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Trailer for Lars Von Trier's MELANCHOLIA!
Nordling here.
As Lars Von Trier's ANTICHRIST was his riff on horror films, MELANCHOLIA looks to be his end-of-the-world science fiction film. As always with him, the movie will be about more than just the regular tropes of the genre. It would be just like Von Trier to have a wedding interrupted by a giant planet smashing into the Earth. MELANCHOLIA stars Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and John Hurt.
MELANCHOLIA opens in Cannes, and will be released in North America by Magnolia Pictures later in the year. Knowing how Fantastic Fest reacted to ANTICHRIST, I'd be surprised if this didn't wind up playing. Nordling, out.
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April 8, 2011, 8:02 a.m. CST
Am I the only that was slack jaw'd, hypnotized while watching this?
by Dharma4
PS: Are Kristen Dunst's breasts that plump? Hmm...
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That some segments of the look like they're running backwards?
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i want to hear him singing in his next role. I want kiefer on sesame street. i want him to go back to his comedy roots. I want keifer sutherland to at least clear his throat before they shout 'action'.
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Looks GREAT! I love depressing movies and Trier is one of my favourite directors. Count me in.
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April 8, 2011, 8:55 a.m. CST
mynamesdan: I want Kiefer to stop getting drunk on the holidays and kung-fu fighting X-mas trees.
by Darth_Kong
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IT'S MING HE'S BACK WHO WILL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US FROM THIS PERFUME COMMERCIAL DISGUISED AS A MOVIE?!?
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cant wait to see this. it looks awsum. cant believe von trier is using fx!
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Thank god the poor got into a spaceship and only the boring rich are left behind.
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Hates movies. I mean, his films ooze contempt for their audiences. Although it sometimes leads to being interesting. But come on Lars, get laid and smile, JESUS!!!
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It was a horrible movie in many ways and I'd never recommend it to anyone. But I was glad I saw it and glad it was made. Every once in a while, it's good that a movie can shake you to your core. The last movie to do that before AntiChrist was Irreversible.
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April 8, 2011, 9:47 a.m. CST
So, this like an arthouse version of a Roland Emmerich movie, right?
by Mr. Pricklepants
I doubt we'll see a lot of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION!, though. The movie probably ends right before the other planet collides with our planet.
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...that you spelled the movie's title wrong twice in two different ways in the article. Too lazy to proofread?
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April 8, 2011, 10:14 a.m. CST
Oh, gee! A movie about rich, boring, white people moping about!
by HelveticaConspiracy
How original! Man, Von Trier is a tired filmmaker.
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April 8, 2011, 10:38 a.m. CST
Von Triers Should Try His Hand At A Light Hearted Romantic Comedy
by NeonFrisbee
You know, just to keep people on their toes.
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April 8, 2011, 10:39 a.m. CST
I think Kirsten Dunst was more naked in that trailer than I've seen in her entire career.
by Huey_Freemans_afro
Unless that was a body double.
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April 8, 2011, 10:48 a.m. CST
REALLY? THEY EXPECT PEOPLE TO PAY MONEY TO WATCH THAT?
by BringingSexyBack
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Because tits and Kiefer put hot asses in the seat.
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April 8, 2011, 10:55 a.m. CST
I fully expect people to fly off the surface of the Earth rapture-like
by quicksilver80
I mean, a huge ass planet like that must have one hell of a gravity pull...
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That shot of Dunst with the electro-static whateverthefuckitwas was horrifying and beautiful at the same time. This is my kind of Sci Fi, for sure. Damn... can this come out TODAY?
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So I don't have to feel sorry for anyone when they all die!
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April 8, 2011, 11:54 a.m. CST
To those complaining about these folks being rich, white, etc.
by spacehog
If this were Emmerich or Bay or some expected action-film director, I'd share your disdain. But guys, you KNOW Von Trier is not going to treat these people well. If you hate rich white people, this is your chance to see them fed through a meat grinder feet-first--first metaphorically, and then quite possibly literally. Personally I'm hoping this is some kind of Bridezilla farce and Dunst ends up committing horrible atrocities against her guests because this whole planetary collision thing is ruining her perfect wedding.
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as far as I can tell it was tits and planets!
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I've wanted to see her both naked and suicidal ever since her turn as a cheerleading teenie in 1999s hit film Bring It On! Whats with her strange British accent? Of course, another planet hiding behind the sun is a silly idea, but then reality isn't necessarily the point, is it? Damn you Ming the Merciless! Dammmmmn you!!!!
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I guess it's ok to hate rich whites but to hate rich blacks its racist. Then again, you don't see a lot of rich blacks. But I hate them because they spend their money on gold trees for their lawn or put up statues of themselves holding money.
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I can't wait to see it.
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this looks fucking great. Von Trier is one of the best directors alive. Pretentious? Yep, I love pretentious. Kinda gels with the Tree of Life trailer too.
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Also, my penis was both flaccid and hard during those Dunst nude shots.
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smashing pumpkins had an album called Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
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April 8, 2011, 1:11 p.m. CST
And cue the racist white guy angry that white ppl are dissing white ppl
by Huey_Freemans_afro
"Gold trees on their front lawn"? Very racist. You must be proud of yourself. It must feel good say things online you can't say on the street.
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that would be a good movie. highly infectious, deadly depression.
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Usually I go to the cinema and get pop-culture references and fart jokes! This looks incredible.
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April 8, 2011, 1:17 p.m. CST
I feel bad for the morons saying negative things about this
by golden tribw
Obviously you prefer bullshit to art
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I haven't seen Antichrist... I don't want to see those particular scenes everyone hates, but I honestly wouldnt mind a censored version of the film. This trailer looks awesome!
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Shocked there isn't more mention of the nudity in this trailer.
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We shouldn't go calling an unseen film "art." That's about as bad as calling an unseen film "crap." The trailer isn't conclusive proof either way.
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But that could have been because I had just seen Martyrs and was feeling a trifle desensitized to brutal violence and pitch black nihilism. Love the hallucinatory, epic vibe to the trailer, similar in a way to tree of life
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I like that Lars' films have become more "traditionally" beautiful over the years. He no longer has to rely upon devices like having no sets to generate the Brechtian alienation he desires. He can now simply achieve it by contrasting a "beautiful" image with "ugly" subject matter. http://cinemanerds.blogspot.com/
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Have you goons seen her work in All Good Things? She's great. Really understated. And this is the same girl who rocked in Interview with a Vampire, Bring it On and Virgin Suicides. She's got a free pass for me for life.
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April 8, 2011, 1:48 p.m. CST
Will I be screaming in horror for the last twenty minutes like I did in Antichrist.
by tonagan
I'm gettin' the heebie-jeebies again just thinking about it.
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Van Trier is gonna ruin these people. The end of the movie at the typical theater will conclude with mass suicide right in the seats.
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Whether it's good art or bad art is in question until we watch the movie.
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There is an uncanny resemblance between Corgan and Dunst. I have noted this before.
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Totally gratuitous terrible things happening to Bjork. I hated it. The soundtrack was cool though. Haven’t seen Antichrist, but it doesn’t sound like I would want to.
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When I hear it now I can't help but think of it's use in "Excalibur". I remember listening to a performance of that music a lot on a little cassette tape back in 1983.
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I did not say this film is art. I did not even say it APPEARS TO BE art (though I think it does). I said the people bitching about this trailer obviously prefer bullshit to art; because if you watch a trailer like this and immediately complain you are not even open to the overt possibility that this is a beautifully shot, out-of-the-ordinary film. I stand by my words.
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Maybe a chicken running around screaming "the sky is falling!". Man, Anti-Christ has a horrible boring movie.
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I have very little desire to see this and I love art films. Lars Van Trier just does nothing for me as a filmmaker. I don't care how good the movies look. I respect that he is making films he wants to make and I respect the amount of work he is capable to get his actors to do, but the films always end up leaving me angry and hating him for some reason. That said, I'll still probably end up watching this at some point, just to be a part of the conversation. I suppose this also depends on what your definition of bullshit is too. I'd rather watch Super 8 over this. I'd also rather watch Tree of Life over this. It is possible to love silly popcorn films and love crazy experimental films too and I really hate when people seem to believe if you like one you can't like the other.
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Her breasts are not this plump my friends. No, in reality they sag like fried eggs. I heard Kirsten Dunst was in the loony bin from depression. Did she realize this before or after filming Melancholia? The best thing this gorgeous film will do it play in a few cinemas and add to Mr. Skin's web page.
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the Jerry O Connell one is great. He tied his babysitter up Goonies style, fled the house, went to the county fair, ate pot cookies and they found him crying in the woods
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couldn't come soon enough to shut those people up.
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Stop it Rocky and Winky!!!!!
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April 8, 2011, 4:39 p.m. CST
Roland Emmerich should do this film and Lars Von Trier should do Anonymous
by Jack Kovack
Makes more sense.
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gimpinmypants, you are needlessly pedantic here, but correct. goldentribe, your intention came through loud and clear via the magic of context. You claim to stand by your words, but then cheapen their meaning by saying that you didn't say something that you clearly intended. It's okay to stand behind the trailer and claim those who don't like it prefer bullshit instead, if that's what you believe. Stand by your meaning, not the words themselves. It makes you sound like a politician to do otherwise.
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I like tired-looking women.
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He makes an important point. I hate it when people misuse the term ‘art.’ Every film is art, just not necessarily high art or quality art.
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you have heard of a movie called The Virgin Suicides, right?
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April 8, 2011, 5:09 p.m. CST
Triers Is Over The Top, Pretentious, and Kinda Misogynistic, But REALLY He's Good At It
by NeonFrisbee
Even if his films give me that queasy feeling that borders on revulsion, like a moth to the flame, I'm drawn back every time. I wanna see this.
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...nearly induced suicide.
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At the end is Earth the smaller planet or the HUGE one??? ...... If this thing approaches from behind the Sun and gets closer then towards the end surely we would all freeze to death before it had a chance to hit? .... Most of the time it would be blocking the Sun?? ........ SO many questions, that looks fucking awesome.
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I mean who wouldn't! And I'm white for fuck's sake.
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You fool, do you not know your own home planet when you see it? Do you not recognize the continents? My guess is you are a silly child. Do you know nothing of cinema? Out planet is the smaller one at the end. The mysterious planet that has been "hiding behind the sun" is the larger one approaching it. Yes, another planet in such close proximity would wreak havoc with the earth. Every tide would be like a tsunami for example do to the extra gravity.
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Watched the trailer on a phone, so excuse me all the way to fuck if I missed a few details! ... Now if you would kindly forward me your address we can arrange a time for me to come to your house and you can see I'm far from a "silly child" as I batter your head against the front gate. Fucking little cretin.
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And then get anally raped. I'm so in for this. There are some equals, but I can't think of a better film than Breaking the Waves.
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the guy makes interesting movies if nothing else
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Indeed you are a silly child, son. Become hostile with me, boy, and you will find Lars Von Trier's most evil film a pleasant experience.
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Stay out of this Viggeo - I saw your retarded ideas regarding Batman so I know that you have neither credibility nor intelligence. Mind your own business before I slap you down, boy.
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Just another internet faggot ... admit it son, you are about 5.5' and live with your parents ... scared of the dark? ... What a cunt.
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I'm impressed ..... you come across as an even bigger cunt ..... "slap you down" lol ... you just KNOW in reality you would cry in a confrontation ...
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OH, this I have got to fucking see!! ........ I await your "wrath" ....
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April 9, 2011, 3:18 p.m. CST
Lars Von Trier made a mistake when he put Kiefer Sutherland in this end-of-the-world movie...we all know that Jack Bauer can kick that planet's ass and save the world!
by MrMysteryGuest
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nice to see someone is still making movies for adults... that aren't stupid or boring - we need more like this and "tree of life"
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With so many movies being so painfully obvious I am glad for filmmakers like Lars even when they don't fully succeed. B/c at least they're not just towing the line, milking the cow, fucking the dead horse, dial a cliche. I still don't know what I think about "Antichrist." it's a nasty piece of work but with its own sense of integrity. "Dogville" has dark power too, though it drags. Also, mocking Dunst for having emotional problems is like blaming humans for having feelings. Or fingers. It's lame.
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April 9, 2011, 10:23 p.m. CST
If by 'surprises' you mean idiotic street theatre style stuns, then yes
by quantize
Von Trier is the worst filmmaker alive today. No it's not that his films split opinions...it's just that itself is ALL his films are about. They're embarrassingly pretentious and silly. I pity any fucking moron who thinks Dogville was anything more than a masturbatory lump that deserves derision.
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April 9, 2011, 10:24 p.m. CST
I feel the same way about VonTier as asshole lives feels about JJ
by quantize
Except that I'm right, and he's an idiot.
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