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What an erotic movie! "Antichrist" is so hot it's unrated and on limited release only in art houses. But if it is in your area... it is hot. That is probably some sort of oxymoron -- Willem Dafoe in a hot movie. But it's true thanks to the imagination of
director/writer Lars von Trier who was previously nominated for "Dancer in the Dark". "Antichrist", much like the other current outstanding flick - "Paranormal Activity" has a small cast... two. Playing opposite Dafoe is Charlotte Gainsbourg
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The film opens with the couple going at it in the shower when their baby falls and gets killed. She goes into a deep funk. He is a psychologist who is determined to help his wife get over the loss of the baby and getting her off the medicines she has become
dependent on. He suggest they retreat to their backwoods cottage to relieve some of her tension. By relieving her tension he means to screw her as much
as possible. To say "Antichrist" borders on porn is like saying Christmas might be in December. Make no mistake, there is some serious sexing going on. |
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But much like Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" if that were all there were to the film it would have been pretty boring. No the couple soon
realize that the woods are full of the demons that have plagued her mind since the death of the baby. The trees and wildlife literally confront them and the sexing going on. This is when "Antichrist" becomes a serious horror-like thriller. But don't ask me the symbolic meaning of the talking fox who seems to be in charge of the entire menagerie! "Antichrist" sexually and psychologically goes where few films have gone before. If you are a prude and wince at two people boning every five minutes in detail this is not the movie for you. If you enjoy the otherworldly
thoughts of genuine ecstasy and the erotic sub-demons released in all of us, "Antichrist is for you. Is the sex real? Let's put it this way, a porn star was Dafoe's stunt double! --GEOFFREY BURTON
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