At times “Antichrist” is a heart-wrenchingly honest look at grief and depression and at other times it’s the kind of obnoxiously pretentious, symbolism-laden art film that most moviegoers assume all arthouse pictures to be. There are scenes of breathtaking beauty that look like a Hieronymus Bosch painting come to life that are as lush and gorgeous as anything every put to film and there are scenes of sex and violence so explicit, gratuitous and tasteless that they cross over into the realm of pornography, of both the traditional and torture variety. It is ironic that a movie about pure evil can characterized by its dual nature. Despite the many people ready to write the film off as an instantly notorious fiasco, Charlotte Gainsbourgh managed to walk away with the festival’s Best Actress award and when the smoke had cleared many less hysterical critics had some good things to say about the film. The film even created a rift within the Cannes leadership itself when the festival director accused the jury which awards the festival’s special prize for spiritual and religious films of attempting censorship when they created a special “anti-prize” for “Antichrist” calling it “the most misogynist movie from the self-proclaimed biggest director in the world”.
The preview saw a rash of people fainting at the extreme violence, was met with a rousing chorus of boos as the credits rolled and finished up with a Q&A session at which Von Trier declared himself to be “the greatest filmmaker in the world”. If people want to make that the thing they want to talk about, it’s distressing, but that’s their business.” Then he smiled his awesome Willem Dafoe smile, politely shook our hand, and walked away to congratulate Kathryn Bigelow on The Hurt Locker’s win for Best Feature.Lars Von Trier’s "Antichrist" had the kind of publicity-grabbing debut at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival that would make William Castle jealous. It’s a movie that I think is beautiful and was a joy to make. “I mean, it’s fine if that’s what they want to focus on. “What do you think?” he asked us, probably hypothetically. So we cornered Dafoe after the ceremony and asked him if he’s sick of all the dick jokes yet. (Dafoe reportedly used a penis double for his nude scenes.) Predictably, a number of one-liners focused on Willem Dafoe’s smashed genitals while declaring Antichrist a “sick-ass” movie, Perez seemed impressed with the notion that it was Dafoe’s real member onscreen: “Well, hellooo, Willem Dafoe!” in her words. I don’t care how long you have the cabin for.” If a self-disembolwing wolf looks you in the face and says ‘Chaos reigns,’ get the fuck out of the there. Do not go camping with your wife when she’s down in the dumps cause your kid jumped out the window while having sex.ģ. No matter how good the sex is, keep an eye on your child.Ģ. Nobody brought any real zingers, but we did like Nanjani’s three-part bit about the lessons he learned from the movie: “1.
The film wasn’t nominated in any categories, but Antichrist jokes were flying fast and furious tonight at the Gotham Awards, thanks to presenter Rosie Perez and host Kumail Nanjiani.
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