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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Breaking_the_WavesBreaking the Waves - Wikipedia

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   Breaking The Waves is a 1996 psychological romantic [7] melodrama [8] film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier and starring Emily Watson in her feature film acting debut, and with Stellan Skarsgård, a frequent collaborator with von Trier.

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3. www.bfi.org.uk › sight-and-sound › interviewsNaked miracles: Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves

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   Aug 3, 2023 · Naked miracles: Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves. In our October 1996 issue, the Danish director discussed his Scotland-set tale of a marriage beset by tragedy. Updated: 25 March 2024. Breaking the Waves (1996) By Stig Björkman. From the Sight and Sound archive.

4. filmfolly.com › movies-explained › breaking-theBREAKING THE WAVES. Von Trier’s Touching Masterpiece Explained

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   Jul 9, 2024 · For one simple reason: Breaking the Waves draws you into a dangerous game, shocking and intimidating with the story of Saint Bess McNeill, played by the debuting Emily Watson, and… it is the most brilliant, most perfect acting role I have ever seen. You can either hate or love von Trier’s film.

5. www.criterion.com › current › postsLars von Trier on Breaking the Waves | Current | The ...

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   Apr 18, 2014 · The following interview, conducted by Stig Björkman, originally appeared in Björkman’s 1999 book Trier on von Trier. It appears here courtesy of Björkman and Alfabeta Bokförlag AB, in a translation by Neil Smith. Breaking the Waves took five years and forty-two million kroner to make.

6. faroutmagazine.co.uk › why-breaking-the-waves-isWhy 'Breaking the Waves' is Lars von Trier's best film

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   Oct 6, 2021 · Described by Martin Scorsese as “a genuinely spiritual movie that asks ‘what is love and what is compassion?” in conversation with Roger Ebert, Breaking the Waves is Lars von Trier’s very best film, facilitating the director’s outbreak into industry fame.

7. collider.com › breaking-the-waves-explainedHow Breaking the Waves Evokes the Spiritual Through the Natural

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   Aug 1, 2021 · A wide-eyed young woman, battered and bruised, advances on turbulent waves in a small boat. Her destination is a barge, on which some alarming men await her arrival.

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   Who wrote Breaking the waves?

   • Breaking the Waves (DVD liner notes). Vol. 705. The Criterion Collection. 2014. Tiefenbach, Georg (2010). Drama und Regie (Writing and Directing): Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN 978-3-8260-4096-2. Trier, Lars von (1996). Breaking the Waves. Faber.

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   Is breaking the waves a positive or negative film?

   • Breaking the Waves is undoubtedly “a film by Lars von Trier.” A French author, Paul Valéry, said that “the decline of art begins with a signature.” In other words, a work will be judged in relation to its creator. Do you see this as positive or negative? I see it as positive. I haven’t got any problems with that.

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   Is breaking the waves uncredited?

   • You also break the rule about the film being uncredited. Breaking the Waves is undoubtedly “a film by Lars von Trier.” A French author, Paul Valéry, said that “the decline of art begins with a signature.” In other words, a work will be judged in relation to its creator.

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   Are Dreyer's films based on breaking the waves?

   • Yes, probably films like La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc and Gertrud have had their relevance in connection to Breaking the Waves. His films are naturally more academic, more refined. What is new for me is that a woman is at the centre of the story. All of Dreyer’s films have a woman as the central character. And a suffering woman besides.

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   How did breaking the waves change Lars von Trier?

   • Breaking the Waves marked an important change in focus for Lars von Trier. In von Trier's early films, the protagonist is a man, typically a disillusioned idealist whose downfall is furthered by a deceitful, fatal woman. In this film, for the first time the protagonist is a woman, emotional and naive.

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   How was breaking the waves done?

   • Can you say something about how that was done? Breaking the Waves is a film where a lot of things happened by accident. The art director, Karl Júlíusson, who I think did an excellent job, had decided how the different locations should look.

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9. www.wikiwand.com › en › articlesBreaking the Waves - Wikiwand

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   The film is divided into seven chapters and an epilogue, separated by audio-visual art by Per Kirkeby and accompanied by music. The film is an international co-production between the US, Denmark, seven other European countries, and is von Trier's first feature film with his Danish production company Zentropa.