Lars von Trier has built his entire career on provocation, to the point where it would be much more surprising at this stage if one of his films came and went without a single ounce of controversy.
Acclaimed filmmaker thrives on pushing the boundaries of what can be sent to celluloid in mainstream film, and his two-part erotic odyssey Nymphomaniac is a perfect example. In the broadest terms, the story follows a self-diagnosed woman with the titular condition, who gifts the audience with her stories.
Divided into eight chapters counted in two volumes, the complete and uncut version of Nymphomaniac It lasts for 325 butt-numbing minutes. according FlixPatrol, his flight. I Yet that has been capturing the imagination of Netflix subscribers everywhere, having reached the platform’s top 10 most-viewed list in no fewer than seven different countries.
There was a backlash in almost every way, from character posters showing the star-studded ensemble at climax, as well as a full trailer that was packed with sexually explicit content. Nymphomaniac it originally received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, which von Trier ended up completely ignoring in favor of going completely unrated.
That turned out to be a surprisingly cunning move after flight. I made more than $ 13 million at the box office, with combined production costs of Nymphomaniac It only stands at $ 4.5 million, and now it’s finding a new lease of life in streaming.
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