With Antichrist, Von Trier is mocking the idea that moving images have the power to hurt the viewer. By stacking up so many concepts and actions almost guaranteed to offend prevailing highbrow taste, he’s essentially insuring that the offended will imbue his work with a power he himself knows it doesn’t intrinsically have. He may or may not be the best filmmaker in the world, but so far he’s the only one who really came to Cannes ready to fight a war.
Flint Jamison brought this sharp letterpress poster by, announcing Friday afternoon’s PDX presentation by Gaeoudjiparl (rough approximation…) another lovely product of the Yale Union printing plant.
THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AMAZING
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Sarah Meadows | Time Ends Now
Opening reception Friday November 13th, 6pm - 8pmOn view November 11th - December 6th, 2009
NATIONALE
2730 E Burnside
Portland, OR
Wed-Sun 1pm - 7pm
http://nationaleportland.blogspot.com
*In other news: I am headed to South Korea & Tokyo!
Anyone who donates to my film/processing fund this month will receive a print from my trip in the mail.
Y’ALL SEE THIS?
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The sand was everywhere. Literally, one needed an umbrella. The dunes rose and fell with each passing hour. It found its way into the eyes, the teeth.
The desert was our only enemy, but a formidable one.
“ I’ve been treated bad by the press before, and I like it. ”
Lars V. Trier
