The film about the end of the world paralleled with the emancipation from one’s own depression as portrayed from the film’s central character (Kirsten Dunst in a Best Actress for the festival worthy performance) is actually pretty tame by von Trier standards. I don’t know where his sense of humor or need for provocation comes from, but the Hitler talk, Susanne Bier bashing, Kirsten Dunst’s beaver mentions, his future porn movie talk and his newly acquired tattoo at the animated press conference didn’t hinder the viewing experience for our critics. Melancholia was extremely welled received and might just be the festival topper according to our critics’ panel (see here). Also, we got more grades for Kawase’s poetic, guess who the third wheel tale of adultery is being appreciated on some levels. Only six more competition titles to go folks!
