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THE APOCALYPSE ACCORDING TO LARS VON TRIER
THE APOCALYPSE ACCORDING TO LARS VON TRIER

Author(s): Andrei Simut
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Facultatea de Teatru si Televiziune
Keywords: Apocalyptic; romantic film; three-act structure; Dogme 95; High Romanticism; disaster movie; end of the world.

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on Lars Von Trier΄s latest film in a double relation, with his previous filmography and with disaster film genre, investigating how Melancholia stands apart from both series of film, both Trier΄s and the apocalyptic genre.

  • Issue Year: 06/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 77-84
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English