Friday, 4 March 2011

Lars von Trier - "The Kingdom" (Riget)

Ghost series (2 seasons, 4 ep each) from 1994. Amazing how old it looks.

But the story is good, the filming a bit shakey and not spectacular, but good enough. The characters intriguing enough.

Curious to see him talk to you directly after each episode ("so, we just saw..."). His speech after the 4th ep of season 1 was the best so far: "all we can do, is try to frighten you with stageblood. It is only when you look away that we get a grip on you. Because horror is in the mind. When you close your eyes, that's when the real terror begins.") Curious in a good way.