The Kingdom: Exodus

TV or Not TV | Lars’ Anatomy: “The Kingdom” Returns

By Michael Sicinski | 01/10/2023 | Columns,  CS93,  From Cinema Scope Magazine,  TV or not TV
This is von Trier using the language of postmodernism, appropriation, and pastiche to remind us that The Kingdom is essentially a put-on. It would be impossible for any halfway attentive viewer to miss Exodus’ citations of Lynch, Maddin, Tarkovsky, Ghostbusters
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