Fiendishly attracted to THE KINGDOM or European auteurs in general? This authorized documentary about Lars Von Trier reveals why he's been dubbed the
enfant terrible of contemporary European cinema. Director Stig Bjorkman's approach to the prickly Dane is virtually identical, minus the outside experts. Von Trier's "radical liberal Scandinavian parents" gave him absolute freedom as a child. Totally unused to anyone telling him what to do, the adult Von Trier always does the exact opposite of what he's told, as evidenced by his
collaborators' anecdotes. Bjorkman runs through the director's major films, accompanied by his amusing, if elliptical commentary, and ...
Released:
1997
Rated:
NR
Length:
52 mins