#1168b: TRIER, Lars von: Epidemic (1987)
TRIER, Lars von (Denmark)
Epidemic [1987]
Director/Writers
The Film
Epidemic [1987]
Spine #1168b
Blu-ray
A jet-black comedy of contagion, a subversive medical-horror freak-out, and a sly metacinematic prank, Lars von Trier’s sophomore feature—born from a bet that he couldn’t make a film for less than $150,000—finds the director channeling his singular thematic obsessions into an evocatively lo-fi, perversely self-reflexive provocation. The filmmaker himself stars as a harried screenwriter whose efforts to complete a script about the outbreak of a deadly disease coincide with a grisly real-life plague. A twisted reflection on Europe’s haunted past—from the Black Death to World War II—and its scarred present, Epidemic is von Trier at his most idiosyncratic and audaciously experimental.
106 minutes
Black and White/Color
Monaural
in English and Danish
1:66:1
Criterion Release 2023
Black and White/Color
Monaural
in English and Danish
1:66:1
Criterion Release 2023
Screenplay by Lars von Trier and Niels Vørsel.
von Trier was 31 when he directed Epidemic.
Other von Trier films in the Collection:
#80/#1168a: The Element of Crime (1984)
#454/#1168c: Europa (1991)
#705: Breaking the Waves (1996)
#542: Antichrist (2009)
von Trier was 31 when he directed Epidemic.
Other von Trier films in the Collection:
#80/#1168a: The Element of Crime (1984)
#454/#1168c: Europa (1991)
#705: Breaking the Waves (1996)
#542: Antichrist (2009)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twenty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by critic Howard Hampton.
Commentary
Featuring von Trier and others.
From 2005 with von Trier about the Europe Trilogy.
Making-of documentaries
Programs
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twenty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by critic Howard Hampton.
Commentary
Featuring von Trier and others.
Documentary
Interview
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
Extras Rating (0-40):
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