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BY ED<\/a>\u201311\/23\/2010 <\/abbr>FIND OTHERS:\u00a0<\/strong>DVD<\/a>,\u00a0MOVIE<\/a>,\u00a0REVIEW<\/a><\/div>\n

STUDIO:<\/strong>\u00a0Criterion Collection\u00a0| DIRECTOR:<\/strong>\u00a0Lars von Trier\u00a0| STARS:<\/strong>\u00a0Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe
\nRELEASE DATE:<\/strong>\u00a011\/9\/10\u00a0| PRICE:<\/strong>\u00a0DVD<\/a>\"\"\u00a0$39.95,\u00a0Blu-ray<\/a>\"\"\u00a0$39.95
\nBONUSES:<\/strong>\u00a0audio commentary by Lars von Trier; onscreen interviews with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe; featurettes; footage of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival; essay by film critic Ian Christie
\nSPECS:<\/strong>\u00a0NR\u00a0|<\/strong>\u00a0108 min.\u00a0|<\/strong>\u00a0Drama\u00a0|<\/strong>\u00a02.35:1 widescreen\u00a0|<\/strong>\u00a0stereo<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>Now on\u00a0DVD<\/a>\u00a0through the acclaimed\u00a0Criterion Collection<\/strong>, Lars von Trier\u2019s (Melancholia<\/em>) art house film\u00a0Antichrist<\/strong>, a\u00a0<\/em>confrontational and controversial film about a couple undergoing a very different kind of marital crisis,\u00a0<\/em>is either loved or hated by viewers.<\/p>\n

For fans, the Criterion edition contains a whole disc\u2019s worth of bonuses, plus a feature-length director\u2019s commentary, which might not fully explain the film\u2019s darker, more mysterious events, but goes a long way toward showing how the movie provided a personal catharsis for von Trier.<\/p>\n

The plot of\u00a0Antichrist\u00a0<\/em>is a minimal affair in which a wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg,\u00a0The City of Your Final Destination<\/em><\/a>) suffers anxiety attacks after her baby dies accidentally, and her therapist husband (Willem Dafoe,\u00a0Spider-Man<\/em><\/a>) decides the two should retreat to a cabin in the woods to work through their troubles. The film turns supernatural midway through, as the wife is seemingly possessed by evil spirits \u2014 or is she physically torturing her husband because she has lost her mind?<\/p>\n

Von Trier\u2019s commentary, hosted by critic\u00a0Murray Smith<\/a>\"\", supplies no ready answers, but von Trier does identify himself with Gainsbourg\u2019s character, as he explains how he suffered from a deep depression during the shooting of the film. He also offers up the secrets of the film\u2019s gorgeous visuals, which he modeled after the work of his hero, the late Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1972\u00a0Solaris<\/em>). Aiding von Trier in crafting these images was a camera that creates exquisite slow-motion photography by shooting at 1,000 frames a second.<\/p>\n

On the DVD, a septet of official behind-the-scenes documentaries is augmented by footage of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where Gainsbourg won Best Actress for\u00a0Antichrist<\/em>. She speaks in a lengthy (45-minute) interview shot for the French release of the film, noting that acting in the slow-motion sequences was like living \u201cin an oil painting\u201d and defending von Trier against charges of misogyny by exploring her personal connection to her character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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