The Boss of It All (Direktøren for det hele) ***
Lars von Trier, 2007
Denmark
@ IFC Center
This film contains possibly the most hilariously absurd ending I know of. Edited in computer-directed Automavision (seemingly random cuts to slightly different shots within scenes) and shot almost entirely in an antiseptic office environment, it's about as far as you can get from beautiful, but that fits the ugly behavior. The narrative is based on the idea that the head of some software company hates to be disliked and thus created the imaginary titular figurehead to take all the blame. He finds an actor to play the role when it's time to sell the company, though the actor becomes much more emotionally involved than either party planned on. Von Trier makes very clever use of omniscient voiceovers in a few key places, hypermediating the experience for us.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Lars von Trier, 2007
Denmark
@ IFC Center
This film contains possibly the most hilariously absurd ending I know of. Edited in computer-directed Automavision (seemingly random cuts to slightly different shots within scenes) and shot almost entirely in an antiseptic office environment, it's about as far as you can get from beautiful, but that fits the ugly behavior. The narrative is based on the idea that the head of some software company hates to be disliked and thus created the imaginary titular figurehead to take all the blame. He finds an actor to play the role when it's time to sell the company, though the actor becomes much more emotionally involved than either party planned on. Von Trier makes very clever use of omniscient voiceovers in a few key places, hypermediating the experience for us.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Labels: 2007, 3 Stars, Denmark, Lars von Trier
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