Sep 17 2009 Lars Von Trier Hates It When You Talk During Films

Don't you hate it when people in tuxedos try to tell you about their business investments while you're trying to watch a movie and wear a tuxedo? Tell me about it! Director Lars von Trier hates it too, and made this short, Occupations, to discourage the activity. More specifically, it discourages talking in theaters by showing a businessman blatantly hitting on a drunk-to-the-point-of-near-vomiting von Trier. Also, I'm fairly certain it violates Dogme 95 rule #6 (The film must not contain superficial action (murders, weapons, etc. must not occur)):

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Sep 10 2009 Australian 'Anti-Christ' Poster: Gross

I couldn't tell you exactly what is being implied that makes it gross, but this is gross. Gross case closed.

'Antichrist' Poster [IMPA]

Apr 14 2009 Let the 'Antichrist' Trailer Force You Up Against Its Nightmare Tree

I expected a film called Antichrist, directed by The Kingdom's Lars von Trier and starring supercreep Willem Dafoe (along with Science of Sleep's Charlotte Gainsbourg), would leave me a little unsettled. But shame? Come on. Does it have to also make me feel oddly shameful?

Experience this:

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