imagine you saw an alien spacecraft and your first reaction was to critique its flat color palette and unimaginative lines

Dogville (2003) dir. Lars von Trier

Dancer in the dark (2000): Sometimes the punishment doesn’t measure up to the crime.

Lars von Trier

- Rapists and murderers may be the victims, according to you. But I, I call them dogs, and if they’re lapping up their own vomit, the only way to stop them is with the lash. - But dogs only obey their own nature. So why shouldn’t we forgive them? - Dogs can be taught many useful things, but not if we forgive them every time they obey their own nature.

On Nicole Kidman’s birthday, here are some of the characters powerfully brought to cinematic life by this intrepid, unparalleled, and breathtaking acting genius. 👑

I’m in love.

rather not by rorosi