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The Element of Crime(Forbrydelsens Element)

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Denmark · 1984
1h 44m
Director Lars von Trier
Starring Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells
Genre Crime, Drama, Science Fiction

Fisher is an ex-detective that decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Unable to find the culprit, he turns to the controversial techniques of his former mentor, the now disgraced Osbourne. As he becomes increasingly engrossed in this method, things take a disturbing turn.

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TV Guide Magazine by

Filmed with great visual style, the film looks terrific but makes almost no sense save for its "insider" references to such films noir as Jean Luc Godard's Alphaville and Fritz Lang's M.

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The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

Crime's dreamlike tone and fantastic visuals make it impossible to forget, like an absurd nightmare that overshadows the following day. Even if Von Trier never made another movie, viewers would still watch and admire this debut.

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