The Treatment of Hypnosis in Lars von Trier's Hypnotic Trilogy (1984-1991)
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Lars von Trier directed his first Trilogy between 1984 and 1991. The hypnotic trance is the nexus in common for the three films, although it is deployed in a different way in each one. We ask ourselves in this article about the relationship of the film maker with this technique. Likewise, we investigate the possible significance that it could have. To this end, we delve into the style and artistic conception of one of the most well known Danish directors who also applied the hypnotic trance in his cinematography , Carl Th. Dreyer. During this process, we realise the closeness of both film makers with the precepts of Romanticism and their personal search of the essence of the human being.
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