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  1. Melancolía, la Matemática los Unió // Melancholy, Mathematics United them@maeugenia912d

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    Saludos queridos cinéfilos, bienvenidos a mi blog y a la comunidad de #MoviesTVShow, espero se encuentren bien y tengan un feliz día. Les quiero recomendar para ver este fin de semana Melancolía, una serie producción surcoreana que consta de 16 capítulos y trata sobre la corrupción que existe en una prestigiosa escuela privada de secundaria donde se ven involucradas personas inocentes que sirven de cortina de humo para desviar la atención del problema.

    Greetings dear movie buffs, welcome to my blog and the #MoviesTVShow community, I hope you are well and have a happy day. I want to recommend that you watch Melancholia this weekend, a South Korean production series that consists of 16 chapters and is about the corruption that exists in a prestigious private high school where innocent people are involved who serve as a smokescreen to divert attention. of the problem.

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    Baek Seung-yoo es un joven estudiante de secundaria que se sienta al final de la clase y no muestra interés en los estudios, tiene malas notas y es un chico solitario, su interés es la fotografía. Sin embargo él esconde su verdadera identidad a sus amigos, es un prodigio de las matemáticas. Siendo apenas un niño Seung-yoo ganó muchas olimpiadas matemáticas y fue el coreano más joven en ingresar al Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts en Estados Unidos, pero debido a un incidente ocurrido que lo traumatizó y a la presión ejercida de su padre sobre él dejó la universidad y desapareció de la mirada del público, abandonó las matemáticas.

    Baek Seung-yoo is a young high school student who sits at the back of the class and shows no interest in studies, has bad grades and is a lonely boy, his interest is photography. However he hides his true identity from his friends, he is a math prodigy. When he was just a child, Seung-yoo won many mathematical olympiads and was the youngest Korean to enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, but due to an incident that traumatized him and the pressure exerted on him by his father, he left the university and He disappeared from the public eye, he abandoned mathematics.

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    Con el ingreso de una nueva profesora de matemática a la secundaria Ahsung el joven retoma las matemáticas. Desde su llegada a la escuela secundaria la profesora Ji Yoon-soo se da cuenta del potencial de Baek Seung-yoo y decide ser su tutora en un concurso muy importante, ella lo incentiva y despierta en él de nuevo la pasión por las matemáticas. Ji Yoon-soo es una mujer tenaz y de fuertes convicciones cuyo padre también es un matemático reconocido, ella tiene un especial interés en motivar a sus estudiantes a lograr su máximo potencial.

    With the arrival of a new mathematics teacher at Ahsung High School, the young man returns to mathematics. Since his arrival at high school, teacher Ji Yoon-soo realizes Baek Seung-yoo's potential and decides to be his tutor in a very important competition. She encourages him and awakens in him again the passion for the maths. Ji Yoon-soo is a tenacious woman of strong convictions whose father is also a renowned mathematician, she has a special interest in motivating her students to achieve their full potential.

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    Mientras trabaja en lasecundaria Ahsung la profesora Ji Yoon-soo descubre actos de corrupción, algunos alumnos cuyos padres son personas poderosas de la sociedad de Seúl reciben un trato preferencial, se les entrega los exámenes antes de ser aplicados, por lo que siempre tienen notas sobresalientes sobre los demás alumnos que sí se esfuerzan. Al tratar de descubrir la corrupción se ve envuelta en un escándalo sexual con su alumno Baek Seung-yoo y es despedida, además de humillada ante la sociedad. Luego de varios años Ji Yoon-soo y Baek Seung-yoo trataran de esclarecer lo sucedido y limpiar sus nombres.

    While working at Ahsung High School, teacher Ji Yoon-soo discovers acts of corruption, some students whose parents are powerful people in Seoul society receive preferential treatment, they are given exams before being administered, so they always have outstanding grades. over the other students who do make an effort. While trying to uncover the corruption she becomes involved in a sexual scandal with her student Baek Seung-yoo and she is fired from her, as well as humiliated by society. After several years Ji Yoon-soo and Baek Seung-yoo will try to clarify what happened and clear their names.

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    La serie me gustó, al principio de la serie pareciera surgir el amor entre ellos, pero esto hubiera sido un romance muy controvertido ya que Baek Seung-yoo es menor de edad y ella su profesora, pero a mi parecer saltaron chispas entre ellos pero nada sucedió, lo que me pareció bien. Luego que volvieron a encontrarse cuatro años después me hubiera gustado que las cosas entre ellos fuera más apasionada, no hubieron escenas de amor y todo pasó como en cámara lenta, yo diría que demasiado hasta el punto de aburrirme. En mi opinión le faltó pasión y romance a la serie. Sin embargo los personajes de villanos me parecieron brillantes, como es el caso de la directora Noh, una mujer mezquina y ambiciosa que hizo todo para verse bien a los ojos de su padre.

    I liked the series, at the beginning of the series love seemed to arise between them, but this would have been a very controversial romance since Baek Seung-yoo is a minor and she is her teacher, but in my opinion sparks flew between them but nothing It happened, which seemed good to me. After they met again four years later, I would have liked things between them to be more passionate, there were no love scenes and everything happened in slow motion, I would say too much to the point of getting bored. In my opinion the series lacked passion and romance. However, the villain characters seemed brilliant to me, as is the case of director Noh, a mean and ambitious woman who did everything to look good in the eyes of her father.

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  2. Melancholia (2011): a different end of the world | un fin del mundo diferente@cristiancaicedo1283d

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    Ever since I saw Dogville I had wanted to check out another film by Danish director Lars Von Trier because I was impressed by his work on that story. Although I already had Breaking the waves and Dancer in the dark on my list to see them soon, I took advantage of the fact that a movie theater near my home screened the film Melancholia yesterday afternoon and I went to see it on the big screen, just like those who attended its premiere in 2011.

    Desde que vi Dogville había querido revisar alguna otra película del director danés Lars Von Trier porque me impresionó su trabajo en aquella historia. Aunque ya tenía en mi lista Breaking the waves y Dancer in the dark para verlas próximamente, aproveché que una sala de cine cercana a mi domicilio proyectó ayer por la tarde la cinta Melancholia y acudí para verla en pantalla grande, tal como quienes acudieron a su estreno en 2011.

    It's a Denmark-Sweden-France-Germany co-production, written and directed by Lars and starring Kirsten Dunst and Alexander Skarsgård, which tells a story that begins with the wedding of Justine (Dunst) and Michael (Skarsgård). Although at first it seems to be a happy wedding between two young people from wealthy families, as the first part progresses we realize that neither Justine nor her partner are as happy as they would like. This entire sequence is a family drama with the occasional laugh, but mainly with moments of great tension and revelations that cloud the initial vision we had of the characters. Not to mention the wedding ends up being a parade of mistakes, awkward moments, disputes, breakups and in the end all that luxury, all that food, all that display of service and care of a party of that level is useless because the couple is not happy. Little by little we realize that Justine has a slightly depressed air, like nostalgic, that she can't hide.

    Se trata de una coproducción Dinamarca-Suecia-Francia-Alemania, escrita y dirigida por Lars y protagonizada por Kirsten Dunst y Alexander Skarsgård que cuenta una historia que inicia con la boda de Justine (Dunst) y Michael (Skarsgård). Si bien al principio parece ser una boda feliz entre dos jóvenes de familias adineradas, conforme avanza la primera parte nos damos cuenta de que ni Justine ni su pareja son tan felices como quisieran. Toda esa secuencia es un drama familiar con alguna que otra risa pero principalmente con momentos de mucha tensión y con revelaciones que van enturbiando la visión inicial que teníamos de los personajes. Ni qué decir de la boda que termina siendo un desfile de desaciertos, momentos incómodos, disputas, rompimientos y al final todo ese lujo, toda esa comida, todo ese despliegue de servicio y cuidado de una fiesta de ese nivel no sirve de nada porque la pareja no es feliz. Poco a poco nos damos cuenta de que Justine tiene un aire un poco depresivo, como nostálgico, que no logra disimular.

    On the day Michael and Justine celebrate their wedding, she notices a reddish star in the sky. His brother-in-law tells him that it is Antares, but the next day the star has disappeared and shortly we learn that it has been eclipsed by a small planet that was hidden under the sun and that now runs through our solar system. Although it seems like an extra, trivial fact, during the first part, it's in the second part of the film that its importance stands out.

    El día que Michael y Justine celebran su boda, ella nota una estrella rojiza en el cielo. Su cuñado le dice que es Antares, pero al día siguiente la estrella ha desaparecido y al poco nos enteramos de que ha sido eclipsada por un pequeño planeta que se encontraba oculto bajo el sol y que ahora recorre nuestro sistema solar. Si bien parece un dato extra, trivial, durante la primera parte, es en la segunda parte del film en el que destaca su importancia.

    The planet is baptized with the name of Melancholia and according to scientists, although it is heading towards Earth, it will not collide with our home, as it did not with Venus or Mercury. As in any similar situation, there are apocalyptic groups that assure that Melancholia will impact the earth and that it will be the end of life as we know it and it is based on this tension, the possible clash of the two celestial bodies, that the second part turns from the film when, some time after the wedding, Justine comes to spend a few days with her sister, her brother-in-law and her nephew. All this results in a strange mixture. While the film has sci-fi and doomsday elements, the plot doesn't revolve around the global reach of this event (it doesn't have the heroic focus of Armageddon or the cultural and political context of Don't look up), but to the life of the characters in that framework; that is to say, we don't see news, or large lines of people, or massive mobilizations that seek to survive (as in 2012) because the story focuses on Justine, her husband, their relatives and little else. That is why it is mainly a drama.

    El planeta es bautizado con el nombre de Melancholia y de acuerdo a los científicos, a pesar de que se dirige hacia la Tierra, no colisionará con nuestro hogar, como no lo hizo con Venus ni con Mercurio. Como en cualquier situación similar, existen grupos apocalípticos que aseguran que Melancholia sí impactará la tierra y que será el fin de la vida como la conocemos y es en base a esta tensión, al posible choque de los dos cuerpos celestes, que gira la segunda parte de la película cuando, tiempo después de la boda, Justine viene a pasar unos días junto a su hermana, su cuñado y su sobrino. De todo ello resulta una mezcla extraña. Si bien la película tiene elementos de ciencia ficción y de película de fin del mundo, la trama no gira en torno al alcance global de este evento (no tiene el enfoque heroico de Armageddon ni el contexto cultural y político de Don't look up) sino a la vida de los personajes en ese marco; es decir, no vemos noticieros, o grandes filas de personas, o movilizaciones masivas que buscan sobrevivir (como en 2012) porque la historia se centra en Justine, su esposo, sus parientes y poco más. Por eso es principalmente un drama.

    The performances are very good, especially Kirsten Dunst's (the cast also includes Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård and John Hurt), the script is very good and the direction is also very good. In this theme of watching a planet approach Earth, Melancholia reminded me of Another Earth, an independent film from the same year 2011 that also raises interesting questions.

    With just two films I've seen from director Lars von Trier it's too early to judge his work, especially since my two references, Dogville and Melancholia, are very different stories from each other. They're both dramas, but there are sci-fi elements to this one and the previous one has a stage play, so what I can take away from that is that von Trier has a wide ability to do different things. As soon as I see the other two that I have pending I will be able to form a clearer idea of ​​his work, but without a doubt his work is interesting and I recommend it for those who want to see something different, have any of you seen Lars von Trier films? I read you in the comments.

    Las actuaciones son muy buenas, en especial la de Kirsten Dunst (el elenco también incluye a Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård y John Hurt), el guión es muy bueno y la dirección también lo es. En este tema de ver a un planeta acercarse a la Tierra, Melancholia me recordó Another Earth, una película independiente del mismo año 2011 que también plantea cuestiones interesantes. Con apenas dos películas que he visto del director Lars von Trier es muy pronto para juzgar su obra, en especial porque mis dos referencias, Dogville y Melancholia, son historias muy diferentes la una de la otra. Ambas son dramas, pero en esta hay elementos de ciencia ficción y la anterior tiene una puesta en escena de obra de teatro, así que lo que puedo sacar de eso es que von Trier tiene una amplia capacidad para hacer cosas diferentes. En cuanto vea las otras dos que tengo pendientes podré formarme una idea más clara de su obra, pero sin duda su trabajo es interesante y lo recomiendo para quienes quieran ver algo diferente , ¿alguno de ustedes ha visto películas de Lars von Trier? los leo en los comentarios.


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  3. Melancholia: A sci-fi film disguised as not one@netflixr1544d

    Lately I've been going through a list of the best sci-fi films of all time and trying to watch all of the ones that I haven't seen, which as it turns out is quite a few. I had never even heard of this film yet it was in the top 25 so I simply had to go and get it.

    This is not your typical science fiction film because there are no aliens or advanced technology but as is kind of laid out in the first 5 minutes of the film it is a depiction of an end-of-the-world scenario that doesn't have the use of any sort of futuristic technology. Rather than being about rocket-ships and aliens, this film is more so about the futility of an apocalyptic scenario and how people would realistically handle such a thing when their demise becomes increasingly evident and unavoidable.

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    For the first 45 minutes or so, outside of the artistic intro complete with a really loud musical score, it isn't evident that any of the people in the film are even facing an apocalyptic event and it even gets a bit boring at times until after you have already seen the entire film. I will admit that I turned this movie off twice before finishing it and it wasn't until after I had seen it all that the events that took place earlier on in the film made any sense to me.

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    The movie begins with a very tense wedding ceremony that if you were to skip the first 10 minutes of the film and just start at this part, the movie would appear to be about a bride that feels as though she has made a terrible mistake by getting married. Kirstin Dunst plays the role of this bride named Justine who is getting married to Michael who is played by Alexander Skarsgård. The mood at the wedding is tense and again, if you didn't understand the overall theme of the film and how ultimately it is about the fact that a rogue planet is on a collision course with Earth, it would seem like an entirely different film about love and mistakes.

    As the film progresses, the talk about the planet and its inevitable collision course with the planet that has been named Melancholia becomes more and more of the central theme.

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    Relative disinterest turns into denial turns into intrigue turns into acceptance and this is all presented in a very different and artistic way that is not typical of your usual run-of-the-mill science fiction film. When the film reaches the end, the inevitable collision course is realized and the brief visual displays of a massive planet colliding with Earth is short, but beautiful.

    This is not a spoiler since it is foreshadowed in the first few minutes of the film and I thought this was a refreshing take on how to make a film. The director and writers basically tell us the ending of the film at the start and then lead us down the path to that. Normally, this is something that I wouldn't like but rather than being about flying space debris and what the powers of the world are going to do to prevent it, the film focuses on the human reaction to such an event and while not typical of sci-fi films, I found this approach to be rather refreshing and unique.

    Think about it? How would you react to the knowledge that you and everyone else's demise was guaranteed and there was nothing you could do about it? This is what is on display in this film and it is tragic and impactful at the same time.

    Should I watch it?

    I'll be honest. This film wont be for everyone because it does drag at times and will be appreciated by people that are looking for something a little more out of the ordinary and artistic rather than just a start to finish telling of a story. Like I said, it took me 3 sittings to finish the movie but after it was all over I found myself thinking about it an awful lot and the events that took place earlier in the film that seemed trivial all of a sudden took on new meaning.

    Some might find this very boring and if anyone out there is expecting some sort of sci-fi akin to Star Wars or something futuristic will probably be disappointed. I appreciate artistic films like this from time to time and even though it took me 3 goes to get through it, I am glad that I stuck with it because it is truly a work of art unlike other sci-fi films I have seen over the years.

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  4. League of Movies (Third Edition | Week 02): [ Melancholia ]@serialfiller2202d
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  5. League of Movies (Third Edition | Week 02): [ Melancholia ]@serialfiller2202d

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    After the "horror" moment comes the "disaster movies" moment. Again I have to admit that this is not exactly my comfort zone. I'm not a fan of this kind of film, but in the end I managed to find one that matched the weekly theme to my personal taste.

    MELANCHOLIA - LARS VON TRIER

    Lars Von Trier and an apocalyptic movie. What does 2 have to do with it? So much or nothing depending on your point of view. Don't expect people running and screaming, monsters in the streets, tsunamis, bloody deaths and special effects. This is an intimist film to the nth power and existential. It is a film that tries to imagine what our reaction would be to an imminent and inevitable catastrophic event. Because Melancholia hasn't been hiding since the beginning. Earth is about to be annihilated by another planet. It is the failure of science and reason, the victory of nature over the artifact, chaotic and cynical world of man. Melancholia is coming. The melancholy comes. Is that what we should expect at the end of our days? How would we feel? image.png

    And would it matter? There would be no other opportunity to repair our mistakes, to improve, to correct the course. One planet comes and destroys another and with it all its inhabitants. Kirsten Dunst is fabulous because she delivers an almost astounding surrender in front of a moment like this. There is no escape and yet some people hope that that event will not happen that for some reason the planet Melancholia decides to stop before the impact and go back. It's the arrogance of man. A human being convinced that nature owes him something, owes him something. A cocky man, so cocky that he feels at the center of the world and not an integral part of the universe. But the end comes, for everyone. Eventually. And when the entire human race dies, it is only a more shared but no less painful suffering. It is a continuous going back and forth, back and forth with the images that of Von Trier, a desire to show us how useless life was at the moment when death, annihilation comes inexorable. Why live if you have to die? No such answer. There is life between the question and the answer. But if life itself ceases, the human being itself, what does the answer matter? Or rather, what does the question matter?! It's a subtle, claustrophobic nihilism. It's the ultimate disaster movie. A film that confronts us with death due to an inevitable natural disaster that is bigger than us. A disaster that we could not avoid, simply because we are the ones who are weaker than nature. We discovered the laws of physics, but we didn't invent them. They've existed since the day the universe was created. We are the guests. Desired or not, we can be wiped out in no time at all. Despair is assailing. The breath gets shorter. Life slips away. Forever.

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    Dopo il momento "horror" arriva il momento "disaster movies". Anche questa volta devo ammettere che non è esattamente la mia "comfort zone". Non sono amante di questo tipo di film ma alla fine son riuscito a trovarne uno che abbinasse il tema settimanale ai miei gusti personali.

    MELANCHOLIA - LARS VON TRIER

    Lars Von Trier ed un film apocalittico. Cosa c'entrano i 2? Tanto o nulla a seconda dei punti di vista. Non vi aspettate gente che corre e che urla, mostri per le strade, tsunami, morti cruente ed effetti speciali. Questo è un film intimista all'ennesima potenza ed esistenziale. E' un film che prova ad immaginare quale sarebbe la nostra reazione di fronte ad un evente catastrofico imminente ed inevitabile. Perchè Melancholia non si nasconde, sin dall'incipit. La Terra sta per essere annientata da un altro pianeta. E' il fallimento della scienza e della ragione, la vittoria della natura sul mondo artefatto, caotico e cinico dell'uomo. Melancholia is coming. La malinconia arriva. E' quello che ci dovremmo aspettare di fronte alla fine dei nostri giorni? Cosa proveremmo? image.png

    E avrebbe importanza? Non ci sarebbero altre occasioni per riparare i nostri sbagli, per migliorare, per correggere la rotta. Un pianeta arriva e distrugge un altro e con esso tutti i suoi abitanti. Kirsten Dunst è favolosa perchè trasmette un'arrendovelezza quasi stupefacente di fronte ad un momento come questo. Non c'è scampo eppure alcuni sperano che quell'evento non si verifichi che per qualche motivo il pianeta Melancholia decida di fermarsi prima dell'impatto e tornare indietro. E' l'arroganza dell'uomo. Un essere umano convinto che sia la natura a dovergli qualcosa, ad essere in debito con lui. Un uomo presuntuoso, talmente presuntuoso da sentirsi al centro del mondo e non parte integrante dell'universo. Ma la fine arriva, per tutti. Eventually. E quando a morire è l'intero genere umano è solo un soffrire più condiviso ma non per questo meno doloroso. E' un continuo andare avanti ed indietro, avanti ed indietro con le immagini quello di Von Trier, un volerci mostrare quanto fosse stata inutile la vita nel momento in cui la morte, l'annientamento arriva inesorabile. Perchè vivere se si deve morire? Risposta non esiste. Esiste la vita tra la domanda e la risposta. Ma se a cessare è la vita stessa, l'essere umano stesso, che importanza ha la risposta? O meglio, che importanza ha la domanda?! E' un nichilismo sottile e claustrofobico. E' il disaster movie definitivo. Un film che ci mette di fronte alla morte a causa di un disastro naturale inevitabile e più grande di noi. Un disastro che non potevamo evitare, semplicemente perchè siamo noi ad essere quelli più deboli rispetto alla natura. Le leggi della fisica le abbiamo scoperte noi ma non siamo noi ad averle inventate. Esistevano dal giorno della creazione dell'universo. Noi siamo gli ospiti. Desiderati o meno, possiamo essere spazzati via in un attimo ed in qualsiasi momento. La disperazione assale. Il fiato si accorcia. La vita sfugge via. Per sempre.

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  6. "Melancholia " by Lars von Trier - movie review@godflesh2938d

    In Aristotle's "Poetics", catharsis is experienced either by the characters of a drama or by the viewers at the end of a tragedy. I would not think to look for this definition. I wondered why I did not analyze the director's approach and caught myself trying to answer the question that Justin (Kirsten Dunst) asked "Does anyone mourn the world if he disappears?" So, I was co-staring, he had caught me ... The director with his Melancholia . Some analysts around the world, famous and not so critics, praise the beginning of another Lars von Trier brand experiment. I do not deny the visual beauty of the footage (Manuel Alberto Claro), and Wagner's full of energy and feelings, but these opening minutes were able to refuse me to meet this movie. I was sure I had to overcome this test because I also like the "Breaking the Waves" and "Idiots," and "Dogville", and "Dancer in the Dark," enough to be curious about what this disobedient, crazy, "dogmatic" Danish. One more reason to squeeze my teeth in the form of the slow ones and almost static, almost natural paintings was my stubbornness to saw how Dunst had managed to challenge Trier.

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    I usually have no confidence in the actor's awards, mostly because of the subjectivity of each jury (in Cannes - "best actress"), and although she shows skills in "All Good Things" (2010), "Maria Antoaneta" (2006) and Wimbledon (2004), Kirsten is not among the ladies I love to watch. More in the screenplay of Charlotte Gainsbourg as her sister Claire. The team is complemented by Kiefer Sutherland (Claire's husband), Stelan and Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling (a unique image of the two sisters mother-bitch), John Hurt, Udo Kir. They all flutter in the first part of Melancholia when we meet their heroes at Justin's and Michael's wedding celebrations, organized by Claire and her husband, John, in an impressive mansion. While with skillful, unobtrusive strokes, Lars von Trier portrays each of his characters, he adds to his painting more and more details - as important accents in the atmosphere. And when the porcelain smile begins to disappear from the face of the bride, I said with relief, "It's time for me!" I knew she would not stand long among the conventions and rules of the so-called "society," stuttering and engraving the path she did not wants to step. Was the spirit of denial, so powerful and vicious in her mighty mother, able to shed the sprouts of paternal love, and gave birth to the indifferent indifference that Justin perceived the world? Actually - what does it matter? That is, does it matter what the cause of deep apathy is when it can not be eradicated?

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    The appearance is not too late for Melancholia. The mysterious planet, which has long been behind the sun, and has suddenly set off for a fateful encounter with the Earth, rises on the wedding night - at a remarkable distance from the Moon, which illuminates the stellar sky in sync. A blue light that resonates with the cold in sight and soul (her eyes are her mirror?) By Justin ... The second part of the film is dedicated to her - the coldness of the human ego, focused on all the petty, everyday and annoying details. As Claire remembers, this chapter of his narrative, Lars von Trier, entrusted the nurse, who, with love and patience, tries to revive Justin's joyous feeling. How does this happen after the wedding-fiasco and under the ugros of an irreversible and final Earth cataclysm ?! Only the little Leo approached with careful attention and understanding of the aunts of his aunt and accepted unreservedly the assurances of his father that the Earth would melt away with Melancholia . Claire's fears about the fate of her loved ones are on track with Justin's awakened painful sensitivity. The two actresses are complemented by two halves of apples, ripe on different trees, gathered in different sun rays, and performing one task - to serve Lars von Trier. The director's gaze is constantly changing its focus - on characters and sensations, moods and facts - and that reminded me of that quest to turn out and be on the top but with a non-biased and passionate attitude that holds every soul looking for something Truth. Are we all mad, people, when we believe that our existence in the universe is infinitely important? How far does our insanity that insists that our own care necessarily constructs the mosaic of the most urgent problems of the world? Why is it important to assume that the cataclysm causing the end of our familiar world is logical, normal and even just? In Melancholia , a special ecological hue materializes-the foolish humanity is sufficiently self-loving and arrogant to deserve a final of its existence. But how wrong are you, von Trier - it's just not true! I do not want to serve other generalizations - every spectator will find his own look at the latest experiment of one of the most commented contemporary directors. One thing I'm sure: People who appreciate Cinema will surely watch "Melancholia " simply because ... you have to! And this text can hardly be called a "review", because it has neither the structure nor the details needed - it remains the only assessment. Well, if you did not understand - the movie has been among my favorites for the past few years! Did not I say that this movie is "obligatory" ?! In anticipation of appearing in one of the filmmakers that are ahead, you can "refresh" your memories of Trier's previous works. It is fun - and to a great extent enlightening ...

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  7. "Melancholia" by Lars von Trier - the natural order of apocalypse - movie review@godflesh3035d

    "Melancholia" (2011) is the second film of Danish director Lars von Trier's "Depression Trilogy". The movie focuses on the life of two sisters. The first part of the movie emphasize on Justin and her wedding. The second is for Claire's collision with her sister's nihilistic stance, that everything is pointless and that life on earth is evil, which eventually it will soon disappear due to the upcoming apocalypse. Trier overturns the Hollywood cliche for the so-called disaster film, exposing the end of the world in a deliberate chamber atmosphere deprived of the colossal scenes of destruction and death, emphasizing instead the internal reactions of a handful of heroes and the "insights" that reach the significance of human life.

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    Melancholia continues to impose the ideas of the trilogy, bringing them to merciless extremes, depriving (through the apocalypse) of the personality from a space where they are more enduringly confronted with and defrauding) the "damned questions" that she is problematic about. The movie clearly shows "the scars of the last times", such as the fear and nihilism that a nature born only to die can cause to any sensitive person who has realized its character and cruel laws. In Antichrist, the space in which this problem (forest) is considered covers only the microcosm of a pair, whereas here we see Trier as maximizing scale to show that futility and doom is universal axioms that are clearly discernible to pain and crystal clear when faced with the destruction of all mankind. Thus, the director devalues any "hope and comfort" that can help the modern secular man collide with the idea of his end - he will leave nothing behind and no one will remember it. Even the ideal of a society moving steadily and relentlessly towards a brighter future dissolves without a remnant in the encounter with death. In fact, Trier is also concerned with the subject of science and its inability to grasp the human being, emphasizing the weakness of the rational faced with something as meaningless and elemental as the ultimate reality of the smoldering being. In "Antichrist" He (the image of William Defoe) tries to use some extremely comfortable and logical psychotherapeutic models to cure his wife from her guilt and the all-consuming nihilism. He can not understand that she has already realized that life and nature "pull" the existential invariably only in the direction of death. After all his attempts to "cure" her, he fail, and also become a victim of this world and its laws, as is the case with Claire's husband John, who last convinces her that Melancholia's calculations to hit the ground (shortly before the end of the tape, realizing that he is wrong, he kills himself).

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    In addition, Trier makes an obvious parallel between his depressive states (which have inspired these films and created a sense of total nihilism in his and his images) and the planet Melancholia, which will destroy mankind. The director creates the feeling that the end of the world will not explode in the form of a baroque meta-crash, and will gradually materialize in people's minds as some sinister revelation that life is in reality a matter of direction and purpose. In addition to science, just before the end of the movie, Trier shows how "magic" (a peculiar metaphor of faith and religion) is powerless against clashing with nihilism (Justin explains to Claire's son that they will make a special cave with a few sticks where they will safe when Melancholia strikes the Earth). So the message of the film leaves no open loopholes through which hope can sink - existence is reduced to a large gap in which there is no room for either the rational or the infatuation of a child. Trier is uncompromising - life is evil that will someday cease to exist. It opposes the natural order - its nothingness and its desire to dissolve everything in itself.

    The director's gaze is constantly changing its focus - on characters and sensations, moods and facts - and that reminded me of that quest to turn out and be on the top but with a non-biased and passionate attitude that holds every soul looking for some truth. Are we all mad, people, when we believe that our existence in the universe is infinitely important? How far does our insanity that insists that our own care necessarily constructs the mosaic of the most urgent problems of the world? Why is it important to assume that the cataclysm causing the end of our familiar world is logical, normal and even fair? In Melancholia, a special ecological hue materializes-the foolish humanity is sufficiently self-loving and arrogant to deserve a final of its existence. But how wrong are you, von Trier - it's just not true! I do not want to serve other generalizations - every spectator will find his own look at the latest experiment of one of the most commented contemporary directors. One thing I'm sure: People who appreciate Cinema are sure to watch "Melancholia" simply because ... you have to! And this text can hardly be called a "review", because it has neither the structure nor the details needed - it remains the only assessment. Well, if you did not understand - the movie has been among my favorites for the past few years! Did not I say that was "obligatory" ?! In anticipation of appearing in one of the filmmakers that are ahead, you can "refresh" your memories of Trier's previous works. It is fun - and to a great extent enlightening ...

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