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“3 Hearts”
If you had to assign a figurative shape to the trio-based love affair that is at the, ahem, heart of Benoit Jacquot's 3 Hearts, you might say it resembles something of a triangle. Why has no one else ever conceived of a love triangle before? It's so obvious. A...
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Songs in the Key of Cinema: “Born to Be Wild” and the Provocation of Lars von Trier
Songs in the Key of Cinema is a bi-weekly look at the use of songs in film and how that music fits within the context of the film as a whole and a place where we’ll cover the moments in cinema that were music to our eyes and ears.
From putting his female pr...
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“Nymphomaniac” and “Grey Rape” in Entertainment
There is no rape in Nymphomaniac: Volume I. Except there is. Or at least, one could read that into it. While I don't completely subscribe to the "Death of the Author" theory, I do believe that it's possible to read an interpretation into a piece of work beside...
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“Nymphomaniac Vol. II” Gives Us The Whole Story And Much More
The problem with the release of Nymphomaniac isn't that it was split into two volumes – it’s that those volumes were released on different days. The idea of splitting a film into multiple volumes, in of itself, is actually an extremely exciting one. Can you im...
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“Nymph()maniac: Vol. I”: Lars Von Trier Waves His Freak Flag
Reviewing Danish troublemaker Lars von Trier's latest film, Nymph()maniac feels like nothing more than a fool's errand. That's partially because the movie opening in theaters this Friday is just the first half of the entire production, whose second entry relea...
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Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’ Trailer Delights in Depravity and Lust
The first trailer for Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac has been released and its about what you would expect.
Nymphomaniac follows Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) on her illustrious sexual escapades from birth to the age of 50. She's a self-proclaimed Nymphomaniac ...
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