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Karen Maarbjerg is known for Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011) and Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013).
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Karen Maarbjerg is known as an Visual Effects Producer, Producer, Post Production Coordinator, and Thanks. Some of their work includes Antichrist and Manderlay.
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- Justine, An Introduction
- Estate Grounds
- Hunting
- Melancholia Approaches
- Mother and Son, A Sinking Feeling
- Descending Horse
- Bugging
- Wedding Attire
- Melancholia Grows Closer
- Electric Ladyland
The film opens with a close-up on Kirsten Dunst’s face, brimming with a resigned sadness. As her head tilts in slow motion, Wagner’s music begins to crescendo and birds fall from the sky. The image is disarming, the birds almost look like leaves until their shapes become clearer. It recalls the Bible’s Zephaniah 1:3, which reads: This image, an int...
The film moves to a landscape shot and a large estate featuring a golf course and eerie double shadows. At the forefront of the shot is a large sundial, a pseudo-Doomsday Clock highlighting the importance of time from the outset. In the background two figures can be seen playing, most likely Claire and her son Leo (Cameron Spurr) whom she spins aro...
A still shot of The Hunters in the Snowby Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1565. The painting slowly burns while on screen, hinting at the physical destruction of the Earth. The painting originates from Early Modern Europe, generally defined as a period beginning around 1450 and lasting until the French Revolution or the Industrial Revolution i...
The camera pulls back through space to depict the planet Melancholia heading towards Earth. In Von Trier’s overt use of CGI for this effect he demonstrates that he is not mixing metaphors — a planet is indeed on its way towards Earth. The use of special effects invokes a sense of the popular disaster film, investing in the illusion to make the thre...
Von Trier returns to the hauntingly absurd with an image of Claire carrying Leo through the golf course, her legs sinking into the ground. It’s a nightmarish image which highlights the desperation of a parent to save their child. The image also speaks to Claire’s paralysis later in the film as she becomes overtaken by fear during the climax, too be...
A horse falls slowly. Horses figure throughout the film as the estate houses several of them in the stables and Justine often goes riding. The horses become vessels for the sisters’ emotions, becoming part of key character moments. Riding Abraham, a horse perhaps named after the biblical figure who tried and failed to bargain with God to spare Sodo...
Justine faces the camera, arms outstretched as insects fly around her, recalling imagery in the Bible such as the swarms of locusts who destroy crops. By standing in the midst of the swarm, Justine appears impervious to them.
In the next segment we glimpse the central characters in their wedding finery. They stand in front of the estate with Melancholia, the Moon and the Sun looming large in the sky, Justine underneath Melancholia, Leo under the Moon and Claire under the Sun. These placements speak to the characters’ own relationships with each other and the Earth. Just...
Von Trier repeats the CGI instance of Melancholia advancing on Earth, the planets obscuring each other, foreshadowing the twist in the planet’s trajectory in the film’s climax.
A medium shot of Justine as electricity shoots from her fingers, alluding to the various atmospheric disturbances that occur when the Earth’s magnetic field is breached and to Justine’s relationship with the planet. It also references the name of the character, which Von Trier has said comes from Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue by the Marquis...
Karen Maarbjerg . Active - 2009 - 2011 | Genres - Drama, Horror, Science Fiction Filmography ↓
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