Melancholia: a new film from Lars Von Trier
by iTunes made this film available to view last month, so I found it really strange to find out that the movie has yet to be released in most theatres. Regardless, I watched it on Itunes and I still can’t really sum it up. It’s definitely not what I expected. It’s beautiful. And sad. And isolating. And comforting. When it was over I didn’t really know what I had just watched. All that said, it’s the best movie I’ve seen in a really, really long time.
Tagged: 2011 best movie, Lars von Trier
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Beth said | 20 December, 2011
I saw this a couple of weeks ago, and it made me gleefully happy for reason I should probably explore. I have seen all of his films (for better or worse) and I loved this one best of all. Gorgeous and dark.