Not A Tame Lion

Has anyone seen this movie? I just watched it last nite and I was blown away by it. Artistically this movie was great. I loved every sec (almost 3 hours). Then just when I thought that I had started to figure the whole thing out, the ending changed the entire movie.

I would highly reccommend this movie. Take some friends so that you will have somebody to discuss the movie with afterward.

I would love to hear what you guys thought, and what you walked away from the movie thinking.

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phredgreen

hm. i'll check this out the next time i'm at the video store.

while we're on the dog vein, check out Amores Perros (love's a bitch). incredible movie, subbed from spanish to english. basically three tales that are intertwined and all have connections to their dogs.

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Hrothgar

I enjoy von trier's films but I sure do wish he would one day finish up Riget so I can find out what happens.

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Nancy

You haven't seen Riget 2 yet?

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I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

Charlatan

I love von trier... The Kingdom blew me away.

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repeater

I haven't seen this one but I've seen others by him. He did "The Idiots" right? What's this one about?

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Nancy

yup that was him allright. Check out the www.imdb.com for more information about Kingdom/Riget

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I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy.
I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

Sleepyjack

I saw this today and thought it was quite amazing. Unfortuantley, it seems there were theatrical releases and so i've only seen the shortened version which went for about 130 mins (it seems they culled about 45 minutes of footage )
That said, i thought the story and events where still quite complete and thorough enough to get everything across.

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As for the ending, although it turned things on it's head, i was actually saying/thinking "shoot them" as kidman was talking to caan in the car, about what she was going to do. But, i thought it was justified because the towns people bought it on themselves, and altohugh a rather tragic end, such is human behaviour. Also, a nice point that the dog, whose bone got stolen at the start of the movie, was the soel survivor of the town.


The movie definitely got me thinking about a lot of things, but unfortunatley i watched it by myself this afternoon, so i haven't had a whole lot of people to discuss it with yet

i am also interested in seeing more Von Trier stuff now, but it may be hard to come by

roachboy

medea is a fine thing too.

i liked the idea of dogma films, and was sad to see the absurd office they set up to monitor compliance with the rules go away.
by favorite of them so far is not von trier, but julien donkey-boy. harmony korine, i think.

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Nancy

not at all Mr. Just ordered from Denmark where Lars is from. If you need help then go ahead and PM me

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I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy.
I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.