I, too, thought Kirsten Dunst did some lovely nuanced work in Eternal Sunshine -- I'd forgotten about that.
From all accounts, Lars von Trier is a thoroughly unpleasant human being with a crushingly nihilistic world view. Basically, the whole thesis of Melancholia is that
the world is a horrible place beyond salvation and embracing death is the only noble course left to us.
It's just that he decided to present his thesis in this particular movie in a series of beautiful tableaux full of rapturous images. So instead of coming across as bleak, the death wish of the heroine takes on... a kind of voluptuous longing that's quite seductive. It sucked me in for the duration of the movie anyway, and my mind keeps going back to those images, even though I'm more disturbed at what the movie is saying, the longer I have the time to think on it.
Yes, but "coax" is not the right word for how he does it. Most actresses refuse to work with him more than once.
I heard her say in an interview that he was OK with her, but she was prepared to have a great story about being treated horribly by the great von Trier.
I read an interview with Kirsten and she said that Lars was in a very good mood when he made the movie and she had a good time working for him.
Flavorwire lists 10 coolest tattoos on film.
Flavorwire lists 10 coolest tattoos on film.
Viggo Mortenson's Russian jailhouse tattoos in Eastern Promises should be on that list.
Those are good choices, although I can't think of my own list. Shame there aren't more women in the running, though.
I can't decide about the Dragon Tattoo movie. Wait until I read, and then watch? What?
Wait until I read, and then watch?
I tried. I tried really hard. And the first, like, TWO HUNDRED PAGES are so fucking boring, I couldn't do it.
Well, given my reading issues, that pretty much wraps it up.
And the first, like, TWO HUNDRED PAGES are so fucking boring, I couldn't do it.
Oh my god, all the stuff about the FINANCIAL SYSTEM. What the hell? That's where I gave up.
