Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a film director and screenwriter associated with Danish and international cinema in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His work has addressed psychological conflict, morality, and formal experimentation through narrative and stylistic constraint.
von Trier is discussed in film studies, Danish cinema history, and analyses of modern European cinema.
Status
von Trier’s films are examined for their use of formal devices, narrative provocation, and engagement with institutional and ethical themes. Interpretations situate his work within contemporary auteur cinema and debates on cinematic form.