Deborah Orr on Lars von Trier
May 28th, 2009 by fieldus
I value von Trier’s films because they make me think about things that I’d rather not think about, things that are rarely acknowledged, and often those films make me angry or distressed. Breaking The Waves, in which sheltered, simple Bess McNeill is driven mad by her paralysed husband’s demands that she should have sex with other men, then describe her encounters to him, was one of the best, most awful films I have ever seen.
Hmmm some interesting thoughts here. Breaking The Waves was a brilliant, horrifying film that made an unusually powerful impact.
