Review of Melancholia (2011) by Chet K — 03 Oct 2012

I watched this film alone at a theater in Vienna - what a perfect setting. As I walked to my hotel afterwards, it was as though the entire world was silent, and still, as though I was gliding through the opening scenes of destruction from the film.

For days after watching this I felt completely miserable but void of feeling the misery, it was as though the film had explained a void that never existed. Destruction has never looked so beautiful. What an amazing film.

Lars Von Trier really seems to come to grips with the darkness that plagues him, but unlike Anti Christ, ultimately he seems to find a kind of peace. But for most people it will be a terrifying one that they cant accept.