Yup he explicitly credited Twin Peaks. He even said particularly that he thought working in the TV medium brought out different qualities from Lynch compared to his films, which inspired him to try his hand at TV as well, even though there wasn't a lot of precedent for auteur TV in Denmark. (Which again shows the impact of TP and how it encouraged auteurs to try their hand at a series format, basically paving the way for "Golden Age"/Peak TV)

independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/all-stitched-up-well-nearly-1527519.html
thequietus.com/articles/06550-the-original-garth-marenghi-s-darkplace-lars-von-trier-s-the-kingdom

I wonder if this will in turn be inspired by The Return def possible it was a reason he thought he can still do this in the first place tbh, very similar setup with the 23 years later.

Two of my favourite directors. Nice to know there's a connection between them

In!

Cast News:

Several members of the original cast of Lars von Trier’s hospital series The Kingdom have returned for the third season, including Danish actors Ghita Nørby, Peter Mygind and Søren Pilmark.

screendaily.com/news/lars-von-triers-the-kingdom-exodus-adds-new-and-returning-cast/5159676.article

shooting now on location in Copenhagen and in a studio until the end of summer.

I’ve been looking for the original for a bit have no idea where to find

^

I hope Lars is well

Movie town used to have it

@op @Aruji pretty amazing longer interview with Lars from late last year, touches on so much film and literature topics...

on S3:

• says he's been writing the third season for 2 years (whereas Dogville for example took him only 7 days)
• asked what he's doing in the new season: "there's all kinds of splatter, everything's there. It's bad taste... that's important to me" lol

He's trembling heavily because he's on heavy antidepressants looks p bad. Had to watch in 2x speed because it's a bit irritating tbh, but highly recommend watching the whole thing.

news

first teaser + poster out! (see OP!)

releases in the fall/autumn

Episodes: 5 - Duration: 60 min per episode

Feature film may premiere in Venice this September (around 3 hrs)

you in kino? @Soupvillain

In but don’t know what it is

is that a sub?

ktt2.com/kino

Just read a Danish interview from Lars Von Trier about “Riget 3”

He talks about listening to the new ABBA record. He thinks it sounds like Cats, that ABBA has become to good, self aware and wants to make art.
They used to be rebels and just do what they wanted to do.
He himself struggles with self awareness and has to “get past himself” to make something good.

He don’t feel he has the courage and strength anymore. He thought making “Riget 3” would be easy, as he has always thought “Riget” was left hand work and a way for Zentropa to get money, but it took a year to write the script.
He reminisced a bit about writing the script for “Dogville” in a week on coke and booze.

Interview in danish here:
weekendavisen.dk/2021-52/kultur/hvorfor-er-det-mig-der-skal-slaas-ihjel?utm_medium=fb_boost&utm_source=mkt_social&utm_content=evergreens&utm_campaign=wa_always_on&fbclid=IwAR1CxvM4k7eCgT7P1QpH2SkJJiE9OxAj6T9Pf8AXeKdUEEiDRYK2q_Dhy-4#Echobox=1658259189

Lars Von Trier got a TV show?

is a remaster of the first seasons coming out?

yea, season 1 and 2 restorations will come out first on Mubi this November and then season 3 will start on the 27th till Christmas

the remasters are out for s1 and 2 in nordic countries. the rips are quite bad though but the resto looks good. gonna subscribe to that streaming service and just watch it there

season 3 has already debuted here too, ep 11 out today

yea I noticed some countries have s3 out already, wild!

I'll watch when all the eps are out though