How Long to Read Lars von Trier Beyond Depression

How Long Does it Take to Read Lars von Trier Beyond Depression?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Lars von Trier Beyond Depression by Linda Badley

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Lars von Trier built a reputation as a provocateur from the start—but in the late 2000s, he entered an even more inflammatory phase. Amid Cannes controversies, Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac (2013–14), and The House That Jack Built (2018) brandished the cinematic virtuosity von Trier once banned under the Dogme 95 Manifesto while subjecting audiences to “extreme” cinema. Following von Trier’s experience of clinical depression in 2006 and 2007, these films took an aggressively personal and retrospective turn against the backdrop of the director’s controversy-courting public appearances. Playing against widespread assumptions, Linda Badley takes a reparative approach, offering an in-depth examination of these four films and the contexts that produced them. Drawing on numerous interviews with the director and his collaborators as well as inside access to archival materials, she provides a thorough and comprehensive account of von Trier’s preproduction and creative process. Highlighting a transmedial turn, Badley tracks von Trier’s artistic touchstones from Wagner, Proust, and the Marquis de Sade to Scandinavian erotic cinema and serial killer genre tropes. She considers his portrayals of mental illness and therapy, gender and sexuality, nature and extinction, shedding light on the thematic concerns that unite these films as a distinct cycle. Offering nuanced readings of these films, the book emphasizes the significance of von Trier’s work for current critical and philosophical debates, showing how they engage with notions of the Anthropocene, “dark ecology,” and the postcinematic.

How long is Lars von Trier Beyond Depression?

Lars von Trier Beyond Depression by Linda Badley is 189 pages long, and a total of 48,951 words.

This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lars von Trier Beyond Depression Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 27 minutes to read Lars von Trier Beyond Depression aloud.

What Reading Level is Lars von Trier Beyond Depression?

Lars von Trier Beyond Depression is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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