Spotlight on Lars von Trier: Medea

Thursday, February 2, 2012 | 9:25 pm
1987/color/76 min./digital
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Scr: Lars von Trier, Preben Thomsen; dir: Lars von Trier; w/ Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Preben Lerdoff Rye.

Working from a screenplay co-written by Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer (The Passion of Joan of Arc, Day of Wrath, Ordet), Von Trier transforms the Greek myth of a  woman scorned by her lover into an atmospheric and intimate epic. Made for Danish television, Von Trier’s transcendent film meditates on the splendors of nature and its magical bond with the vengeful Medea.

“[Von Trier’s] best film . . . It's difficult to imagine the Euripides original ever being more eloquently adapted.”—Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice

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For Medea only, admission is $5. Tickets: 323 857-6010 or purchase online.