directed by Lars von Trier
Denmark 1988
Having spend the last year, and their stipendiary, doing
nothing much but drinking and eating, Lars and Niels now have to deliver a
final script for their film within a week. The disc is empty and they have
no real idea what the story was about, not to mention that they didn’t liked
it to begin with. So in order to come up with something, they embark on a
fools quest to create something completely original over the next couple of
days.
Rather than being based on an idea, the film was based on a bet between Lars
von Trier and filmconsultant Claes Kastholm Hansen, who also plays himself
in the film, whether or not von Trier could make a feature film for less
than Dkr 1 million ($150,000).
The result became “Epidemic”, where Lars von Trier directly attacks the
Danish film institution and the ways films are made in Denmark. To him, no
films are made neither from any true original idea, nor for the sake of
making money, but rather to support otherwise unemployed film personal.
Putting himself in the line of fire, showing everyone, that even an idiot
like him can make a film, he openly mocks the very process of filmmaking,
ending with a 12 page half assed script, told thru a person why is
hypnotized to experience the story, ending in utter disaster.
Nevertheless, “Epidemic” is the first true von Trier film, cynical as hell,
extremely provocative and utterly genial.
Theatrical Release: February 1988 (Fantasporto Film Festival)
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| Runtime | 1:45:56 | |
| Video | 1.64:1
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| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Home Vision is
no longer with us. This DVD image is very hard to critique as I have no
idea how this film looked theatrically. Its artistic bent image may have
directorial preferences that I am unaware of (example the excessive
grain is probably an intentional factor of production techniques). So
I'll just say that it looks very good next to the
Electric Parc (The Lars
von Trier Collection - 4 disc) - Region 2 - PAL image compared below.
The PAL edition is brighter and has more sepia than the Home Vision
which have superior grayscales. If I were forced to make a guess which
is more accurate I would probably bet on the Home Vision title. The Home
Vision removable subtitles are slightly smaller and less intrusive. I
suspect that this audio commentary may be different than the PAL one,
but regardless it is a good one with von Trier giving intricate details
of the production. Another in a line of excellent DVDs from our, now
unemployed, friends at Home Vision.
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