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Breaking the Waves (1996: Lars von Trier)Breaking the Waves (1996: Lars von Trier)
| Quote: | | It was the film that divided Scotland’s chattering classes five years ago, some acclaiming it a classic and others walking out in disgust. Emily Watson plays a child-like, young woman who lives in a remote village, talks directly to God and marries a foreign oil rig worker. Paralysed in a workplace accident, he asks her to have sex with strangers and describe the encounters. >From its opening scenes of grey-bearded church elders, the film captures the oppressiveness of an introspective and strict Presbyterian community, though it was written and directed by the Dane Lars von Trier and was not originally set in Scotland. Von Trier went on to initiate the Dogme back-to-basics movement, elements of which can be seen in the grainy texture of the film and jerky camerawork that made some viewers seasick. |
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