To Paglia, Antichrist manages to merge these ages-old ideas and conceptions “into a wondrous, cinematic universe by Von Trier’s imagination” (Laura, H. She likens man’s fear of woman to the fear of the vastness and mysteriousness of nature. The American feminist Camille Paglia argues that men are afraid of the mystery of woman, especially in relation to her powers of fertility (Laura, H. This is an attempt to discover exactly what makes Antichrist such a target for angry criticism, as well as to interpret its’ symbolism through applying feminist theories. Such consultant was employed to furnish Lars with ‘proof’ of ‘the fact’ that women are evil, using sources that go back to Aristotle, who described the female as a “mutilated male” (Raphael, A. This time, such accusations would have been hard to pass off as superficial, especially since at the end of the film he credits a ‘misogyny consultant’ (Raphael, A. 118), are two examples of strongly critical statements that the film has received. This film can be described as a “psychological drama about the couple’s different responses to the loss of their child” (Buch-Hansen, 2011).Ĭlaims that Antichrist’s view towards women is “the most openly, psychopathically hostile” (Tookey, C, 2009), and that the film “confirms and legitimizes sexual violence against women” (Jensen, 2009, cited in Buch-Hansen, 2011, p. However, none of these seem to have gathered as much hate from the feminist camp as Antichrist (2009). Lead characters in Von Trier’s Golden Heart Trilogy
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