genuinely failing.

analogue photography and poor compositions make for a beautiful winter break.

They brought snow to have us play with and prevent students from commitinbg suicide in finals week.

I love my school.

So tonight I went to see this movie. I needed to go to a screening at the Cosford, my university’s movie theater, for a class and I found this showing tonight.

In the hands of Lars Von Trier, with actors Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, I had no doubt this would be a brilliant film. Never in my life have I been afraid of any film. I didn’t find The Ring, The Eye, The Grudge, you name it the slightest bit frightening. As an aspiring screenwriter, I have thought of what one would write that would truly evoke fear in the audience, rather than a quick shock, which is what your conventional horror movie does. If anyone could create a true horror film, it would be Lars Von Trier, so I entered the movie theater excited to be terrified, after all, it is exhilarating to be in true horror. The movie delivered. As the credits the rolled I found myself in a paradox: I’ve just seen one of the most brilliant films I’ve ever seen, and, at the same time, I wouldn’t want anyone else to see it ever, for the sake of their own sanity.

Go see it at your own risk.

Enjoy.