Sunday 8 April 2007

Breaking the Waves (1996 Lars Von Trier)

Having a hard job summarising feelings for this film. Emily Watson's performance is extraordinary. It's a sneaky movie really, because her (mentally unstable?) actions do ultimately save him (ironically he's getting much better). Clearly a lot to do with faith (the church, her talking to god), with playful (miracle) ending of bells suddenly ringing. Robby Muller's landscape vistas for chapter headings memorable. (Strangely on Film4 only in 16x9, though it's 2.35:1).