"1335150","39","archive","608",,,"disk0/01/33/51/50","2012-02-01 11:21:42","2018-05-27 23:32:44","2012-02-01 11:21:42","thesis",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","","0",,,"Chow","PS","","","","",,,,,"","","Losing Control: Lars von Trier and the Production of Authenticity and the Auteur","unpub","","","none",,,"film studies, auteur studies",,"This thesis examines Lars von Trier’s latest three films, The Five Obstructions
(2003), The Boss of It All (2006), and Antichrist (2009), and posits that a principal
thread running through his oeuvre is the motif of losing control. He explores the
idea of relinquishing control at varying levels in the films: from liberating the
subject matter, to liberating the camera, to liberating the director from the creative
process.
I posit two broad arguments: first, the paradoxical act of losing control
through establishing obstructions, as manifested through von Trier’s practice, is a
conduit through which authenticity in the cinematic experience is wrought. The
second argument suggests that the conceit of surrendering aesthetic control is
simultaneously his effort at manifesting his selfhood and identity as an auteur.
Through the process of deconstructing the agency of the auteur, von Trier is
simultaneously constructing and asserting the persona that is Lars von Trier. The
self-reflexive construction of his persona signifies the authenticity which he often
seeks to express, and thus, it is a curious exploration of how one becomes an
‘authentic’ auteur, where the dynamic between control and play might be
characterised as the muse and inspiration that drives his art.","2010-12",,,,,,,,,"117",,,,,,,"National University of Singapore",,"Masters",,,,,,"Yeoh","G","","","",,"","",,"","",,,,,,,,"","",,,,,"",,,,,,,,"taught_masters_md_only",,"eng",,,,,,,,,,"verified_manual","Manually entered","379895",,,,,,,,,,,,,"Chow","Pei - Sze","","","PSCHO70",,,,,"",