Sunday, 8 March 2015

"[The way in which the film depicts her] progressive suffering [puts] us in the position of the..."

“[The way in which the film depicts her] progressive suffering [puts] us in the position of the sadistic observer secretly enjoying what he officially condemns”



- [Lars von Trier’s film Dancer in the Dark professes] compassion with the excessively good heroine. [But the way in which the film depicts her] progressive suffering [puts] us in the position of the sadistic observer secretly enjoying what he officially condms: this sadistic pleasure is ..the hidden truth of compassion. And for this, von Trier should never be forgiven.

- Lenin’s Choice - SLAVOJ ZIZEK
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