You might have heard that Lars Von Trier’s new film Antichrist, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, opened this week at the Cannes Film Festival to controversy, boos and possibly one of the most hostile press conferences in the history of the Festival.
Well, controversy continues to sell and indieWIRE is reporting that IFC has picked up the rights to release the film in the United States. No specific release date has been given, but presumably we’ll be seeing the same film that was screened in France.
Based on reports from those that have seen it, the film is guaranteed to get an NC-17 rating if submitted to the MPAA. But it doesn’t sound like IFC has any interest in cutting it to gain an R. With a built-in, albeit limited, audience for Antichrist, there isn’t a reason that film can’t be released unrated.
Hopefully we’ll see the film, at least On Demand, by the end of the year.
Do you plan on seeing Antichrist? Do you think the film should be edited to try and reach a more broad audience?