Lars Von Trier and His Films
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Jump to: navigation, search Lars von Trier | Lars von Trier at Cannes in 2000 | Born | Lars Trier
30 April 1956 (age 56)
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark | Occupation | Film director and screenwriter | Influenced by | Andrei Tarkovsky, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Douglas Sirk, David Lynch, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jørgen Leth, Erich von Stroheim, Josef von Sternberg, Bertolt Brecht | Spouse(s) | Cæcilia Holbek (m. 1987–1995)[1]
Bente Frøge (m. 1997–present) |
Lars von Trier (Danish: [ˈlɑːs fʌn ˈtʁiːˀɐ]; born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956)[2] is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective – an avant-garde filmmaking movement – although his own films have taken a variety of approaches. His work has frequently divided critical opinion.[3]
Von Trier began making films at the age of eleven. Raised by a communist mother and a socialist father in an austere environment, he converted at the age of 30 to the Catholic Church. Von Trier suffers periodically from depression, as well as various fears and phobias, including an intense fear of flying. As he himself said in an interview, "basically, I 'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking."[4] His first publicly released film was an experimental short called The Orchid Gardener (1977) and his first feature film came seven years later with The Element of Crime (1984). Among many other prizes, awards and nominations, he is the recipient of the Palme d 'Or, the Grand Prix, and the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Contents * 1 Early life and career * 2 Europe trilogy * 3 Zentropa and The Kingdom * 4 Dogme 95 * 5 Explicit images * 6 2000s * 7 2010s * 8 Phobias * 9 Filming techniques * 10 Trilogies * 11 Biological father * 12 Controversy at 2011 Cannes Film Festival * 13 Honours * 14 Filmography * 15 References * 15.1 Notes * 15.2 Further reading
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search Lars von Trier | Lars von Trier at Cannes in 2000 | Born | Lars Trier
30 April 1956 (age 56)
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark | Occupation | Film director and screenwriter | Influenced by | Andrei Tarkovsky, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Douglas Sirk, David Lynch, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jørgen Leth, Erich von Stroheim, Josef von Sternberg, Bertolt Brecht | Spouse(s) | Cæcilia Holbek (m. 1987–1995)[1]
Bente Frøge (m. 1997–present) |
Lars von Trier (Danish: [ˈlɑːs fʌn ˈtʁiːˀɐ]; born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956)[2] is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective – an avant-garde filmmaking movement – although his own films have taken a variety of approaches. His work has frequently divided critical opinion.[3]
Von Trier began making films at the age of eleven. Raised by a communist mother and a socialist father in an austere environment, he converted at the age of 30 to the Catholic Church. Von Trier suffers periodically from depression, as well as various fears and phobias, including an intense fear of flying. As he himself said in an interview, "basically, I 'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking."[4] His first publicly released film was an experimental short called The Orchid Gardener (1977) and his first feature film came seven years later with The Element of Crime (1984). Among many other prizes, awards and nominations, he is the recipient of the Palme d 'Or, the Grand Prix, and the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Contents * 1 Early life and career * 2 Europe trilogy * 3 Zentropa and The Kingdom * 4 Dogme 95 * 5 Explicit images * 6 2000s * 7 2010s * 8 Phobias * 9 Filming techniques * 10 Trilogies * 11 Biological father * 12 Controversy at 2011 Cannes Film Festival * 13 Honours * 14 Filmography * 15 References * 15.1 Notes * 15.2 Further reading
References: Europe trilogy After graduation he began work on the very stylized crime drama, The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element 1984), which won a technical award at the Cannes Film Festival. For television von Trier directed Medea (1988), which won the Jean d 'Arcy prize in France. It was based on a screenplay by Carl Th. Dreyer and starred Udo Kier. — Press Conference for Melancholia, Cannes, 2011[53][54] Referring to the art of Nazi architect Albert Speer, von Trier added: