Breaking the Waves (1996)

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10 More ’90s Indies to Franchise
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"Now that we know, courtesy of Stu at Defamer, that Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant is not so much a remake as it is like a new entry into a franchise, a la the James Bond movies, we at SpoutBlog wonder what other ’90s indie favorites could be continued with similar yet “completely different” installments. I remember back in the day thinking that Clerks should be a franchise, each film focusing on a different crappy job experience, but now that Clerks II has come and gone, that idea will likely never be realized. Of course, the concept of sequels unrelated to the original aren’t new — just look at any sequel title substituting the number 2 (or II) with the word Too. But nevertheless, here’s a few suggestions for other crazy foreign auteurs to take into consideration: Kids - Looking back, Larry Clark’s then-shocking debut is pretty tame. Nowaday " [More]

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"I was also really blown away by the first 45 minutes of Dogville. I felt like I was watching a genius director at work. Then, as you say, he cut the ground out from beneath me, again and again. With Dogville and Breaking the Waves, I got to the point where I started to wonder why Von Trier kept allowing his characters to be brutalized again and again. When is enough? I think I've discovered that my gut-check line for when I've had enough violence is about half an hour before Lars Von Trier's. " [More]

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