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Melancholia

2012
7.1 / 10
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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Yesterday I had the chance to see Melancholia. I was a bit anxious given the mixed reception here (either euphoric or very negative). It seems the media are talking more about the disaster-press-conference-from-hell Lars gave in Cannes. Which is a shame. Lik...
This movie completely freaked me out. It was SO well done, but if you've ever suffered from serious depression it really gets under your skin. People I know who watched this movie thought it was boring and didn't understand it. I understood it very well. I ha...
Melancholia is not a disaster movie. It is, perhaps, the most profound and emotionally articulate film about clinical depression ever made. The rogue planet hurtling toward Earth is just a "wobbly" piece of science; the real catastrophe, the one that feels ago...
Melancholia is LVT's Wagnerian opera. Justine is a mythological creation. She is the white goddess, Diana bathing, la Belle Dame Sans Merci, Cassandra tormented by futurity. It ends in Gottedammerung, the destruction of the world. The Cannes jury was right to...
Melancholia is a 2011 film written and directed by the controversial Lars Von Trier and follows two sisters as the end of the world draws near. The film is actually more about the current lives of the two sisters than it is the end of the world; yet the impend...
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Melancholia Official Trailer
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