An old man(Stellan Skarsgård) finds a woman(Charlotte Gainsbourg) lying down hurt in a deserted alley. He takes her to his home and takes care of her. Before she goes to sleep he asks her story. She narrates her life as a sex addict.
Like his(Lars von Trier) other films, there is no scarcity for cruelity, violence and sex (but unenjoyable).
The Vol.I emphasizes on the story, hence somewhat entertaining. Vol.II plays mostly on philosophies. The theories of Seligman were quite interesting yet movie doesn't feel as moving as it tries to be. Though each of them are only two hours long, they seem too long because of their slow pace.
Casting is great. Everyone does justice to their role especially Charlotte's audacious acting takes the cake. Cinematography is as arty as the film bringing out some of the beautiful imagery and cruelity of the scene hand in hand with editing.
Lars von Trier as usual shocks us with his unexpected climax of the series and leaves us dumbstruck that, after all these talks of philosophies and moralities, still raw human emotions overshadows the virtue. In a way, we are made fool of watching the two movies expecting it to be philosophical enlightening but crashing down to all are bullshit in real world, just in the last two minutes of this four hour long series. This could have been better made into a single movie than into two parts. May be that would make it fit to be in silver screen. Or releasing these two as TV movies would be justifiable.
Both Nymphomaniac Vol.I and Vol.II doesn't come out as a great porn nor as a deep philosophical movie. Neverthless, they are an interesting combination of art, philosophy and sex.
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| Film's promotional posters are all fascinatingly creative |
Like his(Lars von Trier) other films, there is no scarcity for cruelity, violence and sex (but unenjoyable).
The Vol.I emphasizes on the story, hence somewhat entertaining. Vol.II plays mostly on philosophies. The theories of Seligman were quite interesting yet movie doesn't feel as moving as it tries to be. Though each of them are only two hours long, they seem too long because of their slow pace.
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| Sex addict narrating her story |
Casting is great. Everyone does justice to their role especially Charlotte's audacious acting takes the cake. Cinematography is as arty as the film bringing out some of the beautiful imagery and cruelity of the scene hand in hand with editing.
Lars von Trier as usual shocks us with his unexpected climax of the series and leaves us dumbstruck that, after all these talks of philosophies and moralities, still raw human emotions overshadows the virtue. In a way, we are made fool of watching the two movies expecting it to be philosophical enlightening but crashing down to all are bullshit in real world, just in the last two minutes of this four hour long series. This could have been better made into a single movie than into two parts. May be that would make it fit to be in silver screen. Or releasing these two as TV movies would be justifiable.
Both Nymphomaniac Vol.I and Vol.II doesn't come out as a great porn nor as a deep philosophical movie. Neverthless, they are an interesting combination of art, philosophy and sex.
