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SUMMARY:🎬 Europa trilogy: Epidemic (1987)
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DESCRIPTION:Lars von Trier | 1987 | Denmark | 106’ | EN subtitles\n\nThe no
	w rarely screened Europa trilogy was a major breakthrough for cult Danish\
	ndirector Lars von Trier. It moves between expressionism\, surrealism\, an
	d\navant-garde formalism\; the trilogy constructs a dreamlike\, often nigh
	tmarish\nvision of a continent haunted by its own history. Those films por
	tray the\nEuropean continent as an entity that lacks coherent cultural ide
	ntity and is\nbuilt on unresolved generational traumas as well as obsolete
	 ideologies.\n\nEpidemic\, the second instalment of the trilogy\, is also 
	the oddest and perhaps\nmost elusive of the three. This self-reflexive cre
	ation takes the form of a\nquasi-documentary chronicle of the development 
	of a screenplay for a film that\nwas never made\, blurring the boundaries 
	between fiction and reality\, creation\nand performance. Starring Lars von
	 Trier himself as Dr. Messmer\, the film\nunfolds as a truly bizarre journ
	ey into the process of filmmaking. Interwoven\nwith this narrative is a pa
	rallel storyline depicting epidemics that have\nravaged Europe throughout 
	history\, gradually transforming the fictional\nscreenplay into a dark\, a
	pocalyptic vision.\n\nThis screening is a part of our programme dedicated 
	to Lars von Trier’s Europa\ntrilogy. Please see the full programme below:\
	n\n07/11 | The Element of Crime (1984)\n11/11 | Epidemic (1987)\n18/11 | E
	uropa (1991)\n 
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/europa-trilogy-epidemic-1987
GEO:52.381974;4.8703107
LOCATION:Filmhuis Cavia - Van Hallstraat 52-1\, 1051 HH Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,documentary,film,performance,staatsliedenbuurt
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Lars von Trier | 1987 | Denmark | 1
	06’ | EN subtitles</strong><br><br>The now rarely screened <em>Europa</em>
	 trilogy was a major breakthrough for cult Danish director Lars von Trier.
	 It moves between expressionism, surrealism, and avant-garde formalism; th
	e trilogy constructs a dreamlike, often nightmarish vision of a continent 
	haunted by its own history. Those films portray the European continent as 
	an entity that lacks coherent cultural identity and is built on unresolved
	 generational traumas as well as obsolete ideologies.<br><br><em>Epidemic<
	/em>, the second instalment of the trilogy, is also the oddest and perhaps
	 most elusive of the three. This self-reflexive creation takes the form of
	 a quasi-documentary chronicle of the development of a screenplay for a fi
	lm that was never made, blurring the boundaries between fiction and realit
	y, creation and performance. Starring Lars von Trier himself as Dr. Messme
	r, the film unfolds as a truly bizarre journey into the process of filmmak
	ing. Interwoven with this narrative is a parallel storyline depicting epid
	emics that have ravaged Europe throughout history, gradually transforming 
	the fictional screenplay into a dark, apocalyptic vision.<br><br><strong>T
	his screening is a part of our programme dedicated to Lars von Trier’s <em
	>Europa</em> trilogy. Please see the full programme below:</strong><br><br
	>07/11&nbsp;| The Element of Crime (1984)<br>11/11&nbsp;| Epidemic (1987)<
	br>18/11&nbsp;| Europa (1991)<br>&nbsp;</p>
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