by admin | Jun 9, 2026 | Antichrist, Section Seven
I’ve been working slowly through older essays, upgrading footnotes and hyperlinks, making sure tables or links to tables are up-to-date. I discovered an unpublished addition to these essays. It wasn’t published earlier, I assume, because it doesn’t...
by admin | Jul 3, 2013 | Antichrist, Section Three
“After premiering at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where Gainsbourg won the festival’s award for Best Actress, [“Antichrist”] immediately caused controversy, with critics generally praising the film’s artistic execution but strongly divided regarding its...
by admin | May 27, 2013 | Antichrist, Section Three
Back at Eden in Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist” she (Charlotte Gainsbourg) explained an incident that happened the past summer. She heard her son Nic crying. She searched everywhere for him. When she found him, he was playing contentedly, but the crying persisted for...
by admin | May 4, 2013 | Antichrist, Section Two
Like John’s antichrists Trier’s antichrists were not necessarily tyrannical globalists, but people who had not been perfected in God’s love and did not keep his commandments. Unlike John’s antichrists there was no indication in the film that they had ever known God...
by admin | Apr 22, 2013 | Antichrist, Section Two
Before I could write about Lars von Trier’s movie, I had to return to what John the Apostle had to say about antichrist (ἀντίχριστος). 1 John 2:3-6 served as a preface and point of departure for that study. Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we...
by admin | Apr 11, 2013 | Antichrist, Section Two
I was introduced to Lars von Trier’s movies in a backhanded way. A friend wanted me to watch “Melancholia” because she thought it was a waste of two hours of her life. I suspected she was afraid I might like it and call her taste into question. I was...