{"product_id":"lars-von-trier-hardback-9780252035913","title":"Lars Von Trier (Hardback) 9780252035913","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLars Von Trier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda Badley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252035913\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages, 24 black and white photographs\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A thoughtful, thorough, and crisply written study of Lars von Trier's feature film production. Linda Badley deftly combines criticism on von Trier's films with close reading, historical analysis, genre theory, gender studies, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies.\"--Andrew Nestingen, author of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Fantasy in Scandinavia: Fiction, Film, and Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \"Written with great energy, passion, generosity, and insight, \u003ci\u003eLars von Trier\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling account of the films and practices of one of Denmark's most acclaimed directors. With its references to a larger 9\/11 context, the discussion of the director's controversial 'American' films is particularly thought provoking.\"--Mette Hjort, chair and professor of visual studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eScandinavia's foremost living auteur and the catalyst of the Dogme95 movement, Lars von Trier is arguably world cinema's most confrontational and polarizing figure. Willfully devastating audiences, he takes risks few filmmakers would conceive, mounting projects that somehow transcend the grand follies they narrowly miss becoming. Challenging conventional limitations and imposing his own rules, he restlessly reinvents the film language. The Danish director has therefore cultivated an insistently transnational cinema, taking inspiration from sources that range from the European avant-garde to American genre films.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis volume provides a stimulating overview of Trier's career while focusing on the more recent work, including his controversial Gold Heart Trilogy (\u003ci\u003eBreaking the Waves, The Idiots,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDancer in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e), the as-yet unfinished USA Trilogy (\u003ci\u003eDogville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eManderlay\u003c\/i\u003e), and individual projects such as the comedy \u003ci\u003eThe Boss of It All\u003c\/i\u003e and the incendiary horror psychodrama \u003ci\u003eAntichrist.\u003c\/i\u003e Closely analyzing the films and their contexts, Linda Badley draws on a range of cultural references and critical approaches, including genre, gender, and cultural studies, performance theory, and trauma culture. Two revealing interviews that Trier granted during crucial stages of \u003ci\u003eAntichrist\u003c\/i\u003e's development are also included.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520563310872,"sku":"9780252035913","price":67.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lars-von-trier-hardback-9780252035913","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}