TheVanillaGorilla
04-10-23, 12:09 PM
Judging by Lars Von teirs interviews I think it's transparent that alot of his own philosophy's are in line with his twisted character Jack who argues that morality should have no place in art. I believe this film can be seen as a self-confession of sorts in which Lars expresses his views through Jack. Maybe not all of his views are in line with him or maybe I'm giving Lars the benefits of the doubt on that one. Some of his takes I do agree with though. I do like the idea of destruction being a form of creation and even profoundly beautiful at times especially when depicted through paintings film and literature. My favourite work of art depicting chaos is the painting "The fall of Rome" painted by russian artist Karl Bryullo which is as terrifying as it is beautiful. On the other hand arguing that a serial killer is an artist and that his victims can be seen as the canvas is to distasteful in my opinion as a real image of someone destroying life's and trying to convey his sick fantasy's as art isn't art in my opinion, or maybe I'm contradicting myself. The question is where is the line in art? And is there one? I believe it depends on the context. The falling Man for instance which is a real image of human suffering, showing a man falling from the world trade center. Can that photograph be seen as art? Well it is certainly is a profound image of a horrific historical event so I believe yes it can. When it comes to serial killers though I enjoy fictional stories like American Psycho and Texas chainsaw massacre but films based on real serial killers are often done too stylistically, almost as if trying to convey the murderer as cool to get you intrigued by the killer and as a result giving these sick narcissistic murderers what they wanted all along which is fame and attention. Back to the film though it was a strange movie experience, in which I couldn't tell if what I was watching was a secret masterpiece or if it was just a potentious vanity project. My second viewing I enjoyed it much more though, this certainly is a unique film worth watching