Antichrist 2009 NR CC

(210) IMDb 6.6/10

A controversial, sexually provocative drama about a couple's twisted and erotic journey starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Starring:: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Runtime:: 1 hour, 48 minutes

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Genres	Drama, Horror
Director	Lars von Trier
Starring	Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Supporting actors	Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Studio	IFC Films
MPAA rating	NR (Not Rated)
Captions and subtitles	English Details
Purchase rights	Stream instantly and download to 2 locations Details
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The COMPLETE, UNCUT Criterion Edition!

By A. Mazzola on September 21, 2010

Format: Blu-ray

So, a lot of people seem to be inquiring, myself included, about whether this version is the uncut or cut version of the film... so I decided to do a little digging...

I E-Mailed Criterion at [...] yesterday and got an E-Mail back today from a Karen Mesoznik who works there and this is what she had to say:

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your email!

We are issuing the uncut version of this film (108 minutes). Our master is the same version as the one that premiered at Cannes; IFC did not edit the film for release here. It's possible there may be some confusion due to the French DVD which incorrectly states the run time as 120 minutes.

I hope this information is helpful. Thanks you for supporting Criterion and please let me know if you have any more questions!

Best,

Karen
The Criterion Collection

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So, I wondered what she meant by the French DVD stating 120, so I dug a little deeper and found out that the French DVD in fact states the film at 120 minutes, but the film itself is actually 108 minutes (uncut). There is no 120 minute version of the film. 108 minutes IS in fact the longest running time. The cut versions range from 100-104 minutes (depending on where and how you view the movie). If you have seen the 108 minute version, then you've seen it all, and THIS is what Criterion will be releasing. (The film in all of its unsettling glory!)

I hope this helped you guys! I will definately be purchasing this version myself. Hopefully this persuades people to do the same.

If anyone has any further doubts, feel free to E-Mail Criterion yourself at the E-Mail address mentioned earlier in my post!

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Honestly, One of the Ten Best Films of 2009

By Joshua Miller VINE VOICE on September 3, 2010

Format: DVD

Lars von Trier's latest film caused quite a stir when it made it's debut at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Audiences there were divided, with some calling it beautiful and brilliant, while many others called it repulsive and pornographic. Antichrist is essentially an art film with many horror film elements. It has very graphic scenes of sexual imagery, as well as sexual mutilation...This is what has scared many filmgoers who have not given the film the attention it deserves.

The film's Prologue shows a couple (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) engaged in passionate (and, in one shot, explicit) lovemaking as their young son falls from a window to his death. This scene, shot in black and white, is one of the most beautifully filmed scenes I have ever seen in a film. The following is presented in four chapters; Grief, Pain (Chaos Reigns), Despair (Gynocide), and The Three Beggars, followed by an Epilogue. It follows He and She coping, He better than her. She is mad with grief, while He has found a way to muffle his emotions. The two go to their cabin in the woods (called "Eden"), so He (a therapist) can help her further.

It's when chapter three begins that the scenes that had Cannes talking begin. This chapter specifically contains the most well-known image from the film of Dafoe and Gainsbourg under a tree, an image I find deeply unsettling in a film filled with unsettling images. Many viewers have mentioned the talking fox as being laughable, but I found it quite creepy and well-done. Von Trier uses CGI in this film, but it's a beautifully rendered use of the technology and it's not used often.

This is a movie filled with symbolism; some obvious, some a little more inconspicuous.Read more ›

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A dark and disturbing but endlessly provocative and brilliantly shot depiction of woman, man, nature

By Nate TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on June 9, 2010

Format: Blu-ray

A woman and a man lose their son in a tragic accident. Rather than trust in the medicine prescribed by her psychiatrist to ease her grief, he (a psychotherapist) decides to subject her to his own therapeutic regime. She (in an incredibly devastating performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg) will face her fears directly, and see that there is nothing to fear. He doesn't consider that he may have something to fear from her, or that he, with his clinical detachment from feeling and incessant preoccupation with the stance of observer, may be the one who truly needs therapy. (On that note it is hard not to detect a kinship of the themes of this film with the themes of von Trier and Jorgen Leth's The Five Obstructions, that set up von Trier himself as therapist to Leth, whose capacity for aesthetic detachment he found troubling).

The imagery in the film is fascinating and frightening - it is certainly von Trier's most accomplished film in terms of cinematography, and it definitely deserves to get the Criterion treatment. The prologue and epilogue are highly formalistic, shot in a series of powerful black and white images that border on the unreal; the rest of the film, broken into four chapters, is shot handheld with washed out but saturated colors, with rippling natural imagery and occasional freaks of nature that as a whole evokes a darker vision of Tarkovsky's zone (from Stalker).Read more ›

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Moving, engaging and suspenseful

Great movie to watch with your lover. My opinion is you need to have a long attention span to watch, not recommended for fidgety people.

Published 17 days ago by William Gibson

a leap of faith.

the cinema of lars von trier is a cinema of irony. irony in the sense that s�ren aabye kierkegaard practiced the technique: as a leap of faith. Read more

Published 22 days ago by A. F. Buczynski

Graphic , Dark , Twisted .Thoughtful - thankfully doesnt conform

POTENTIAL SPOILERS IN MY REVIEW!!!
Yes very graphic unstimulated sex scene right in the beginning of this film and then more sex scenes which are not smutty but frantic ,... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Kitty .E

Obscure Symbolism and Shocking Acts of Self-Mutilation

The blurb on the package says that this movie is no mere "provocation," but it sure seems like one. Excellent acting and very beautiful photography are its strengths. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Mark C. Jones

Like a Hieronymus Bosh painting.

Could probably benefit from a second viewing of this film, to figure out those things I missed, however its just a little too slow paced for me to want to do so. Read more

Published 2 months ago by sara

Awesome movie that will make the squeamish faint!

Hard to categorize this film. It has elements of mystery and drama, but the ending packs in a bit of horror and suspense unlike I was expecting. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Wesley A. Morin

The hell is this?

I watched this film because of its reputation. Well, that reputation is a bunch of lies. It isn't disturbing and burns slow. It has a good cknceot but feels like it goes nowhere. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Movie Phantom

Had some good ideas but feel short

Very slow moving. Had some good ideas but feel short. Acting was decent but I just didn't like the movie on the whole.

Published 4 months ago by dennis

A Pretentious European Art Film, a Horror Movie, and a Porno Flick...

...They do acid and have a threesome.

The result is Antichrist: A spectacularly awful - yet beautifully filmed - train wreck of jumbled plot lines, conflicting messages,... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Sarah

Horror fans will not find the film scary. Art-house fans will probably...

Lars von Trier is a talented and imaginative director. I find his films interesting, but never exactly "like" them. Read more

Published 6 months ago by rbrogan3

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