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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
with all the talk of bjork the other day (i forget which thread) i decided to finally watch this:
von trier is a fucking sentimental sadist. this was a bit fucking much. okay, i get it, you want to fuck musicals upside down and make dreadful things happen, but this was over the top. bjork was fucking great though as a part-retard creature, her little piglet face under those big glasses. she was brilliant.
the rest of the casting left much to be desired-- catherine deneuve as a factory worker? really? doesn't fit the type. a swede playing an american for wannabe boyfriend? come on. everybody had a fucking accent here, which takes away from the story. and i guess it's okay because the story is a fucking shameless manipulation.
also, all the talk of cronenberg got me rewatching this:
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i'm watching this now, i thought bjork being czech wouldn't work but wow the american characters are generally even less believable. it's not important but i really can't buy that this is washington