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Actors: Lars von Trier, Niels Vorsel, Udo Kier
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Epidemic |
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EPIDEMIC was directed by the Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier in 1987.
Lars, a director, and Niels, a script writer, do have a slight problem. The screenplay they were supposed to give to their professor, after 18 months of work, has disappeared from the memory of their computer. Now, they just have five days to write another script they decide to name "Epidemic". The story will describe the effects of a plague affecting Denmark. The two students question a scholar at the City Library and start to write and to imagine their movie. On the next day, they drive to Germany to visit a few industrial cities whose shady atmosphere inspires them greatly.
Three days later, they invite their professor home and give their screenplay to him. Lars and Niels have anticipated their professor's disappointment in front of their twelve pages script and have therefore asked a medium to come and "feel" the events described in "Epidemic".
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Epidemic |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Scandinavia
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing full frontal--men
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Scandinavian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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