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When talking about Lars von Trier, being objective is quite difficult. And this happens because his films arouse controversies. He is not a director making popcorn, the themes he chooses are not easy, but rather dark and deep and you have to get through the rabbit hole with him and you never know what’s on the other side.
After having been banned from Cannes film festival because of some comments he made, the controversial director was in fact welcomed to submit this year his latest film. Unfortunately, it wasn’t ready. But people already talked about it, which keeps a constant interest on him and the upcoming film. In fact, they have a very good way of advertising Nymphomaniac (I just assumed that everybody already knows the title, because you rarely hear a title as strong as this one), since once in a while they upload on the film site either a photo or a short clip. And this is the first that was shown to the public:
Maybe the public expected something else from a film called Nymphomaniac. But when you hear a cutting-edge actor la Shia LaBeouf (he took LSD in order to get in character for The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman) says that
“There’s a disclaimer at the top of the script that basically says we’re doing it for real. Everything that is illegal, we’ll shoot in blurred images. Other than that, everything is happening … Von Trier is dangerous,” he added. “He scares me.” then you know that there must be something with this film and this film director.
Above, the promotional poster of the film. You can see Uma Thurman, Shia LaBeouf laying on the ground, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Christian Slater near the bucket with what appears to be milk or soap, all being filmed with the phone by Lars von Trier.
And here is the first thing you see when entering the site.
If you check the film’s site you can see the names of the eight chapters of the film. For the first one, The Compleat Angler, they released a trailer. And there is an introduction to it, to present a little the context:
“How does an ordinary bag of chocolate sweets become a symbol of sexual victory?
As Joe and her experienced friend B embark on a train trip, they bet on how many men they can seduce on the ride.
The grand prize is a delicious bag of chocolate sweets, and it soon becomes clear to Joe that in order to win, she needs to lure the prey into biting the hook like a skilled fisherman.”
More about the film here: http://www.nymphomaniacthemovie.com/