Check Out Dafoe Getting It On in Von Trier's 'Antichrist'
Filed under: Horror, Thrillers, Images
We've had to wait a few years to see it come to fruition, but Lars von Trier's Antichrist is finally making its way to Cannes this year, with one sexy first still. According to the indieWIRE folks, that smooth and muscley back you see above is Willem Dafoe, getting carnal with his co-star Charlotte Gainsbourg.
You might remember that Antichrist will deal with "a couple who retreat to a cabin in the woods to recover from the death of their child," and if this image is any indication, they definitely find a way to recover. Then again, this is a psychological horror film, so I wonder if this is just a flashback to the sex that brought their doomed child, and if copulating amongst an orgy of roots and disembodied arms leads to Antichrist babies.
Whatever the case, it's not only a pleasure to see von Trier return to strange chills, but also see him put aside the minimalism and simplicity for visually rich filmmaking. Between this still, memories of The Kingdom, and von Trier mixed with Dafoe and Gainsbourg, this should be one sweet thrill.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-23-2009 @ 4:45PM
Nathan said...
The religious right will try to destroy this film the way they tried to destroy "The Last Temptation of Christ and "Dogma." I wonder if their will be more death threats against Dafoe. Extremists really scare me.
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3-23-2009 @ 4:46PM
Nathan said...
Should be there, sorry.
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3-23-2009 @ 5:36PM
Mr. R said...
The religious right is shait and I am happy this movies get made, no one should tell anyone else what to do and what not to do, that was a Nazi thing and we as a society don't need that crap.
By the way, that is one sexy scene. I am looking forward to this, looks great.
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3-23-2009 @ 5:38PM
Mr. R said...
On the other hand, thinking about it, it could very well not have anything to do with religion...could you clarifiy?
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3-23-2009 @ 5:41PM
pete thomson said...
the religious right have no influence outside America. The film looks typically droll and provocative and us Europeans who're not scared of a bit of adult satire will love it!!!!!
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3-23-2009 @ 5:53PM
carg0 said...
*looks at pic
o_O
...alrighty then.
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3-23-2009 @ 6:59PM
Gina said...
Could've gone all day without seeing that.
But Mr. R just invoked Godwin's Law, so the thread's dead anyway.
(And for your information, the religious right doesn't give a flying fig about film representations of the Antichrist.)
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3-24-2009 @ 11:30AM
Bill said...
Suggestion to Cinematical: make this the picture for the you write the caption contest. My entry would be -
Oh, Yes. Yes! Call me Green Goblin again, baby!
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