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LISA ROSMAN: Lars von Trier's MELANCHOLIA is a masterpiece

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Lars von Trier is not a brother who provokes a neutral response: there are those who feel he can do no wrong, and then there are naysayers like me. Although I consider Dancer in the Dark one of the best movies of the last decade, I swore I’d never sit through another of his films after suffering through the school-play machinations of Dogville. A guy who so unilaterally criticizes America without ever having stepped foot on its soil deserves a similar boycott, I declared.
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  • By Lisa Rosman
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  • November 16, 2011 3:40 AM
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