There’s nudity, very full-on sex, and poor Dafoe’s privates take a beating. While beloved by many critics and featuring a startlingly brave performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist is most infamous for its scenes of graphic sexuality. Way back in 2009, Danish director Lars von Trier was promoting Antichrist, one of his tougher-to-stomach films. But did you know that he’s also packing a serious piece of equipment? One that’s so foreboding that it unsettled one of the most unnerving directors of our era? Yeah, we’re going there. His career is storied, his collaborations with friends like Abel Ferrara iconic, and his face inimitable. Remember when he didn’t win the Oscar for The Florida Project? Because that loss bloody haunts me. Who else could play Jesus Christ, the Green Goblin, an evil animated fox, a hard-drinking salty lighthouse keeper, and a vampire, AND still have time to strut the runway at fashion week? This man can. He’s one of our generation’s great character actors, a perennial supporting player who makes everything he’s in better through the sheer force of his presence.
