#454/#1168c: TRIER, Lars von: Europa (1991)

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TRIER, Lars von (Denmark)
Europa [1991]
Spine #454/#1168c
Blu-ray


“You will now listen to my voice . . . On the count of ten you will be in Europa.” This ominous, hypnotic induction by Max von Sydow inaugurates the entrancing final installment of Lars von Trier’s Europe Trilogy. An idealistic American (Jean-Marc Barr) travels to postwar Germany to take a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railways—and finds himself plunged into a murky, Kafkaesque world of intrigue and betrayal where the shadow of Nazism hovers menacingly over everything. With its ravishing cinematography (in black and white, color, and at times a stunning mix of both), dreamlike use of rear projections, and lush fusion of melodrama and noir conventions, Europa is a sublimely stylized cinematic fugue.

112 minutes
Black and White/Color
Stereo
in English and German
2:39:1
Criterion Release 2022

Director/Writers

Screenplay by Lars von Trier and Niels Vørsel.
von Trier was 35 when he directed Europa.

Other von Trier films in the Collection:

#80/#1168a: The Element of Crime (1984)
#1168b: Epidemic (1987)
#705: Breaking the Waves (1996)
#542: Antichrist (2009)

The Film

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Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

#454:

Sixteen-page booklet featuring an essay by critic Howard Hampton.

#1168c:

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

Commentary

#454/1. #1168c:

In Danish with director von Trier and Peter Aalbæk Jensen.

2. #1168c:

In English, featuring von Trier and others.

#454 only:

Trier’s Element (1991)

Documentary featuring an interview with von Trier as well as footage from Europa’s set and its Cannes premiere and press conference.

Anecdotes from “Europa” (2005)

A short documentary featuring interviews with film historian Peter Schepelern, actor Barr, Jensen, assistant director Tómas Gislason, co-writer Vørsel, and prop master Peter Grant.

Interviews

From 2005 with DP Henning Bendtsen, composer Joachim Holbek, costume designer Manon Rasmussen, film school teacher Mogens Rukov, Gislason, Jensen, Grant, actor Simpson, production manager Per Årman, and actor Ole Ernst.

“Europa” — The Faecal Location (2005)

A short film by Gislason,  

#454/#1168c:

Interview

From 2005 with von Trier about the Europe Trilogy.

#1168c only:

Documentary

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

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):

39

60 + 39 =

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