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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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“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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