Lars von Trier – att måla undergången

Lars von Trier’s films are filled with references to art history, and his visual language often has a painterly quality.

Focusing on the so-called Depression Trilogy – Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011) and Nymphomaniac (2013) – writer and literary critic Sara Abdollahi discusses how von Trier uses art to portray depression, melancholy and doom.