Oh my lord, what has Lars von Trier done?
Antichrist might be one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen. And it's not just the well publicized third act gruesomeness. Every conversation, every glance and facial tick Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsburg convey are twisted and unsettling.
I'll only divulge the first scene, as people hate spoilers. In what has to be the most beautifully shot scene I've seen all year, married couple Dafoe and Gainsburg are engaging in a serious fuck session as their toddler escapes his crib and dives out of their apartment window to his death. Yeah, a cheery sort of film.
The film deals a great deal with psychosis, religion, human nature, and may or may not serve up a serious dish of misogyny. I am, however, not convinced it does.
I don't pretend to get everything going on in Antichrist, but its images are powerful, frightening, and (most unsettling of all) immensely beautiful. They stay with you
This is definitely one of my favorites of the year.
9/10
Next time I begin my decade lists with albums, then films.
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