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I recently saw Lars Von Trier's "Anti Christ." This isn't creepy, sillies!

Willem Dafoe's a$$ always seems to get put on display in all the movies he's in. But I can understand that, he has a nice a$$ (even if this is coming from a str8 guy). Besides, we can all tell who will be the primary viewer of this film: women.

This film has all the earmarks of a horror-film-made-for-women. First, there is the a$$ shots of Willem Defoe. Second, there is the sex scenes-mixed-with-violence-and-horror. [I don't know ANY man who likes these kinds of scenes in horror films. Male horror film viewers like raw fear and blood & gore. I know of no men who like the sex + violence motif. I do know female horror film fans who do, though.] Then, there is the 1-on-1 nature of the relationship theme rather than the group-of-people-getting-killed-one-by-one thing that typifies most horror films and appeals mostly to male viewers. There is also the fact that the primary source of horror comes from the two characters inflicting it on each other. Definitely a female-appealing theme since it is relationship-centered more than situationally-centered. There is also the fact the couple is married. Slasher-killer horror films made for general audiences do not have married couples or if they do, they are among several such couples. In any case male viewers don't care about married couples being in the films and probably prefer they not be. Male horror film viewers are usually single and like it that way and don't really want to see married couples on film, since marriage is so... not them. Finally, the P/R around it is "gynocentric". Take a look: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/16/antichrist-lars-von-trier-feminism
You don't see other horror movies getting reviewed by a whole spate of feminists, do you? And these reviews are far from condemning. In fact they are practically one ad after another for it.

My analysis here is that the director/author had a stroke of marketing genius as well as inspiration, whether it arose from a serious bout of depression or not. This looks very much like it was made for a female audience characterized by women who like the horror genre (but don't want to admit it), and/or who like to watch situations that demonize men while seeing women in powerful but vulnerable (ie, victim) positions. It's perfect. It will make tons of money and probably cost very little to make. This guy will retire on it.

Freaking genius.

1. Crumb
Documentary about a subversive comic book writer/artist. The scene where his brother tells about pulling down a teenage girl's shorts and describing her butt as a peach makes you think, yeah, all women are essentially worth as much to me as wanting to see their butts.

2. In the Company of Men
This movie explains to us all how and why women are stupid and vaginas smell.

3. Lars Von Trier's Antichris♀
I know this is a work of fiction, but if the Christians can turn the The Passion of Christ into a documentary, then I can claim this film to be one, too! I don't know much about it as I haven't seen it yet, but it made waves at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie by Trier suggests women are evil creatures that deserve their persecution throughout history.

Thanks! The trailer alone is scary as hell.

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oh yes, this is the one. this is the horror film i've been waiting for.

lars von trier + scary = fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not a big superhero fan either, but I dug it. I love art movies as much as next urban sophisticate, but sometimes you need some testostone-laden death and explosions. I'd definitely plop down 20 bucks to see a Batman helmed by Lars Von Trier, but in the mean time, Christopher Nolan is doing a bang up job.

I'd say this series is much better than the Raimi Spiderman flicks, but not as good as V for Vendetta or the first two Supermans.

upvote for Lars Von Trier's MASTERFUL film. Must see if you haven't seen it

Alphabetical order:
Darren Aronovsky, Jane Campion, David Cronenberg, Werner Herzog, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Takeshi Kitano, Harmony Korine, David Lynch, Lukas Moodysson, Jafar Panahi, Ridley Scott, Todd Solondz, Jan Švankmajer, Andrey Tarkovsky, Jacques Tati, Lars von Trier..

Top 10 in no particular order:
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam, Pedro Almodovar, Joel and Ethan Coen, David Cronenberg, Quentin Tarantino, Lars von Trier, Emir Kusturica, Andrey Tarkovsky, Takashi Miike, Errol Morris

They don't call you wildman for nothin'. It is a song about these lynchings. If there was a Aryan NAtion, Scissorfight, or Robbie Williams song playing along with it or the Merrie Melodies theme (which you upvoted), then I would be with you.

You should see how Lars von Trier uses these images at the end of Manderlay. Now THAT is provocation.