To conclude anything demands a stretch and debatable leap in logic. It’s not that I don’t know what to take from it. It’s all mood, performance, and pseudo-cerebral nonsense. It seemed far more premise-based than anything else, as though Von Trier figured he could finally express his misogynistic, sado-masochistic anxieties. Dafoe is calm and collected while Charlotte Gainsbourg unleashes a two hour fire storm of crying, violent outbreaks, and screaming. Willem Dafoe is trying to comfort his ailing wife after their infant child jumped out a window while the two were fucking. It’s is one hundred percent misogynistic. I recalled accusations of misogyny and figured it was the typical hyperbolic criticism that usually makes its way around social media circles. Antichrist just seems offensive and risqu é for no other sake than to be regarded as such. Sure, there are other movies that fit such a description. The film opens up with such great beauty that from there on out you are praying for its return. I forgot about the castration scene - one of the most disturbing moments I’ve ever witnessed in a film next to the bulk of Ken Park (2002). I heard you get to see William Dafoe’s penis. ![]() I’ve been holding off on watching this film since it came out.
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