And all of this is shown through the convention of a Freudian dream. “Nature is the church of Satan”, the words coming from the screen are to explain the director’s concept according to which man’s torments, involving all imperfections of mind and body – diseases, physiology, dying – evoke fear, the sense of guilt, suffering, madness. Not even a false messiah only a sinister mechanism, repeating the errors of creation. “Antichrist” is pure biology – neither a horned devil, nor an earthly beast. Von Trier’s psychoanalytic horror, a Polish co-production, was hooted – which could partly be read as an act of self-defense. Nevertheless, the audience reaction in Cannes was merciless. If the Danish provocateur names his project thus, anything is to be expected all kinds of monstrosities, cruelty, sex shown openly, without insinuation all that finds a distinct and suggestive expression on the screen. It was known from the very beginning, that Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist” was going to be one of the most controversial films of the festival.
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