Happy Trailers - Lars Von Triers Nyphomaniac: Director's Cut - Now With Extra Porn!

I love Lars von Trier. I first encountered his work with Elements of Crime, then started to work my way through most of his filmography. His films consistently deliver interesting imagery, that is often both beautiful and grotesque (every scene in Anti-Christ). It would be quite possible to mute the volume (or, at least the dialogue track) on his films and still know what is going on. Perhaps, even better than you will with the sound on.

His latest latest film is Nymphomaniac (I'm counting both Part I and Part II as a single film). I have not seen it yet. It's in my Netflix queue but I've been re-watching Sons of Anarchy to prep for the last season. Priorities.

Anyway, it is supposed to have some pretty explicit sex scenes. The thought of seeing Stellan Skarsgård in his birthday suit is not a drawn, but I will check it out. However, there is apparently a director's cut that von Trier wants to release. A trailer is now out. All I can say is...wow. If this is an indication of what is in the film (and not just the most explicit 45 seconds) this version is basically porn.

I've included a link to the not safe for work, not safe for kids, not safe for anyone who has a problem seeing giant black dongs DPing a chick...um...yeah, not safe for much of any place where viewing explicit sex is a problem or anyone who doesn't want to see that sort of thing.

I'll have to watch the "safe" version before deciding if it is worth it to see the director's cut. That said, if a director has a preferred version that for some reason can't be released (time, content, studio pressure, etc) I prefer to see that. However, the movie is already 241 minutes long. According to IMDB, the uncut version is almost 90 minutes longer. If it's 90 minutes of moderately attractive to moderately unattractive people having explicit sex...well...I can just set up my camera and...umm...okay, too much information there.

I just wonder how much of this is about trying to shock the mainstream film industry. I mean, nothing here hasn't been done millions of times in your garden variety porn. Putting people having explicit sex on film is not that original. It's not even that original having name actors in a sexually explicit film (see Last Tango in Paris and Caligula for examples). I wonder if von Trier has finally missed the point of film; it is not just to put shocking images on the screen. That's easy. It is to tell a story. A simple story, a complex story, a story in dialogue or one in just sound and image. If you can't tell an engaging or entertaining story, then you're not making a worthwhile film. That's right, I'm the final voice on what makes a worthwhile film. So there.

If you want to see it, click this link to Vimeo. Again, very explicit stuff.