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Year: 2007
Director: Lars von Trier
Plot: Lars von Trier's black comedy The Boss of It All (Direktoren for det Hele, 2006) concerns an IT company owner who - in need of a figurehead to "hide behind" when confronted with employee problems - invented the personage of a CEO during the startup period for his corporation. The scheme worked for a surprisingly long period, but when the time arrives to sell the business, massive problems arise - for the prospective buyers insist on only negotiating with the CEO, in person. Thus, the owner further extends the ruse, by hiring a down-and-out actor to impersonate the chief officer. With Direktoren for det Hele, von Trier uses a new means of filmmaking for this film: Automavision, whereby filming is done with an "automatic randomized camera" that selects the shots. It became a means for Von Trier to "clean up" his approach to directorial work and reconnect with his own love of filmmaking. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:06:06 GMTThe Boss of it All2007Lars von Trier<a href="/players/P___118403/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lars von Trier</a>'s black comedy The Boss of It All (Direktoren for det Hele, 2006) concerns an IT company owner who - in need of a figurehead to "hide behind" when confronted with employee problems - invented the personage of a CEO during the startup period for his corporation. The scheme worked for a surprisingly long period, but when the time arrives to sell the business, massive problems arise - for the prospective buyers insist on only negotiating with the CEO, in person. Thus, the owner further extends the ruse, by hiring a down-and-out actor to impersonate the chief officer. With Direktoren for det Hele, von Trier uses a new means of filmmaking for this film: Automavision, whereby filming is done with an "automatic randomized camera" that selects the shots. It became a means for Von Trier to "clean up" his approach to directorial work and reconnect with his own love of filmmaking. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide143http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u42221rndka.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Boss_of_it_All/289351/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/2/25/25578.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 2/25/2008 3:00:45 PM
Body: Anthony Kaufman points to this profile of Lars Von Trier in the Telegraph, occasioned by the UK release of the filmmaker’s last, brutally underrated feature, The Boss of it All, in which we learn that Von Trier is apparently in need of paying the mortgage aiming to put at least one more conventional English-language film in the can before continuing with the Dogville/Manderlay trilogy. His next project, called Antichrist, is described thusly: …a “psychological thriller that evolves into a horror film”. It features one man and one woman, yet to be cast, will be shot in Germany and in English this summer and deals with the favourite Von Trier topic of cruelty between the sexes: “You have to guess who is the Antichrist,” says its producer, Meta Louise Foldager, mischievously. Von Trier is testing ways of manipulating the image in it. So there’s that. While we wait, you can watch the “blooper” reel from the video Von Trier shot for the theme song to his TV series, The Kingdom. I’ve seen this thing 100 times, but it never fails to make me laugh. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:00:45 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog2/25/2008 3:00:45 PM Anthony Kaufman points to this profile of Lars Von Trier in the Telegraph, occasioned by the UK release of the filmmaker’s last, brutally underrated feature, The Boss of it All, in which we learn that Von Trier is apparently in need of paying the mortgage aiming to put at least one more conventional English-language film in the can before continuing with the Dogville/Manderlay trilogy. His next project, called Antichrist, is described thusly: …a “psychological thriller that evolves into a horror film”. It features one man and one woman, yet to be cast, will be shot in Germany and in English this summer and deals with the favourite Von Trier topic of cruelty between the sexes: “You have to guess who is the Antichrist,” says its producer, Meta Louise Foldager, mischievously. Von Trier is testing ways of manipulating the image in it. So there’s that. While we wait, you can watch the “blooper” reel from the video Von Trier shot for the theme song to his TV series, The Kingdom. I’ve seen this thing 100 times, but it never fails to make me laugh. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/2/25/25577.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/25/2008 3:00:35 PM
Body: Anthony Kaufman points to this profile of Lars Von Trier in the Telegraph, occasioned by the UK release of the filmmaker’s last, brutally underrated feature, The Boss of it All, in which we learn that Von Trier is apparently in need of paying the mortgage aiming to put at least one more conventional English-language film in the can before continuing with the Dogville/Manderlay trilogy. His next project, called Antichrist, is described thusly: …a “psychological thriller that evolves into a horror film”. It features one man and one woman, yet to be cast, will be shot in Germany and in English this summer and deals with the favourite Von Trier topic of cruelty between the sexes: “You have to guess who is the Antichrist,” says its producer, Meta Louise Foldager, mischievously. Von Trier is testing ways of manipulating the image in it. So there’s that. While we wait, you can watch the “blooper” reel from the video Von Trier shot for the theme song to his TV series, The Kingdom. I’ve seen this thing 100 times, but it never fails to make me laugh. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:00:35 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/25/2008 3:00:35 PM Anthony Kaufman points to this profile of Lars Von Trier in the Telegraph, occasioned by the UK release of the filmmaker’s last, brutally underrated feature, The Boss of it All, in which we learn that Von Trier is apparently in need of paying the mortgage aiming to put at least one more conventional English-language film in the can before continuing with the Dogville/Manderlay trilogy. His next project, called Antichrist, is described thusly: …a “psychological thriller that evolves into a horror film”. It features one man and one woman, yet to be cast, will be shot in Germany and in English this summer and deals with the favourite Von Trier topic of cruelty between the sexes: “You have to guess who is the Antichrist,” says its producer, Meta Louise Foldager, mischievously. Von Trier is testing ways of manipulating the image in it. So there’s that. While we wait, you can watch the “blooper” reel from the video Von Trier shot for the theme song to his TV series, The Kingdom. I’ve seen this thing 100 times, but it never fails to make me laugh. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/28/23279.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 12/28/2007 2:00:55 PM
Body: This is nothing like my top ten of 2007. I don’t not do top ten lists because I think they’re stupid, pointless or pretentious. I don’t do them because I never see enough films in the year to feel I’m adequately representing what is the best of the year. I don’t even feel I could represent my favorite of the year, since later on I’ll likely see some great films from this year that would qualify as my favorite(s). So, I’m just going to present some movies (or parts of movies) I really loved this year, and tell you what I loved about them. Because to me best of lists are merely a reminder of movies I still need to see, consider this a list only of things you might have missed and should definitely check out. Sunshine and The Last Winter - Two incredible science fiction stories that each ends rather disappointingly. Fortunately both are good enough until their denouements that they are completely recommendable to serious sci-fi fans and anybody else who wants to spark up some discussions about environmental issues and/or psychological implications of being out in the middle of nowhere. The Boss of It All - Not the most remarkable Von Trier film, but proof that he can make a simple comedy if that’s what he wants to do. I especially enjoyed it because I’ve had a passive boss who was exactly like the one in the film. Also, Ibn Hjejle has now been redeemed for her awful, out-of-place presence in High Fidelity. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:00:55 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com12/28/2007 2:00:55 PMThis is nothing like my top ten of 2007. I don’t not do top ten lists because I think they’re stupid, pointless or pretentious. I don’t do them because I never see enough films in the year to feel I’m adequately representing what is the best of the year. I don’t even feel I could represent my favorite of the year, since later on I’ll likely see some great films from this year that would qualify as my favorite(s). So, I’m just going to present some movies (or parts of movies) I really loved this year, and tell you what I loved about them. Because to me best of lists are merely a reminder of movies I still need to see, consider this a list only of things you might have missed and should definitely check out. Sunshine and The Last Winter - Two incredible science fiction stories that each ends rather disappointingly. Fortunately both are good enough until their denouements that they are completely recommendable to serious sci-fi fans and anybody else who wants to spark up some discussions about environmental issues and/or psychological implications of being out in the middle of nowhere. The Boss of It All - Not the most remarkable Von Trier film, but proof that he can make a simple comedy if that’s what he wants to do. I especially enjoyed it because I’ve had a passive boss who was exactly like the one in the film. Also, Ibn Hjejle has now been redeemed for her awful, out-of-place presence in High Fidelity. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/8/15/18125.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 8/15/2007 9:01:05 AM
Body: Giving credence to rumors that have been floating around for many weeks, IFC confirmed yesterday that they’re planning to move away from distributing moderate-budget festival acquisitions in order to concentrate more attention on their IFC FirstTake program. This can only be good news for VOD-loving indie film fans. FirstTake has brought some of the year’s best films to cable boxes, including Day Night Day Night, Lars Von Trier’s The Boss of it All, and current selection This is England; they already have plans to distribute highly-anticipated (by me, at least) festival holdovers such as Hannah Takes the Stairs and Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park. Can you imagine what they could do if they tried harder? Fox has struck a deal with what appears to be some kind of unofficial union called the Writing Partners, designed to lure top screenwriters to the studio by promising that the scribes will earn money off the gross if the movies get made.  This seems to be more thinly-veiled strike hysteria: Fox is worried that the crunch to get pictures in the can over the next twelve months will result in a dearth of quality, so they’re doing whatever it takes to get confirmed hit makers (Mr and Mrs Smith scribe Simon Kinberg and Little Miss Sunshine Oscar winner Michael Arndt are among the Partners) on board while they can. Len Wiseman, fresh off of resurrecting the Die Hard franchise, is in talks to steer a remake of Escape From New York. Gerard Butler (better known as “that guy from 300“) is apparently lined up to play the Kurt Russell role. Originally posted on:Spoutblog
]]>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:01:05 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/15/2007 9:01:05 AM Giving credence to rumors that have been floating around for many weeks, IFC confirmed yesterday that they’re planning to move away from distributing moderate-budget festival acquisitions in order to concentrate more attention on their IFC FirstTake program. This can only be good news for VOD-loving indie film fans. FirstTake has brought some of the year’s best films to cable boxes, including Day Night Day Night, Lars Von Trier’s The Boss of it All, and current selection This is England; they already have plans to distribute highly-anticipated (by me, at least) festival holdovers such as Hannah Takes the Stairs and Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park. Can you imagine what they could do if they tried harder? Fox has struck a deal with what appears to be some kind of unofficial union called the Writing Partners, designed to lure top screenwriters to the studio by promising that the scribes will earn money off the gross if the movies get made.  This seems to be more thinly-veiled strike hysteria: Fox is worried that the crunch to get pictures in the can over the next twelve months will result in a dearth of quality, so they’re doing whatever it takes to get confirmed hit makers (Mr and Mrs Smith scribe Simon Kinberg and Little Miss Sunshine Oscar winner Michael Arndt are among the Partners) on board while they can. Len Wiseman, fresh off of resurrecting the Die Hard franchise, is in talks to steer a remake of Escape From New York. Gerard Butler (better known as “that guy from 300“) is apparently lined up to play the Kurt Russell role. Originally posted on:Spoutblog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/deception/MemberTagFilms.aspxdeception
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