Lars Von Trier’s latest, Antichrist, is supposedly the most shocking film shown at Cannes. i don’t think it is that shocking, perhaps typical in the realm of certain topics, but it is an interesting and disturbing film nonetheless that deals with psychology vs. religion, man vs. woman, logic vs. emotion, etc…
SPOILER ALERT:
As one would expect, Antichrist, on the surface, seems to support christian notions of nature being the den of evil (e-den) and that women, being close to nature, are the harbingers of evil, emotional (like nature) and being against man (who is supposedly logical). Although, despite these surface observations while watching the film, i had a feeling that Von Trier was actually commenting on the insanity of said beliefs and actually called them into question, at least this is what i am hoping for, since this film seems very anti-woman upon first viewing. If you are feeling like an intense film, watch it and let me know what you think.
