It should be. So should Pan's Labyrinth.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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Laga - Nov 04, 2007 9:15:11 am PST #2032 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Hayden - Nov 04, 2007 9:22:46 am PST #2033 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Upon some reflection (but not much), I think Dogville would be a better example of Von Trier's particular brand of evil genius than Dancer In The Dark.
Polter-Cow - Nov 04, 2007 9:27:05 am PST #2034 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nomination to Be On The List: Boys Don't Cry.
It is on the list.
So should Pan's Labyrinth.
Really? I would watch that one again.
Strega - Nov 04, 2007 9:31:28 am PST #2035 of 10000
The only one on their list that I've seen is The Last House on the Left. Which amuses me for some reason. Er, that it's the only one I've seen, that is; the movie didn't amuse me. But I could watch it again.
I'm not sure I could watch Magnolia again, but I'm also not sure how good it was.
Laga - Nov 04, 2007 9:37:10 am PST #2036 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I couldn't get through Dancer in the Dark and I'm not glad I saw Dogville at all.
Juliebird - Nov 04, 2007 9:43:55 am PST #2037 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Dancer in the Dark has forever ruined "These are a few of my favorite things". Not that I was a fan of the song to begin with, but now it just creeps me out when I hear it.
Wish I'd never watch it either. Same for Requiem for a Dream.
Haven't seen it, but does Million Dollar Baby really belong on that list?
§ ita § - Nov 04, 2007 9:44:10 am PST #2038 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The one on the list I'm sure I saw was The Audition, and I've seen it twice. I'm probably not seeing it again because I remember it well enough to not have to--but if someone put it on while I was there I wouldn't leave or anything. I may have seen When The Wind Blows --I know it chokes me up a lot, but I can't place having seen it. Which is weird. I have no urge to see it again, since those 80s horrors of my teendowm are powerful and irrational and best left alone.
Wait, no! I've seen Million Dollar Baby. I keep forgetting that, because although I cried like a baby, I cried whenever she hit someone, every time she clenched her teeth and won a fight. I was done with tears about halfway through the movie. The bit after was just filler until she died. She had to die, and for me she had to die on her own terms. So it was...well, not happy (here's where the Oldboy people look at me funny) but narratively satisfying to me.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2007 9:45:37 am PST #2039 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel pretty good about my choices that I've only seen Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby of that list. But I did see Breaking the Waves, and that was way more traumatic than either of those. I mostly like non-disturbing movies.
Although, I did just see Gone Baby Gone, and that was fairly disturbing, although I was distracted by meta -- both from the book ( didn't the cop have a heart attack at the quarry? ) and from real life (I went to high school with the guy who played the perv ).
-t - Nov 04, 2007 9:47:05 am PST #2040 of 10000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My DH will watch Gallipolli over and over again.
Movies on that list I've seen: Requiem for a Dream, When the Wind Blows, and Leaving Las Vegas. Most of the rest of them I conciously decided not to see at all.
Eta: Requiem is the only one that I would definitely not want to see again, though I'm glad I watched it once.
Jessica - Nov 04, 2007 9:52:19 am PST #2041 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Upon some reflection (but not much), I think Dogville would be a better example of Von Trier's particular brand of evil genius than Dancer In The Dark.
Dancer is less sadistic, that's for sure -- there are a few moments of pure joy in there that make the trauma that much more...traumatic. Whereas Dogville is three hours of "Still haven't walked out yet? Muahahaha! I can make you people watch ANYTHING!!!! I'm Lars von fucking Trier!!!" And then he hits you with that completely fucking brilliant last scene that almost makes up for having to sit through the rest of it to get there. Almost.