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    The Element of Crime

    1987 · Science fiction · 1h 40m

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  1. The Element of Crime (Danish: Forbrydelsens Element) is a 1984 experimental neo-noir crime film co-written and directed by Lars von Trier.It is the first feature film directed by von Trier and the first installment of the director's Europa trilogy – succeeded by Epidemic (1987) and Europa (1991).

  2. May 14, 1984 · The Element of Crime: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells. A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.

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    • Crime, Drama, Thriller
    • Lars von Trier
    • 1984-05-14
  3. The Element of Crime is very similar to and even on par with another film noir with a science fiction slant, Jean-Luc Goddard's Alphaville. Both are mysterious and atmospheric, as any film noir ...

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    • Michael Elphick
    • Lars Von Trier
    • Sci-Fi
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  4. Film and sound editor. Tómas Gislason. Wardrobe. Manon Rasmussen. Music composed by. Bo Holten. Lars von Trier’s stunning debut feature is a grungily expressionistic hallucination—a trancelike trawl through fractured memories, a murder mystery, and the psychic limbo of cultural displacement. From his exile in Cairo, a former police ...

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  5. 1. Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which involves empathizing with ...

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  7. Sep 18, 2000 · The elements play a fundamental role in the world of Lars von Trier, as in that of his great mentor and countryman, Carl Theodor Dreyer. Water, earth, fire, air—all fill the screen at one time or another. Drenched in mud and rain, The Element of Crime inhabits a true twilight zone, bereft of heroes and integrity. Fisher’s obsessive attempt ...

  8. Jan 14, 2023 · Picture 8/10. The Criterion Collection upgrades their previous DVD edition for Lars von Trier’s debut feature, The Element of Crime, to Blu-ray, presenting the film on a dual-layer disc in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1 with a 1080p/24hz high-definition encode. The new presentation is sourced from a 3K restoration performed by Zentropa and ...

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