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Top movies I watched in 2016
European Film Award - Best Movie (34 movies items)"directed by Lars von Trier Nomination Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry Chicken Run directed by Peter Lord, Nick Park Harry, He's Here to Help directed by Dominik Moll The Taste of Others directed by Agnès Jaoui Bread and Tulips directed by Silvio Soldini Faithless directed by Liv Ullmann"
PopMatter's Essential Film Performances - 2013 (50 movies items)"Björk “I’ve seen it all, I have seen the dark, I have seen the brightness in one little spark. I’ve seen what I was and I know I what I’ll be, I’ve seen it all, there is no more to see…” So goes the Oscar-nominated tune written (improbably) by singer-composer Björk and her director Lars Von Trier, evoking the film’s undeniably powerful, melodramatic underpinnings which play out on screen like some mad cinematic hybrid of Douglas Sirk and the Fred Astaire/Cy Charisse musical The"
“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. In fact, I even saw it the movie theater when it was released. First of all, even though I have seen pretty much all the movies directed by Lars von Trier so far (I‘m only missing the first 2 obscure movies he made at the beginning of his career) and even though I respect what he has done, I always had some mixed feelings about his work. Indeed, I always have a hard time to connect with his movies and this feature was a perfect example. Indeed, pretty much like with ‘Breaking the Waves’, the directing was really good, the acting was fine as well but everything was just relentlessly bleak and I’m not surprised that some people called it the most depressing movie ever mad” read more
Great Nihilistic Movies (72 movies items)"Here are a number of elements which perfectly represent nihilism in everyday manifestation. The film is based on the story of a Czechoslovakian woman raising her son in the US. This woman loves music but she has to renounce to her musical dreams for her child. Since music is a powerful influence in her life, her dreams are presented like American musicals. Unfortunately she’s going blind and her condition is hereditary. In order to prevent her son from the same fate she saves money in order "
