Melancholia (Lars Von Trier)

[kia]

Melancholia is an upcoming disaster drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The film deals with a variety of people trying to cope with the death of the planet as a large foreign body threatens a deadly collision.[1] The film is a Danish majority production with international co-producers in Sweden, France, Germany and Italy. It is expected to premiere in May 2011.

The film begins with the destruction of Earth and then jumps back in time.[3] The story will be about two sisters, Justine and Claire (Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg), who are becoming increasingly more distant from each other.[4] There will be a wedding during the first part of the film between Justine and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård). Soon after the wedding Justine becomes melancholic, which makes her stay calm when Earth is threatened by a collision with another planet that has recently emerged from behind the sun, while Claire, on the other hand, becomes fearful of what is to come.[3] Trier has said that he considers all of his previous films to end happily, and that this will be the first with an unhappy ending.[5]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsbZfBUkjZc

[Spectrum]

Ooooh! The Planet X / Nbiru believers are going to LOVE this...

[Meerie]

Oooooh.... Alexander Skarsgard
The movie sounds interesting. Isn't it funny how so many artists are picking up endgame / 2012 themes now? There must be something in the air...

[Spectrum]

Isn't it funny how so many artists are picking up endgame / 2012 themes now? There must be something in the air...

Yeah, but remember End of Days in the late 90s with Gabriel Byrne, cashing in on the millennial fever going around at the time Supply and demand, and they understand the demand right now.

[GentleReckoning]

Just saw it.

Creating a film that plays on popular conspiracy theories? Clearly sts material.

The subliminals are designed to create chaos as well.

[indiGo33]

Seen the movie last year and it is one of the most depressing films I have seen to date, neverthless being an admierer of Trier's cinematography I enjoyed the movie, despite it's overall dark 'aura'

[Richard]

I watched it....really depressing. It was difficult to watch. It felt like there was a heavy weight on my chest through out the entire movie (no, not a heart attack)...kind of heard to describe. But it quit after the movie was over.

[GentleReckoning]

Um, I would guess that your heavy weight was related to the subliminals:

Wasn't paying attention to part 1, but once I caught the 'jist' of the story started paying attention:

Here they are:

1. It's the end of the earth.
2. Get ready a gun.
3. I want to be famous.
4. I want to grab a gun and shoot someone.
5. Before it's all over.

It was a good movie, Very artfully done.

But, the tone combined with the subliminals make this fairly standard Earth STS material. (likely intentionally)