’Melancholia’ premiered in May 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival. The press conference for the film received international attention when Lars von Trier made questionable comments about Hitler sympathizing with the Nazis and he was later named ‘persona non grata’ by the festival. Actress Kirsten Dunst won a Best Actress award for her stellar performance as Justine.This week it held its North American premier at 2011 Toronto Film Festival (TIFF). ‘Melancholia’, dictionary descript...
‘Melancholia’, dictionary description… “a mental condition and especially a manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions”.Smash ceremony to pieces. Hype, ego, pomp, sensationalism, formality, persona, ceremony… Blow it to smithereens and what is left? A whole new way of looking at the world around us, whether real or imaginary, an altered perspective. Well, we’ve all seen that Lars von Trier is a fan of ...
‘Melancholia’, dictionary description… “a mental condition and especially a manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions”.Smash ceremony to pieces. Hype, ego, pomp, sensationalism, formality, persona, ceremony… Blow it to smithereens and what is left? A whole new way of looking at the world around us, whether real or imaginary, an altered perspective. Well, we’ve all seen that Lars von Trier is a fan of ...
‘Melancholia’, dictionary description… “a mental condition and especially a manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions”.Smash ceremony to pieces. Hype, ego, pomp, sensationalism, formality, persona, ceremony… Blow it to smithereens and what is left? A whole new way of looking at the world around us, whether real or imaginary, an altered perspective. Well, we’ve all seen that Lars von Trier is a fan of ...
The Clearwater Film Festival celebrates Triple-Threat Filmmakers who act, write and direct. Before Orson Welles gave us Citizen Kane and Shakespeare became Hamlet, the Greek poet Thespis got up on stage and shocked the audience by pretending to be somebody else, giving birth to the multi-hyphenate talent, which became the driving force in entertainment for the last 2,600 years.Your challenge is to cram that legacy into 30 seconds of brilliant filmmaking, and show us what you can do with what you...
Get Reeled In!The Clearwater Film Festival celebrates Triple-Threat Filmmakers who act, write and direct. Before Orson Welles gave us Citizen Kane and Shakespeare became Hamlet, the Greek poet Thespis got up on stage and shocked the audience by pretending to be somebody else, giving birth to the multi-hyphenate talent, which became the driving force in entertainment for the last 2,600 years.Your challenge is to cram that legacy into 30 seconds of brilliant filmmaking, and show us what you can do...
