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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812508603321

Autore

Badley Linda

Titolo

Lars von Trier / / Linda Badley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-252-09542-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Contemporary film directors

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

Making the waves : cinema as performance -- Prescient affects : student films -- Hypnotic virtuosity : the Europe trilogy -- Subverting the kingdom : television -- Performative politics : Dogme95 and The idiots -- Performing the feminine : Breaking the waves and Dancer in the dark -- (Up)staging the American dream : the USA trilogy (minus one) -- Comedy, automavision, and The boss of it all -- Theatre of cruelty : Antichrist (an epilogue) -- Interviews with Lars von Trier.

Sommario/riassunto

This title provides an overview of Trier's career while focusing on the more recent work, including his controversial Gold Heart Trilogy.