After doing unspeakable things to Willem Dafoe and Charlottle Gainsbourg‘s naughty parts in last year’s Antichrist, director Lars Von Trier has lined up a bigger target for his next film. Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, John Hurt, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgaard, Stellan Skarsgaard and Udo Kier.
We previously knew it was a sci-fi psychological disaster movie about people trying to cope with the death of the planet. And that it revolves around Dunst’s character preparing to marry Skarsgård’s character, and Stellan will play the best man to Alexander. Sutherland is playing what is described as the male protagonist.
Now we have some new details, namely the structure of the film and what to expect from the start. Check out what Von Trier said to Politiken (via /Film):
In ‘Melancholia’ I start with the end. Because what is interesting is not what happens but how it happens! So we begin by seeing the world being crushed, then we can tell the story afterwards… In this way you don’t have to sit and form theories about what will happen, but can delve down into some other levels and become interested in the pictures and the universe – that’s what I imagine.
Melancholia is looking to premiere at Cannes 2011, where I’m sure it will stir up just as much controversy as his last.
What do you think of the structure of this film? Are you ready for Von Trier’s apocalypse?