Baard Owe, Henning Jensen, Kirsten Olesen
Set in a pagan Danish setting, an adaptation of Euripide's classic myth of Medea, a scorned woman who wreaks revenge on the man who abandoned her.
DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003
Stats: 49 reviews
Lars Von Trier has an amazing style and he made me enjoy a story that I am not to fond of. He made the story of Medea realistic and bleak, which was a nice contrast to the fantastical nature of the source material. The style is unlike any other. The acting was pretty decent and y...( read more)
The sound of the ocean during this film is enough to make me a fan. Haunting and constant, it spoke more to me than most of the dialog. I am in love with this dark version of the play Medea. The acting is wonderful, the scenery is beautiful, and the story is so mysterious and dar...( read more)
Lars shows Medea not as a scandalous and dramatic woman, but as a sad camponese witch. The revenge thing is going on, but not in a teatrical way and still making all the impact that Medea should. For these reasons, Lars' Medea seems very real - and very good - to me.
I read this play on my 3rd year of college for a Theatre History class, watched the movie for the same purposes. Which is better? Hmm... I think they both complement each other. The text was fullfiling but there were some things on the movie that impressed me a 100 times more ...( read more)
It has the atmosphere of a surreal fever dream. An obscure and completely astounding film from Lars Von Trier.
This is the wrong version; it is not authentic. Pasolini's with Maria Callas is formative.
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