#80/#1168a: TRIER, Lars von: The Element Of Crime (1984)

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TRIER, Lars von (Denmark)
The Element Of Crime [1984]
Spine #80/#1168a
DVD


Lars von Trier's stunning debut film is the story of Fisher, an exiled ex-cop who returns to his old beat to catch a serial killer with a taste for young girls. Influenced equally by Hitchcock and science fiction, von Trier (Zentropa, Breaking the Waves, The Idiots) boldly reinvents expressionist style for his own cinematic vision of a post-apocalyptic world. Shot in shades of sepia, with occasional, startling flashes of bright blue, The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens Element) combines dark mystery and operatic sweep to yield a pure celluloid nightmare.

104 minutes
Color
Monaural
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2000/2023

Director/Writers


Shooting script by Lars von Trier, Tom Elling, and Tómas Gislason.
Screenplay by Trier and Niels Vørsel.
vonTrier was 28 when he directed The Element of Crime.


The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

#80 only:

Six-page wraparound featuring an essay by Peter Cowie.

#1168a only:

Twenty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by critic Howard Hampton.

Commentary

#80:

None.

#1168a:

Featuring von Trier and others.

Documentary

#80/1168a:

52-minute doc by Stig Björkman: Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997).

#1168a only:

Interview

From 2005 with von Trier about the Europe Trilogy.

Making-of documentaries

Programs

On the films featuring interviews with many of von Trier’s collaborators.

Two short student films

By von Trier: Nocturne (1980) and Images of Liberation (1982).

Danish television interview

With von Trier from 1991.

Trailers

#80/1168a

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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