"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive film
ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual explicitness,
excruciating violence and degradation has just been passed as fit for general
consumption by the British Board of Film Classification", "As soon as
it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm children, deeply and
irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an example of some of the
British Press views on Lars von Trier's Antichrist. The response just shows how
ignorant we are when we come to examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one
topic that Britain hates Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field,
and the amount of misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching
Antichrist is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion, the
abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the extent of
extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in tragic events, (Of
course this is my interpretation of the film). The way willem dafoe plays the
all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust of medications, breaks the first
fundimental rule, trying to treat a loved one....even though he himself is denying
that fact he should also be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the
psychological barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who
he is. The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there thats
when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the anxiety.
Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more importantly himself
away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big mistake. Another
thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up with ticks on his hand
(this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks esp in some rural areas of
North America are known to carry a bacteria called Borrelia
burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left untreated it can cause what
is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your already depressed, and causes auditory
hallucinations, visual Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in
paranoia. Ok some of you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory
and everyone has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self
denial of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a film which
just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly well just shows the
power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go in. This film should be
seen as it will show the horrors and fear of what untreated Mental Health can
end up doing to a person and the loved one's around them. I found this film compelling
and disturbing and dare I say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes
overlooked, which is a shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say
watch it with an open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find
there is a bit of Antichrist in all of us"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive
film ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual
explicitness, excruciating violence and degradation has just been
passed as fit for general consumption by the British Board of Film
Classification", "As soon as it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm
children, deeply and irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an
example of some of the British Press views on Lars von Trier's
Antichrist. The response just shows how ignorant we are when we come to
examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one topic that Britain hates
Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field, and the amount of
misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching Antichrist
is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion,
the abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the
extent of extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in
tragic events, (Of course this is my interpretation of the film). The
way willem dafoe plays the all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust
of medications, breaks the first fundimental rule, trying to treat a
loved one....even though he himself is denying that fact he should also
be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the psychological
barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who he is.
The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there
thats when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the
anxiety. Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more
importantly himself away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big
mistake. Another thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up
with ticks on his hand (this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks
esp in some rural areas of North America are known to carry a bacteria
called Borrelia burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left
untreated it can cause what is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your
already depressed, and causes auditory hallucinations, visual
Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in paranoia. Ok some of
you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory and everyone
has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self denial
of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a
film which just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly
well just shows the power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go
in. This film should be seen as it will show the horrors and fear of
what untreated Mental Health can end up doing to a person and the loved
one's around them. I found this film compelling and disturbing and dare I
say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes overlooked, which is a
shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say watch it with an
open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find there is a
bit of Antichrist in all of us. - See more at:
http://www.fearnet.com/community/members/markrdi/blog/antichrista-review-mental-health#sthash.q1dIyPWq.dpuf
"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive
film ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual
explicitness, excruciating violence and degradation has just been
passed as fit for general consumption by the British Board of Film
Classification", "As soon as it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm
children, deeply and irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an
example of some of the British Press views on Lars von Trier's
Antichrist. The response just shows how ignorant we are when we come to
examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one topic that Britain hates
Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field, and the amount of
misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching Antichrist
is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion,
the abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the
extent of extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in
tragic events, (Of course this is my interpretation of the film). The
way willem dafoe plays the all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust
of medications, breaks the first fundimental rule, trying to treat a
loved one....even though he himself is denying that fact he should also
be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the psychological
barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who he is.
The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there
thats when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the
anxiety. Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more
importantly himself away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big
mistake. Another thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up
with ticks on his hand (this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks
esp in some rural areas of North America are known to carry a bacteria
called Borrelia burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left
untreated it can cause what is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your
already depressed, and causes auditory hallucinations, visual
Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in paranoia. Ok some of
you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory and everyone
has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self denial
of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a
film which just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly
well just shows the power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go
in. This film should be seen as it will show the horrors and fear of
what untreated Mental Health can end up doing to a person and the loved
one's around them. I found this film compelling and disturbing and dare I
say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes overlooked, which is a
shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say watch it with an
open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find there is a
bit of Antichrist in all of us. - See more at:
http://www.fearnet.com/community/members/markrdi/blog/antichrista-review-mental-health#sthash.q1dIyPWq.dpuf
"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive
film ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual
explicitness, excruciating violence and degradation has just been
passed as fit for general consumption by the British Board of Film
Classification", "As soon as it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm
children, deeply and irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an
example of some of the British Press views on Lars von Trier's
Antichrist. The response just shows how ignorant we are when we come to
examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one topic that Britain hates
Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field, and the amount of
misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching Antichrist
is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion,
the abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the
extent of extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in
tragic events, (Of course this is my interpretation of the film). The
way willem dafoe plays the all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust
of medications, breaks the first fundimental rule, trying to treat a
loved one....even though he himself is denying that fact he should also
be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the psychological
barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who he is.
The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there
thats when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the
anxiety. Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more
importantly himself away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big
mistake. Another thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up
with ticks on his hand (this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks
esp in some rural areas of North America are known to carry a bacteria
called Borrelia burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left
untreated it can cause what is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your
already depressed, and causes auditory hallucinations, visual
Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in paranoia. Ok some of
you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory and everyone
has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self denial
of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a
film which just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly
well just shows the power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go
in. This film should be seen as it will show the horrors and fear of
what untreated Mental Health can end up doing to a person and the loved
one's around them. I found this film compelling and disturbing and dare I
say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes overlooked, which is a
shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say watch it with an
open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find there is a
bit of Antichrist in all of us. - See more at:
http://www.fearnet.com/community/members/markrdi/blog/antichrista-review-mental-health#sthash.q1dIyPWq.dpufvvv
"Lars
von Trier is sick, a misogynist, responsible for the most offensive
film ever seen", "A film which plumbs new depths of sexual
explicitness, excruciating violence and degradation has just been
passed as fit for general consumption by the British Board of Film
Classification", "As soon as it's released on DVD, Antichrist will harm
children, deeply and irrevocably"....so on and so on....this is just an
example of some of the British Press views on Lars von Trier's
Antichrist. The response just shows how ignorant we are when we come to
examine extreme guilt, pain, loss and the one topic that Britain hates
Mental Health. I know this as I work in that field, and the amount of
misinformation and stigma is shocking. The beauty of watching Antichrist
is different people pick up on different philosophical or
interpretations of what the film is about. Some say it's about religion,
the abuse of woman through the ages...etc. But to me it showed the
extent of extreme guilt and self loathing if left untreated can end in
tragic events, (Of course this is my interpretation of the film). The
way willem dafoe plays the all knowing psychotherapist with a mistrust
of medications, breaks the first fundimental rule, trying to treat a
loved one....even though he himself is denying that fact he should also
be greiving the loss of his son, but instead puts the psychological
barriers up to concentrate on his wife, thus loseing focus of who he is.
The scenes of anxiety with the wife, I've seen and once been there
thats when medical intervention is needed just to take the edge of the
anxiety. Instead Dafoe's character decides to isolate her and more
importantly himself away in a "Safe haven" called Eden, a major big
mistake. Another thing I picked up was the scene when Dafoe wakes up
with ticks on his hand (this is where I get a bit medical sorry), Ticks
esp in some rural areas of North America are known to carry a bacteria
called Borrelia burgdorferi....which causes Lyme Disease. If left
untreated it can cause what is known as Frank Psychosis, esp if your
already depressed, and causes auditory hallucinations, visual
Hallucinations, and more importantly an increase in paranoia. Ok some of
you may think I'm jumping to conclusions but it's a theory and everyone
has a right to make what they want from what they see. The self denial
of Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg character and the realism she portrayed her
mental breakdown and eventual demise was moving and haunting. For a
film which just has two powerful characters and pull it off amazingly
well just shows the power of the direction Trier wanted his film too go
in. This film should be seen as it will show the horrors and fear of
what untreated Mental Health can end up doing to a person and the loved
one's around them. I found this film compelling and disturbing and dare I
say it a Masterpeice, and one that is sometimes overlooked, which is a
shame. People have said to me it's boring etc, I say watch it with an
open mind, and look deep into yourselves and you will find there is a
bit of Antichrist in all of us. - See more at:
http://www.fearnet.com/community/members/markrdi/blog/antichrista-review-mental-health#sthash.q1dIyPWq.dpuf
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