Lars von Trier's PSA

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by: Mike Sampson Sep. 17, 2009

I'm sure you're familiar with the so-called "policy trailers" that run before movies. You know, the ones where Celebrity A or Movie Character B tells you in a cheeky kind of way to please turn off your cell phone and to not talk during the movie? Well director Lars von Trier (ANTICHRIST) has no such time for cheekiness.

You probably won't see this PSA in your local movie theater but it's a three-minute short titled "Occupations" that von Trier directed for the anthology film “Chacun Son Cinéma” (To Each His Own Cinema). It follows von Trier as he attempts to watch a movie and the gabby businessman who sits next to him. What follows is perhaps a little bit of an overreaction but effective, I suppose. Check it out below...

Source: JoBlo.com

Extra Tidbit: Look for the very brief and odd cameo by Willem Dafoe.

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9:29PM on 09/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
For a while....
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin did play this for a long while as their PSA last year. They switch it up every few months, but it's usually something just as funny...and violent.
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin did play this for a long while as their PSA last year. They switch it up every few months, but it's usually something just as funny...and violent.
 
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DPlainview
12:44AM on 09/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Another GENIUS work from the all-mighty Trier
Another GENIUS work from the all-mighty Trier
 
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Mut
2:12PM on 09/17/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Not really a fan of von Trier, but that was pretty damn funny.
Not really a fan of von Trier, but that was pretty damn funny.
 
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Arvindh
10:05AM on 09/17/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hehe...that was fun. But I cant tell you how much I DONT LIKE "Manderlay". Seriously...it's an experimental artsy flick but it's just.so.boooring. I cant even begin to say HOW boring...
Hehe...that was fun. But I cant tell you how much I DONT LIKE "Manderlay". Seriously...it's an experimental artsy flick but it's just.so.boooring. I cant even begin to say HOW boring...
 
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HoyleHaw
9:27AM on 09/17/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Too bad, I'm sure a lot of folks would wish a PSA that over-the-top would make it into the multiplexes.

And I think the movie they're watching is von Trier's "Manderlay," which has Dafoe in it.
Too bad, I'm sure a lot of folks would wish a PSA that over-the-top would make it into the multiplexes.

And I think the movie they're watching is von Trier's "Manderlay," which has Dafoe in it.