Hollywood studios are usually in a mad rush to finish their effects-heavy tentpoles in time for release, but for Lars von Trier, his visual effects worries are in an entirely different ballpark. We recently got word that his two-part erotic drama Nymphomaniac would not be ready to unveil until the very end of the year and now a reason for the wait has arrived.
Those hoping to see (*ahem*) all of Shia LaBeouf will be disappointed, as producer Louise Vesth spoke to THR regarding the heavy visual effects work and said, “We shot the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles, who really did have sex, and in post we will digital-impose the two. So above the waist it will be the star and the below the waist it will be the doubles.”
He also gave the news that our director will be finishing both parts before releasing anything and he even uses “experimental graphical elements” such as “double exposures and imposing words and symbols over the action as part of his storytelling.” Even though the marketing has led us to believe this one is strictly about the sex, Vesth adds, “Lars has thrown everything in this one. It’s about religion, about God, about philosophy. There’s so much to talk about with this movie.”
I can’t imagine it would be a von Trier film without that last bit and as we await more news, check out the previously released art for the film starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Stacy Martin, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Udo Kier, and Jean-Marc Barr.
Synopsis:
The film is a wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Gainsbourg). On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Skarsgård), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multi-faceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.
What do you think of this visual effects method?