Images - The Element of Crime

<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>DVD Review <font size="4"><br>The Element of Crime</font> <br>by David Ng</font> <P><font size="6" color="#FF0000"><b>L</b></font>ars von Trier’s <i>The Element of Crime</i> is so unlike his most recent feature <i>Dancer in the Dark</i> that you might wonder if it’s made by the same man. First released in 1984, it was his first movie to earn international acclaim, garnering the Grand Technical Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It is also the first part of his trilogy about post-war Europe and the lingering effects of Fascism (the other two films are <i>Epidemic</i> and <i>Zentropa</i>). Photographed almost entirely in black and sepia tones, <i>The Element of Crime</i> recreates the hypnosis that its hero, a down-and-out detective named Fisher (Michael Elphick), undergoes to solve a rash of serial killings. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>