another short takes place in the '80s, with a detective in search of a serial killer. A final tale involves an evil deity, who possesses several victims. All of the short films...
- 12/11/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
September’s home entertainment releases are off to a great start, as there are some truly stellar titles being released this Tuesday, including Ari Aster’s highly talked about Hereditary. The chilling anthology Ghost Stories also arrives on both formats on this week, and if you missed it during its festival run or over on Shudder, Found Footage 3D makes its way home on Blu-ray and DVD as well. Arrow Video has a Special Edition of Dario Argento’s Deep Red on tap, and Disney is keeping busy with their 25th anniversary releases of both Hocus Pocus and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Other notable releases for September 4th include Lake Placid: Legacy, The Barn, Epidemic, Hostile, Trench 11, and The Bad Nun.
Deep Red: Special Edition
From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some of the greatest excursions in Italian horror, comes Deep Red the ultimate giallo movie.
Other notable releases for September 4th include Lake Placid: Legacy, The Barn, Epidemic, Hostile, Trench 11, and The Bad Nun.
Deep Red: Special Edition
From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some of the greatest excursions in Italian horror, comes Deep Red the ultimate giallo movie.
- 9/3/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Looking for festivals to attend? Then continue reading, as we have details on Toronto's Fannibalfest and Poland's Splat!FilmFest, as well as acquisition news for Epidemic.
Fannibalfest 2018: Press Release: "Toronto, On, June 25, 2018 – The second annual FannibalFest will take place from October 11 - 14, 2018 at the Marriott Toronto Airport hotel.
Although the show went off the air in 2015, the Fannibals’ love remains strong, and it is this enthusiasm that’s at the heart of FannibalFest Toronto. Last year’s special guests included actor Aaron Abrams (Blindspot), Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall), Demore Barnes (12 Monkeys), and Martha DeLaurentiis (Red Dragon)
FannibalFest 2018 offers a wide variety of fun-filled, fan-centric events and activities, including:
● This year's lineup of special guests includes Hannibal Cast Member Hettienne Park (Beverly Katz), Hannibal Director Vincenzo Natali, artist and Hannibal food stylist Janice Poon, Hannibal fights/stunts coordinator Master Tommy Chang, and horror baker extraordinaire Annabel de...
Fannibalfest 2018: Press Release: "Toronto, On, June 25, 2018 – The second annual FannibalFest will take place from October 11 - 14, 2018 at the Marriott Toronto Airport hotel.
Although the show went off the air in 2015, the Fannibals’ love remains strong, and it is this enthusiasm that’s at the heart of FannibalFest Toronto. Last year’s special guests included actor Aaron Abrams (Blindspot), Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall), Demore Barnes (12 Monkeys), and Martha DeLaurentiis (Red Dragon)
FannibalFest 2018 offers a wide variety of fun-filled, fan-centric events and activities, including:
● This year's lineup of special guests includes Hannibal Cast Member Hettienne Park (Beverly Katz), Hannibal Director Vincenzo Natali, artist and Hannibal food stylist Janice Poon, Hannibal fights/stunts coordinator Master Tommy Chang, and horror baker extraordinaire Annabel de...
- 6/27/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We’ve got some pretty exciting news for all of you today as we can exclusively reveal that Breaking Glass Pictures acquired the psychological horror film Epidemic and they’ll be releasing it on DVD and VOD platforms on September 25 this year. Additionally, we’ve got some exclusive stills and the trailer for you. “A deadly pathogen […]
The post Exclusive: This Epidemic Trailer Ruins a Perfectly Fine Birthday Party appeared first on Dread Central.
The post Exclusive: This Epidemic Trailer Ruins a Perfectly Fine Birthday Party appeared first on Dread Central.
- 6/25/2018
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Breaking the Waves
Written by Lars von Trier and Peter Asmussen
Directed by Lars von Trier
Denmark, 1996
Director Lars von Trier is nothing if not creative. From films like Epidemic in 1987 and Europa in 1991, to last year’s two-part Nymphomaniac, he has managed to bring a continually imaginative photographic and narrative formula to nearly all of his films, the best of which ultimately end up masterpieces of contemporary international cinema. It was arguably his 1996 feature, Breaking the Waves, that first, and most dramatically, catapulted him to the front ranks of modern-day global filmmaking, particularly within the arthouse arena and festival circuit, and understandably so. This affecting film is a powerful work that delves deeply into often unspoken and unconventional recesses of faith and love. Its themes are profound, its performances staggering throughout, and its visual palette and filmic technique are replete with saturated hues, vigorous camera work, and an unabashed intimacy.
Written by Lars von Trier and Peter Asmussen
Directed by Lars von Trier
Denmark, 1996
Director Lars von Trier is nothing if not creative. From films like Epidemic in 1987 and Europa in 1991, to last year’s two-part Nymphomaniac, he has managed to bring a continually imaginative photographic and narrative formula to nearly all of his films, the best of which ultimately end up masterpieces of contemporary international cinema. It was arguably his 1996 feature, Breaking the Waves, that first, and most dramatically, catapulted him to the front ranks of modern-day global filmmaking, particularly within the arthouse arena and festival circuit, and understandably so. This affecting film is a powerful work that delves deeply into often unspoken and unconventional recesses of faith and love. Its themes are profound, its performances staggering throughout, and its visual palette and filmic technique are replete with saturated hues, vigorous camera work, and an unabashed intimacy.
- 4/25/2014
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
The jurist Trebiatus defines the profane as that which is “Sacred or religious, and is then restituted to man’s use and property,” and this definition launches Giorgio Agamben’s “Eloge of Profanation.”1 The initial movement of pornography, as Agamben writes, was one of profanation, of restitution towards possible usage of the sexual act. Yet its profanation has been rendered powerless in the spectacle which pornography has become, in which not the bodies themselves are being exposed, but as Walther Benjamin writes ‘the conscience of being exposed itself’. And so pornography becomes the ultimate “unprofanable”—an act disempowered, ordered, assimilated, locked into a seemingly unchangeable relation, whose powers of profanation have been neutralized, and thus removed from potential usage by man.
This deviation of pornography’s initial potential changed the pornographic image into the ur-object of a consumption, one which leaves its image digitally intact, bolted into a potential cycle...
This deviation of pornography’s initial potential changed the pornographic image into the ur-object of a consumption, one which leaves its image digitally intact, bolted into a potential cycle...
- 3/21/2014
- by Yaron Dahan
- MUBI
Production has already begun and a big cast is now in place, but Lars von Trier still had an old partner to sign for The Nymphomaniac. That person is Udo Kier, who announced in an interview with DreadCentral that he’ll be involved with next year’s two-part sex epic, making this just one of many collaborations with the Danish auteur. (For good measure, those others would be Epidemic, Europa, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Manderlay, last year’s Melancholia, and the TV series The Kingdom. Quite the resume those two have.)
Despite no word as to who he’ll be playing, Kier told them “I’m off now to Germany to play a part in [The Nymphomaniac] with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Nicole Kidman and the nice boy from the Transformers; he is playing in it.” For the love of all that is decent, I only hope he didn...
Despite no word as to who he’ll be playing, Kier told them “I’m off now to Germany to play a part in [The Nymphomaniac] with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Nicole Kidman and the nice boy from the Transformers; he is playing in it.” For the love of all that is decent, I only hope he didn...
- 9/3/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Not a bad pairing, is it? ScreenDaily (via ThePlaylist) tells us that the controversial auteur and acclaimed actress will be joining forces on an adaptation of Breillat‘s own book, Abuse of Weakness — or Abus De Faiblesse — which centered on her experiences with a con man, Christophe Rocancourt. The two met in the middle of this past decade (she wanted to cast him in a film based on his own life, Bad Love), but their relationship ended when the filmmaker accused Rocancourt of stealing approximately €850,000 from her, following a stroke.
It’s clearly some deep, personal territory for Breillat — so, when you think about it, one could do a lot worse than cast Isabelle Huppert as themselves. This version of the story doesn’t veer too wildly from the past, as it concerns “self-destructive, hemiplegic film director Maud who enters into a dangerous friendship with flamboyant crook Vilko”; he’ll...
It’s clearly some deep, personal territory for Breillat — so, when you think about it, one could do a lot worse than cast Isabelle Huppert as themselves. This version of the story doesn’t veer too wildly from the past, as it concerns “self-destructive, hemiplegic film director Maud who enters into a dangerous friendship with flamboyant crook Vilko”; he’ll...
- 1/12/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Cinematographer with a cool, austere style who linked the eras of Dreyer and Von Trier
If the Danish cinematographer Henning Bendtsen, who has died aged 85, had shot nothing else but Carl Dreyer's final masterpieces, Ordet (The Word, 1955) and Gertrud (1964), he would have been entitled to a place in the pantheon of cinema. Although he shot 57 features, it was his collaboration with the saintly Dreyer on these two films which conferred an enviable eminence on him.
"It turned out to be a very harmonious collaboration between Dreyer and me, which always will be the most valuable association I have experienced within my profession," Bendtsen recalled. "We quickly connected with each other, both as professionals and as humans."
As can be seen in Ordet and Gertrud, it is clear that Bendtsen understood what Dreyer meant by "realised mysticism". The contrasting tonality of lighting both reflects and creates the moods within the same frame,...
If the Danish cinematographer Henning Bendtsen, who has died aged 85, had shot nothing else but Carl Dreyer's final masterpieces, Ordet (The Word, 1955) and Gertrud (1964), he would have been entitled to a place in the pantheon of cinema. Although he shot 57 features, it was his collaboration with the saintly Dreyer on these two films which conferred an enviable eminence on him.
"It turned out to be a very harmonious collaboration between Dreyer and me, which always will be the most valuable association I have experienced within my profession," Bendtsen recalled. "We quickly connected with each other, both as professionals and as humans."
As can be seen in Ordet and Gertrud, it is clear that Bendtsen understood what Dreyer meant by "realised mysticism". The contrasting tonality of lighting both reflects and creates the moods within the same frame,...
- 2/18/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Bendtsen and Dreyer on the set of Gertrud (Dfi); Ordet
"Danish cinematographer Henning Bendtsen — whose career stretched from the 1940s to 1991, with his final film, Lars von Trier's Europa — has died at the age of 85," reports Criterion. "Bendtsen is best known, perhaps, for the transcendent images he created with director Carl Theodor Dreyer on the films Ordet (1955) and Gertrud (1964). For the former, he devised what we believe to be one of the greatest shots in cinema history: a late-film, almost three-minute pan around the possibly mad character Johannes and his niece, Marren, fearful of her mother's death." And Criterion posts the clip. Bendtsen, by the way, supervised the digital transfers you see in Criterion's editions of Day of Wrath, Ordet and Gertrud.
"Forging a very direct link to Dreyer, von Trier hired Henning Bendtsen as Dp on parts of Epidemic, a collaboration that continued on Europa," writes Peter Scheperlern Carl Th Dreyer site.
"Danish cinematographer Henning Bendtsen — whose career stretched from the 1940s to 1991, with his final film, Lars von Trier's Europa — has died at the age of 85," reports Criterion. "Bendtsen is best known, perhaps, for the transcendent images he created with director Carl Theodor Dreyer on the films Ordet (1955) and Gertrud (1964). For the former, he devised what we believe to be one of the greatest shots in cinema history: a late-film, almost three-minute pan around the possibly mad character Johannes and his niece, Marren, fearful of her mother's death." And Criterion posts the clip. Bendtsen, by the way, supervised the digital transfers you see in Criterion's editions of Day of Wrath, Ordet and Gertrud.
"Forging a very direct link to Dreyer, von Trier hired Henning Bendtsen as Dp on parts of Epidemic, a collaboration that continued on Europa," writes Peter Scheperlern Carl Th Dreyer site.
- 2/17/2011
- MUBI
by Vadim Rizov
Most Lars von Trier films are about the arrogance of males who think they know everything, yet are supremely fatuous in their advice. In other words, most of Lars von Trier's movies are about himself. Epidemic and The Five Obstructions both foreground one "Lars von Trier" (playing himself) as an arrogant, know-it-all blowhard who, come final scene, gets his comeuppance. Similar roles are occupied in The Kingdom (by Dr. Stig, who almost certainly would've gotten smacked down in part 3 had actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård lived long enough to complete the projected trilogy), David Morse in Dancer in the Dark (who pedantically advises Björk all the way up to her execution) and Tom Edison Jr. (Paul Bettany) in Dogville. Not least in this tradition is Antichrist's He (Willem Dafoe), who is all of those characters recapped: a man offering advice way beyond his pay grade, only to...
Most Lars von Trier films are about the arrogance of males who think they know everything, yet are supremely fatuous in their advice. In other words, most of Lars von Trier's movies are about himself. Epidemic and The Five Obstructions both foreground one "Lars von Trier" (playing himself) as an arrogant, know-it-all blowhard who, come final scene, gets his comeuppance. Similar roles are occupied in The Kingdom (by Dr. Stig, who almost certainly would've gotten smacked down in part 3 had actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård lived long enough to complete the projected trilogy), David Morse in Dancer in the Dark (who pedantically advises Björk all the way up to her execution) and Tom Edison Jr. (Paul Bettany) in Dogville. Not least in this tradition is Antichrist's He (Willem Dafoe), who is all of those characters recapped: a man offering advice way beyond his pay grade, only to...
- 11/9/2010
- GreenCine Daily
If you have Netflix and are a horror fan in need of something to watch this Labor Day weekend, one look at this gargantuan list I compiled of the new terror titles Netflix has added for instant streaming in just the first three days of this month should keep you busy until Labor Day next year. You'll find something for everyone, from older titles to recent releases, famous to obscure, classic to not-so-classic, monsters to maniacs - you name it.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
- 9/3/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
What does it take to be hailed the bad boy of Danish cinema? Among other feats, Lars von Trier co-signed the Dogme 95 manifesto, forcing regimented rules upon filmmakers in a cry for anti-blockbuster honesty. His own entry, "The Idiots," pissed people off for featuring able-bodied adults pretending to find their "inner spazz." He began two trilogies he has no intention of finishing (though one of the main actors from "The Kingdom" died after Part II), and forced aging mentor Jørgen Leth to remake his own short film with multiple sets of no-win restrictions in the experimental doc "The Five Obstructions." More notoriously, von Trier has plucked amazing performances out of actresses who don't seem to want to work with him again, including Nicole Kidman (who blamed scheduling problems for why she couldn't reprise her lead role in "Dogville" in the sequel "Manderlay") and "Dancer in the Dark" star Björk, who...
- 10/21/2009
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
Cannes loves to shock. And it loves those who shock the world. Danish director Lars Von Trier - who rose to fame with his early "Epidemic" and "Europa" and recaptured the magic of pure cinema with his Dogme 95 which suggested a return to natural lighting, prop-less sets and hand-held photography - came back to the 62nd edition of the Festival with "Antichrist"....
- 5/18/2009
- by Gautaman Bhaskaran
- DearCinema.com
Chicago – Lars von Trier opens his brilliant “Europa” by literally trying to hypnotize his audience. A barely lit train track moves slowly across the screen as Max von Sydow calmly incants a hypnotizing speech and countdown. “On the count of ten, you will be in Europa.” Is he speaking to the audience or to the man who just appeared on the screen when he says, “You are in Germany. The year is 1945.”?
“Europa” is von Trier’s attempt to deconstruct the war movie, the thriller, the standard Hitchcock rip-off, and even his own nightmares in one fever dream of a film. “Europa” (released under the name “Zentropa” in the States, so as not to avoid confusion with “Europa Europa”) announced the arrival of a massive international talent, one that would go on to make great films like “Breaking the Waves”, “Dancer in the Dark”, and “Dogville”.
Von Trier may have...
“Europa” is von Trier’s attempt to deconstruct the war movie, the thriller, the standard Hitchcock rip-off, and even his own nightmares in one fever dream of a film. “Europa” (released under the name “Zentropa” in the States, so as not to avoid confusion with “Europa Europa”) announced the arrival of a massive international talent, one that would go on to make great films like “Breaking the Waves”, “Dancer in the Dark”, and “Dogville”.
Von Trier may have...
- 12/10/2008
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
- Lars Von Trier is a polarizing director who makes polarizing films. It seems critics and audiences either love or hate Mr. Von Trier as a director and either love or hate the films he directs. Known for his quirky, phobia-induced behavior, his name brings pretensions to any film he releases. His career has gone through several phases. He debuted with his hypnotic, technically proficient Europa trilogy (The Element of Crime, Epidemic and Zentropa) which were filmed with tight pre-planned shots and obscure lighting schemas. Then he produced the Lynchian-inspired hospital drama The Kingdom (remade later by NBC with Steven King taking dubious amounts of credit). While filming the The Kingdom he took the camera off the cranes and jib-arms, utilizing a strictly hand-held format with final result looking quite verite. Inspired by this experience he went on to find controversial dogma95 movement and dropped a trilogy of films (The Idiots,
- 5/24/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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