Epidemic
A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.
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"Epidemic appears to be all stylistic self-indulgence. It is filmed in black and white, with often purposely redundant subtitles. Each shot is very very long. Some are stoic, some are suddenly goofy, some are disturbing, mostly stoic. When there is dialogue, it is intellectually stimulating, but borderline irrelevant. Mainly, it is that director Lars Von Trier and his screenplay collaborator Niels Vorsel play themselves, coming up with a last-minute script for a producer. This strand takes disproportionate turns with scenes from their script, in which Von Trier plays a radical doctor attemptin..."
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The story Udo Kier's character Udo tells Lars and Niels, is actually the real story of Udo Kier's birth.
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A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.