{"id":3494,"date":"2014-03-21T17:46:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T17:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/long-beach-cinematheque-to-screen-lars-von-trier-s-nymp-maniac-among-other-controversial-films\/"},"modified":"2014-03-21T17:46:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T17:46:37","slug":"long-beach-cinematheque-to-screen-lars-von-trier-s-nymp-maniac-among-other-controversial-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/art\/long-beach-cinematheque-to-screen-lars-von-trier-s-nymp-maniac-among-other-controversial-films","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Cinematheque to Screen Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymp()maniac,’ Among Other Controversial Films"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Photos courtesy of Magnolia.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Long Beach Cinematheque will become the sole Southern Californian source outside of Los Angeles\u2019s famed Nuart Theatre to be showing Lars Von Trier\u2019s controversial Nymph()maniac.<\/em><\/p>\n

The film will be screening at the movie organization\u2019s Frida Cinema in Santa Ana and the securing this seminal film showcases how quickly the power of the Long Beach Cinematheque\u2019s ability to be an influence for art-house film has risen. Given that The Frida has just started \u201cputting art up on walls,\u201d as founder Logan Crow describes screening movies, the Nymph()maniac <\/em>showing is also impressive as it will premiere just one week after the film\u2019s LA premiere.<\/p>\n

\"NymphApril marks the month where the Long Beach Cinematheque will focus on controversial cinema\u2014and Nymph()maniac<\/em> marks the peak of what will be an entire retrospective at the Frida dedicated to Von Trier\u2019s divisive work. Highlights include: Europa<\/em>, the filmmaker\u2019s third part of his \u201cEurope trilogy;\u201d Breaking the Waves<\/em> and Palm d\u2019Or winner Dancer in the Dark<\/em>, the first and final parts of the man\u2019s \u201cGolden Heart Trilogy;\u201d Dogville<\/em> and Manderlay<\/em>, the first two of the director\u2019s \u201cUSA: Land of Opportunities trilogy\u201d (though Von Trier has admittedly never been to the States); and Antichrist<\/em> and Melancholia<\/em>, the first two parts of his \u201cDepression Trilogy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Danish director and screenwriter is as adored as much as he is repulsed by audiences across the world, his work infamously drawing both boos and cheers at film festivals such as Cannes and Sundance. Von Trier drew immense criticism\u2014not to mention an unwelcomed badge from the board of directors\u2014at his 2011 Cannes appearance when he stated he was a Nazi<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat can I say? I understand Hitler. He did some wrong things, absolutely, but I can see him sitting there in his bunker at the end\u2026 I sympathize with him, yes, a little bit\u2026But come on, I am not for the second world war, and I am not against Jews. I am very much for Jews; well not too much because Israel is a pain in the ass. But still, how can I get out of this sentence\u2026 Okay, I’m a Nazi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nymph()maniac<\/em>, divided into two full-length parts due to the massive length of the original cut, marks the final part of Von Trier\u2019s \u201cDepression Trilogy.\u201d The first part will appear at The Frida in a run from March 28 to April 10; Part II will begin on April 11 and run through to April 24.<\/p>\n

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