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Medea (1988)
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Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 11
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 18, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Euridipides' Greek tragedy MEDEA is transposed to Denmark in this 1988 television entry from Lars von Trier. Following Jason's betrayal of the woman he once loved, Medea vows revenge upon her... [More]
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The moment you can forget about Dreyer--or at least reduce his contribution to some parts of the dialogue-- Medea becomes an exhilarating visual feast.
07/12/04
Top CriticThe cryptic tale is an exercise in long takes and roundabout dialogue, where every character speaks in riddles.
01/27/04
Works on von Trier's own imagistic terms.
09/05/03
Top CriticAdapted from a script composed by the late Danish silent filmmaker Carl Theodor Dryer, this narrative is quiet and elegant.
08/30/03
Medea concentrates on the human story of ambition and jealousy
05/18/03
Produced for Danish television in 1987, Medea is a remarkable, streamlined minimalist tone poem.
05/12/03
Literal and simple-minded.
05/10/03
The muddy, overly-pixilated pictures begin to resonate with a punchy beauty found in very few shot-on-film movies.
05/02/03
... Has the haunted air of a silent film unearthed just before its irretrievable decay.
04/18/03
No admirer of Mr. von Trier's work should miss this compelling rarity.
04/17/03
Top CriticIn one startling scene, it appeared to me as if I was looking at Van Gogh's wheatfields with the wind swirling forcefully in and out of the fields.
04/15/03
It's difficult to imagine the Euripides original ever being more eloquently adapted.
04/15/03
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