LARS VON TRIER - A CURZON COLLECTION - Collector's Edition

Purchased for my partner for Christmas. Arrived next day perfect condition lovely collectable item with lots of detail partner was very pleased.

I love the fact that Curzon are now branching out into creating these lavish retrospectives of a director's work. This is quite a rarity in physical media now and it is so good to be able to get all of a director's work in one place. And no better place choice than Lars Von Trier.This has pretty much all of his work (apart from Dancer In The Dark, due I imagine to a rights issue).There are some new scans of his works, including for the whole Europe Trilogy, The Idiots, Dogsville and Boss Of It All. The transfers are all of great quality and a real step up from DVD.All of his work generates a strong reaction in viewers, something that is to be cherished as you can never accuse him of ever being bland! He is often described as a trickster and this is partly true, but when watching his films I also get a really genuinely felt emotion from his characters and their extreme predicaments.The box set also looks incredible, housed in some amazing artwork and a lavish outer box. There are also some posters, a copy of the dogme rules and a really interesting book.I really hope Curzon will bring some more more director box sets out - I'd would love to see a Michael Haneke one for instance and also Catherine Breillat (two other similarly fearless directors).

Great collection of Triers work, dancer in the dark missing but can get cheaply separate from box set. All films are the directors cuts or the extended editions rather than theatrical. Restored films are visually noticeable and impressive considering their earlier dvd counterparts. Extra posters of the curzon poster, artwork and Dogme 95 manifesto, rules and vow of chastity are a nice inclusion. Essay booklet is really interesting and informative. Definitely worth the purchase and is price is great for the 14 films and extras in the boxset.

some is ok but it's not worth the price.£170 is way to much but you love + you hopefully learn.erm.

Love the set. Thanks Curzon! Next time, I will buy direct or somewhere else. Amazon put it in a box without support, sent it to America, and the beautiful box set Curzon put together was dinged up. Want to replace it? They'll give a small refund ($8) on you shipping costs (at least $30) to send back to their warehouse and I'll get a replacement that could be as poorly sent as the first? I can't do that. I learned my lesson. So upset about this because they really ruined something beautiful with no means to fix it.

This set is absolute perfection, and it is clear that Curzon cares about the films they curate. Sure it would have been great if Dancer in the Dark was included, but rights issues often get in the way of these things, unfortunately. If you are a fan, or if you are looking for a set of masterclass films that push boundaries, then don’t hesitate, grab this set!

The films included in this box set might not be every single one made by von Trier, but distribution will always hamper these kind of releases. What is included is an amazing collection, not for everyone, but if you like to be challenged by the movies you watch, this is for you. Packaging looks really well-designed, too. Hieronymus Bosch-like.

Regardless, every other film is brilliant, and coming from the singular mind of one of contemporary cinema's greatest auteurs. That film's omission is likely due to rights issues. It's easy enough to buy it separately, to complete his work. Everything that IS included easily pushes this into five star category.

Schöne und üppige Ausstattung, sehr gute Bildqualität.Empfehlenswert!