Review of Antichrist (2009) by Unavailable — 14 Dec 2010

Antichrist, directed by lars von trier.

It's about more than being top banana in the shock dept.

If you consider antichrist violent then you haven't seen enough films. the violence is mundane. the violence is at select moments amid aantichrist, directed by lars von trier.

It's about more than being top banana in the shock dept.

If you consider antichrist violent then you haven't seen enough films. the violence is mundane. the violence is at select moments amid a storyline. if you're too dumb to see past human anatomy, blood, and sexual excitement you'll probably reject it and become territorial slamming the door on the stranger or react with the defenses of a jackass using quips and humor because sincerity is your achilles heel. not everybody has the association of pain and strong love but those that do could learn something from the film. it's a love story. he loves his wife. we see the archetype of the fall from the first death to the return to eden. it's the mystery of life. we all pretend we know what we're doing until it begins collapsing. the more you know about what lies in the parameters of being human the less likely you are to be stable. the bodies in the trees roots highlight what is about to happen is a tradition.

The path is reenacted. he loves her. he is overwhelmed by chaos.

The witchcraft, the mutilation, the pain, just parameters of being human but a lead in to the crux of christ and the main characters big decision.

He could have forgiven her and loved her but he kills her. he denies the light of christ. it's allegoric. the swarm of women in the woods following her death are symbolic of the seeds to grow eden again.

It's my opinion the reappearing animals, including the talking fox, are the soul of god. god is present in the chaos.

It's a modern classic, like irreversible, a couple of cheerleaders with pom pom's chanting, flesh is weak! flesh is weak! the light and shadow in the cinematography that's one thing. the light and shadow in the subtext of the characters emotions and fate, that's where the bar is raised.