Dec '18
Okay, this is a really good movie. A serial killer who makes his victims into art recounts several of his killings. It's all shown in very classy and sophisticated way, and Matt Dillion gives an awesome performance. In the last half hour, things take a very strange and unexpected turn, becoming much more of an arthouse film.
But I think I may have been duped, and actually ended up with the R-rated version. If it was truly the director's cut that I watched, it's not anywhere near as brutal as I've been led to believe. Every time things started to get really nasty, the camera always seemed to cut out way too early. Honestly, I found Lars von Trier's earlier film, Antichrist, to be much more disturbing.
But I think I may have been duped, and actually ended up with the R-rated version. If it was truly the director's cut that I watched, it's not anywhere near as brutal as I've been led to believe. Every time things started to get really nasty, the camera always seemed to cut out way too early. Honestly, I found Lars von Trier's earlier film, Antichrist, to be much more disturbing.