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Antichrist (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Drama |
Format | NTSC, Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Special Edition |
Contributor | Willem Dafoe, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lars von Trier |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 48 minutes |
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Product Description
Lars von Trier (Europa, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark) shook up the film world when he premiered Antichrist at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In this graphic psychodrama, a grief-stricken man and woman—a searing Willem Dafoe (Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ) and Cannes best actress Charlotte Gainsbourg (Jane Eyre, 21 Grams)—retreat to a cabin deep in the woods after the accidental death of their infant son, only to find terror and violence at the hands of nature and, ultimately, each other. But this most confrontational work yet from one of contemporary cinema’s most controversial artists is no mere provocation. It is a visually sublime, emotionally ravaging journey to the darkest corners of the possessed human mind; a disturbing battle of the sexes that pits rational psychology against age-old superstition; and a profoundly effective horror film.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
- Item model number : CRRN1937BR
- Director : Lars von Trier
- Media Format : NTSC, Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Special Edition
- Run time : 1 hour and 48 minutes
- Release date : November 9, 2010
- Actors : Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
- Studio : Criterion Collection
- ASIN : B003KGBISO
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #12,014 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #688 in Horror (Movies & TV)
- #1,355 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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Big Questions that need answering for this Criterion Release. Many are unthinkable for such a prestigious company as Criterion, but they're demanded and need circulation/speculation prior to the release:
1. The Region 2 copy for France listed on Amazon is 120 minutes. This one is listed as a 108 minute runtime. The Catholic version was the one released for theaters in France. Is Criterion releasing the uncut "Catholic" version or the cut"Protestant" version? Will obtaining an unspoiled copy of a cinematic masterwork be as difficult as it currently is to find a legitimate copy of LvT's "The Idiots"?
2. The US is a 'prude market' according to Zentropa Entertainments:
"We reached an agreement with Lars more than a year ago to make a 'Catholic' version of the movie, to cut some scenes and replace them with others," Peter Aalbaek Jensen, the head of the Zentropa production group, told AFP.
"Otherwise it would be impossible to sell (it) to prude markets like southern Europe, Asia and the United States, where you can't show a naked man from the front," he said.
[taken from France 24 online news]
3. IFC's released version was uncut.
4. IFC and Criterion recently made a merger.
5. Amazon needs to make this information available and clearly listed on the product page and the blue ray format, otherwise it WILL find itself having a disproportionately high return rate for this product.
This is a niche market. This director has a hardcore following and attracts broad interest and attention even on the merit of purely his technical skills and sensationalism that surrounds his releases. People who WANT this film want to see it, own it in its entirety.
We are not a prude market, we have prude authorities. This release will suffer severe curtailing of sales if Criterion/ifc have bent over backwards to political pressure. The Protestant version WILL be boycotted by American consumers en masse.
With all of that being said, a warning:
This is REALLYREALLYREALLY not a good movie to watch if you're at all squeamish. It's not a good movie to watch if you're just looking for standard horror fare. I'm trying to be 100% spoiler free, so I'll just say: if you read a spoiler review, you'll hear that there are definitely some body horror moments that are...unique to this film. But if your sole goal is to see those moments, the rest of the movie won't be worth it.In my opinion, anyway.
This film is unrated. A Danish production that wasn't commercially targeted to US audiences, this should not be a surprise. Anyone remotely familiar with Lars von Trier's overall work as a whole will also not be surprised that had it been submitted to the MPAA, it would have, without question, garnered an NC-17 rating. In general, Scandinavian films do not shy away from graphic or explicit content with very adult themes.
I don't consider this a perfect film, but it is an excellent exploration of very deep depression resulting from profound loss, unforgiving guilt and unremitting grief. Antichrist is not intended to be a "feel good" movie with a "happy ending" of human will and spirit prevailing triumphantly. Just the opposite. It can be classed in the "horror" genre but if you're expecting a "slasher" with blood spurting everywhere and gore galore flying about, seek out the George Romero zombie movies. You won't find it in this film. It's graphic, and explicitly so, with the combination of emotional and physical pain inflicted and suffered as a husband attempts to recover his wife and their relationship from the depths of her extreme guilt, grief and the resulting depression. The horror is their slow surreal spiral downward to a tragic ending. It's shockingly provocative. The audience is supposed to cringe at the physical pain and feel the extreme emotional pain.
Not a 5-star which I don't dish out much, but a solid 4+ stars. It delivers a very visceral insight into the abyss of extreme depression, and is the first in von Trier's unofficial Depression Trilogy, followed by Melancholia, the mildest of the three, and then a much more sexually explicit, provocative and quite lengthy, but less physically violent, Nymphomaniac.
Top reviews from other countries
Don’t show it to children.
Great movie. Disturbing, graphic, including explicit sex scenes and genital mutilation, but that aside, it’s a superb movie about grief and loss. The cinematography is breathtaking and the acting is great.
It’s a definite must have from me.