Lars von Trier unleashes another provocation at Cannes
We’re always happy to hear word of a new film from any of our Top Ten Directors, but it had been a while since the fiery and provocative Lars von Trier has had a film to offer. We were intrigued by advance word that his new film, Antichrist, would be a horror film (and largely a two-hander at that, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg). Well, Antichrist had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and though the reviews are split over the film, they’re passionate either way: Hollywood Elsewhere calls it “easily one of the biggest debacles in Cannes Film Festival history and the complete meltdown of a major film artist,” while Movieline hails Antichrist as “the most original and thought-provoking work von Trier has done since Breaking the Waves.”
This is hardly the first time a new von Trier film has aroused this kind of controversy. Love his work or hate it, it’s hard not to be challenged by it. Happily much of von Trier’s work is available here on Jaman, allowing you a chance to figure out where YOU stand on the work of this distinct and unique figure
