Check out the trailer for Lars von Trier's Antichrist, above. The film is responsible for the the biggest splash to-date at Cannes -- Reuters ticks off the various audience reactions from last night's premiere, including, but not limited to
- cheers
- jeers
- "derisive" laughter
- screams
- applause
- "loud" boos
Seems there's some graphic sexual mutilation, talking forest creatures, drill-boring through appendages, spraying blood and more. The 53-year-old Danish director, meanwhile, calls the film "the most important of my career" and himself "the world's greatest director." We wonder what the film's stars, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, have to say about all this?
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