Lars Von Trier's The Nymphomaniac (2013)

[Daenerys]

Whoa nelly Shia Leboof or whatever his name is will have unsimulated sex in this, that's a big leap for a hollywood dick sucker.

[Jack the Pin]

I happened to get my first viewing of Antichrist on The Sundance Channel last night. Very solid film in terms of acting and story. The imagery was very artful if perhaps a little too preening and high concept. I'm not sure if I should have been confused by the film or not. In one respect, the story is a very simple fable, yet it seems as if the film--that is the images that make up the film--was telling a different story. Visually there were some beautiful moments, some harrowing moments, some grotesque moments. I admire anyone who can depict nudity and coitus in a way that is ugly and unappealing rather than erotic. I'm sure it's easy to do, but it is so rarely done (intentionally) that it gave me pause. I really like how the film builds a very typical sense of foreboding and expectation and then jumps the rails entirely about two thirds of the way in. I was expecting a typically atypical supernatural story where it would seem that the story is building toward some inevitable disclosure of supernatural horror. What I got was....well....what I got, which was perfect.

[Rusted]

Originally Posted by Santa Sangre

Not typically Hollywood is right - she is from french heritage.

Isn't she Jewish ?

[Midnight-Kroovy]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enchantress

Whoa nelly Shia Leboof or whatever his name is will have unsimulated sex in this, that's a big leap for a hollywood dick sucker.

Surprisingly Shia Lebeouf is incredibly passionate about arthouse and extreme cinema. He's friends with Marilyn Manson and I read how they spent a night watching Jodorowsky films and Man Bites Dog etc. He went on to direct a Born Villain music video that was very explicit and a homage to exploitation cinema.

Think he's trying to move away from Hollywood crap and go with his passions so good on him.

[The Revelator]

Originally Posted by Heretic

Errr,...no comment.

Fuck that, I'll comment. She looks like an alien, who stretched human skin over her frame.

Sorry man, but yuck.

I would lower your expectations in life.

[Renacimiento]

Originally Posted by Rusted

I wouldn't say yuck. That's pretty harsh. She has her own look that isn't typical Hollywood. Like I said, not super hot but far from ugly. each to their own I guess.

Therein lies the beauty for me, when the "normal looks" breaks with the "Hollywood scheme".

[Rusted]

Originally Posted by Renacimiento

Therein lies the beauty for me, when the "normal looks" breaks with the "Hollywood scheme".

I guess that's the point I was trying to make.

Give me natural beauty over glossed up, plastic fake Hollywood any day.

[Heretic]

Originally Posted by The Revelator

I would lower your expectations in life.

Maybe you should lighten up.

[The Revelator]

Originally Posted by Heretic

Maybe you should lighten up.

lol

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[Outpost #31]

Been a fan of Von Trier after seeing Antichrist and then started to check out his other films. Should be a fun ride!

I don't think the main girl is ugly at all but I've always had a thing for those who don't fit into the "superhot" category. She's not smoking hot but think she's very attractive.