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  • Collecting Images of Liberation (Befrielsesbilleder, 1982)

    It is a challenge* to find commentary online about Lars von Trier’s film school graduation piece, Befrielsesbilleder (translated as Image of Relief / Liberation Pictures/Photos or variants of these words). Without giving away too much of the plot—is there one?—I’ve attempted to collect as much information about the film that I could dig up. Take…

  • Kirkeby’s panoramas in von Trier’s *Breaking the Waves*

    Per Kirkeby has created unforgettable works of art, some of which were commissioned for three of Lars von Trier’s films. After watching all of von Trier’s theatrical releases over the last three months, I kept returning to Kirkeby’s digitally-altered landscapes in Breaking the Waves (1996) for inspiration. To avoid spoilers, I’m including screenshots only of…

  • Summer Movies I Want to See, 2013 Part 2

    My fifth annual list of summer movies, the June edition. Monsters U and Man of Steel are the two wide-release films I’m interested in this month. For previews and synopses, go to Rotten Tomatoes Upcoming Movies.

  • Summer Movies I Want to See, 2013 Part 1

    My fifth annual list of summer movies. More to come… this is just for May so far. I must be getting picky—there are only four wide-release films on my list (see asterisks). On the other hand, it’s nice that there are twenty-six films in May alone that seem to be worth watching. For previews and…

  • Lars von Trier film spreadsheet

    A public-editable Google Docs spreadsheet to sort through Lars von Trier films. Direct edit link, or scroll down to view the work in progress here on Zepfanman.com. (Photo by Christian Geisnæs via http://melancholiathemovie.com/#_download)

  • Exploring the history of home video and music media

    I may need help (honestly). Anyone want to go on this data quest with me? It wasn’t until November, when Led Zeppelin offered their new concert film (Celebration Day) on Blu-ray, that I asked myself, “Is it finally time to stop buying DVDs?” So I began to dig into the history of home video formats,…