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starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Eddie Constantine, János Herskó, Cæcilia Holbek Trier, Henning Jensen
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302722550
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6302722551
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: September 11, 1996
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 16447
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 01, 1992
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Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Amazing Surrealism!
I first rented this from my library and I liked it so much that I had to purchase it. This film is very surreal and grabs one and takes one on a wild ride through post-WWII Germany via the railway. The ending is also not what it seems. This is truly a find in a world of international films!
Rating: - Unjustly Neglected Masterpiece
Zentropa is one of those rare films of which it truly can be said: it's unlike any movie you will see. It's a bloody shame this is not currently available as this is one of those films that deserves a much wider audience. As a personal aside, everyone I've shared this film with - and what a widely disparate assortment of folk that is - has been astonished by it. von Triers pays homage to the great expressionist filmmakers who went before him and he does them proud.
von Triers realizes ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant Artistic and Enigmatic Tale of a Broken Europe...
The voice of Max von Sydow hypnotizes the audience by stating, "You will now listen to my voice..." as he continuous to count to ten, which pulls the viewer into a nightmarish dream. Simultaneously the opening shot of railroad tracks is flashing by, which visually puts the viewer in a trance as the screen turns black. This beginning incites the audience participation as the film definitely requires a high level of cognitive participation, unlike most films made where the story is driven by the scripted ... Read More
Rating: - Hypnotic
Surely one of the GREATEST directors of all time, this is his masterpiece. Armed with the most hypnotic narration I've ever heard & an extraordinarily abstract form, the story is constantly propelled forward by Max Von Sydow's unmistakable voice. Along with DANCER IN THE DARK, DOGVILLE & BREAKING THE WAVES, ZENTROPA is an unforgettable journey. Please plead with this film's distributor to give it the beautiful widescreen DVD release it deserves.....
Rating:  - TOO CONVOLUTED TO ENTHRALL, BUT TOO BEAUTIFUL TO IGNORE
In his typical scattered narrative, von Trier crafts a hypnotic tale of an American in the post-WWII rubble of Germany, as he gets entangled with a stunning local woman. Problem is, the woman is revealed to have been a dangerous operative during the war with far-from-simple roots.
Sounds like a fairly comprehensible theme to wrap a thriller around, but no, not under the sly lens of von Trier! His screenplay copiously employs his characteristic symbolism, effortlessly morphing between black & ... Read More
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