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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.
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.
Aug 1, 2021 · As such, von Trier’s film manages to approach the divine through the tangible, the spiritual through the natural. The film is set in a severely repressed and oppressive Calvinist village in...
- Cameron Olsen
Oct 6, 2021 · Released in 1996, long before his 21st-century success and even before his early controversial Dogme 95 effort, The Idiots, Breaking the Waves showed Lars von Trier as a director with an incredible eye for some of life’s most intricate tales.
New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Lars von Trier, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Selected-scene audio commentary featuring von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle.
- Bess Mcneill
May 16, 1996 · This emotionally draining film is a complete change of pace for Danish wunderkind Lars Von Trier, whose previous work includes the florid thriller “Element of the Crime”; the brooding...
Apr 15, 2013 · Film Essay. Like a pebble in your shoe: A psychoanalytical reading of Lars von Trier's Breaking the waves and Antichrist. Judy Gammelgaard. First published: 15 April 2013. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-8315.12069. Read the full text. About. PDF.
