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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780780022881 Format: Color, Letterboxed, Original recording remastered, NTSC ISBN: 0780022882 Label: Homevision Manufacturer: Homevision Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Homevision Release Date: June 13, 2000 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: Homevision Theatrical Release Date: 1984 Sales Rank: 45069 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Lars von Trier's (Breaking the Wavesand Zentropa) debut film has enjoyed cult status in Europe since its intial relases in 1984. Fisher (Michael Elphick, Buddy's Song), an ex-cop living in Cairo, is called to his old beat somewhere i Amazon.com: It may prove confounding to anyone expecting a more conventional narrative, but The Element of Crime--the debut feature of Danish visionary Lars von Trier--marks the arrival of an audaciously original talent; the film is deeply personal in its inspirations yet richly informed by a pure love of cinema. Approaching a hard-boiled detective plot from a hypnotically subconscious perspective (thus establishing the tone he would echo in his later films Epidemic and Europa), von Trier presents a murder case solved from the inside out. Which is to say, the plot unfolds as recollected under hypnosis by Fisher (Michael Elphick), the grizzled cop who investigates the case. This framework is arguably beside the point; it's merely von Trier's way of entering a post-apocalyptic world of his own making, flooded and decaying, and filmed entirely in an amber-tinted tone punctuated only by blue police lights and sickly green fluorescents. By following principles of crime solving conceived by his mentor (played by British film veteran Esmond Knight), Fisher closes in on an awful revelation that spins The Element of Crime into another psychological dimension. Multilayered, deliberately paced, and atmospheric in the extreme (which less appreciative viewers may find intolerable), The Element of Crime elicits a dream state that is simultaneously oppressive and visually unforgettable, crammed with symbolic subtleties and cinematic references that can only be fully absorbed over multiple viewings. To say the least, this is a film that grows on you. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - so pretentiously boring, and definitely will bore you to deathterrible! i was fooled by some critics' high praises to this movie and tried pretty hard to seek this movie out. but doom on me, this movie is so pretentious, so ridiculous, so snail-crawling slow. the screenplay is also deadbeat. whole movie with amber lens painted everything in brownish color. the dialog, my god, it's also so boring and i often found myself couldn't keep my attention to what's going on. if you tried to tell me it's so good, so deep, so.....then you must be from another planet. ... Read More Rating:  - Lars is a scary geniusLars von Trier is a provocatuer film maker and you can see the roots of that persona in his first major film, Tlement of Crime. Once you accept the conceit that the entire film is happening in the protagonist's subconcious under hypnosis, it all makes a startling kind of brutal sense. This is not "sci-fi" or "futuristic". It is a straightforward story of Europe at the end of the 20th century seen through a nightmarish veil. It's brilliant. I wish I admired all of his work as much as I like this film. Rating:  - Extraordinary debut by one of the greatest filmmakers today, Lars von TrierA reviewer posted earlier than von Trier was the future of cinema. I think he's definitely part of it. This was his first feature film, and it's stunning. Shot in sepia with flashes of blue throughout, it's very reminscent of Tarkovsky. It's slow, thought provoking, brooding, and gives a mood of sadness and dread. Von Trier's early work has none of the hand held camera work that is characteristic of his later films. This film (along with Epidemic and Europa) are classically composed, and von Trier ... Read More Rating: - Hunk 'O Junk!This movie is about the biggest piece of turd any one filmmaker could drop. I'm sorry to be so blunt but I have never been so frustrated or tired with one movie in my life. It's completely unwatchable. You never know what's going on, and just when you think you do, you realize that you were wrong and you really didn't know at all! Don't waste your time or your money on buying this. Matter of fact, don't even rent it. borrow it from a friend or the library for free, then you won't feel cheated. Rating: - From the director of "Dogville"...This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film. This is Lars Von Trier's first major film. It is truly a masterpeice debut. Filmed in monochrome using orange tinted film, it adds a film noir effect to it in a way. There are a few scenes though with shades of blue and green. Just like Dogville, The film is the first in a trilogy. Element of Crime follows a policeman who returns to Europe to solve a murder after a long stay in Egypt. The film takes place in a post ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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