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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Lad magazines say that it's worth watching this [[TrueArtIsAngsty angsty]] and [[TearJerker depressing]] movie just to see Creator/KirstenDunst in all her naked glory.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Lad magazines say that it's worth watching this [[TrueArtIsAngsty angsty]] and [[TearJerker depressing]] movie just to see Creator/KirstenDunst in all her naked glory.



* TrueArtIsAngsty: Well, it's Creator/LarsVonTrier, what did you expect?
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** Cannes juries invoked this. Creator/OlivierAssayas, who was one of the Cannes jurors back in 2011, [[https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/cannes-jury-melancholia-palme-dor-tree-of-life-1202234293/ revealed]] that a majority of juries initially wanted to give this movie the festival's top prize [[UsefulNotes/PalmedOr Palme d'Or]]. However, because of von Trier's controversial Nazi remarks along with Jury President Robert De Niro's lack of familiarity with international cinema, the juries decided to give the award to Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheTreeOfLife''.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The use of Wagner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qoaioG2UA Tristan and Isolde Prelude]] throughout the movie sets the tone [[WorldHalfEmpty for the movie.]]

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** Cannes juries invoked this. Creator/OlivierAssayas, who was one of the Cannes jurors back in 2011, [[https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/cannes-jury-melancholia-palme-dor-tree-of-life-1202234293/ revealed]] that a majority of juries initially wanted to give this movie the festival's top prize [[UsefulNotes/PalmedOr Palme d'Or]]. However, because of von Trier's controversial Nazi remarks along with Jury President Robert De Niro's Creator/RobertDeNiro's lack of familiarity with international cinema, the juries decided to give the award to Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheTreeOfLife''.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The use of Wagner's Music/RichardWagner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qoaioG2UA Tristan "Tristan and Isolde Prelude]] Prelude"]] throughout the movie sets the tone [[WorldHalfEmpty for the movie.]]
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** [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation However]], jury's out how unintentional that is supposed to be - [[TruthInTelevision people suffering from depression can be prone to cruelty towards others in a self-destructive manner, with some experiencing their disorders primarily through anger]], on top of the fact that Justine is dealing with the end of the world.
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* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Alegi-6vsE As pointed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHXjNGzPbS4 out by]] [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]], the film romanticizes depression, a serious mental disorder, and tries to depict it as something beautiful and poignant. In treatment terms, the idea that depressed people are ''actually'' enlightened, or just being realistic and seeing the world as it really is, while non-depressed people are ignorant and clinging to delusional fantasies is a legitimate problem therapists have trouble getting out of depressed peoples' heads.
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* JerkassWoobie : Justine. Yes, she is unpleasant but she suffer from depression and her family don't understand her.
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** Cannes juries invoked this. Olivier Assayas, who was one of the Cannes jurors back in 2011, [[https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/cannes-jury-melancholia-palme-dor-tree-of-life-1202234293/ revealed]] that a majority of juries initially wanted to give this movie the festival's top prize [[UsefulNotes/PalmedOr Palme d'Or]]. However, because of von Trier's controversial Nazi remarks along with Jury President Robert De Niro's lack of familiarity with international cinema, the juries decided to give the award to Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheTreeOfLife''.

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** Cannes juries invoked this. Olivier Assayas, Creator/OlivierAssayas, who was one of the Cannes jurors back in 2011, [[https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/cannes-jury-melancholia-palme-dor-tree-of-life-1202234293/ revealed]] that a majority of juries initially wanted to give this movie the festival's top prize [[UsefulNotes/PalmedOr Palme d'Or]]. However, because of von Trier's controversial Nazi remarks along with Jury President Robert De Niro's lack of familiarity with international cinema, the juries decided to give the award to Creator/TerrenceMalick's ''Film/TheTreeOfLife''.
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** Sending lanterns with names and heartfelt notes floating into the night is done on Obon -- basically Buddhist Day Of The Dead.

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** Sending Lighting and sending sky lanterns with names and heartfelt notes floating into the night is done typically performed on Obon -- basically the day of the Bon Festival in Japan, and is essentially the Buddhist equivalent to the Day Of of The Dead.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The use of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Prelude throughout the movie sets the tone [[WorldHalfEmpty for the movie.]]

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The use of Wagner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-qoaioG2UA Tristan and Isolde Prelude Prelude]] throughout the movie sets the tone [[WorldHalfEmpty for the movie.]]
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* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Alegi-6vsE As pointed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHXjNGzPbS4 out by]] [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]], the film romanticizes depression, a serious mental disorder, and tries to depict it as something beautiful and poignant.

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* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Alegi-6vsE As pointed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHXjNGzPbS4 out by]] [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]], the film romanticizes depression, a serious mental disorder, and tries to depict it as something beautiful and poignant. In treatment terms, the idea that depressed people are ''actually'' enlightened, or just being realistic and seeing the world as it really is, while non-depressed people are ignorant and clinging to delusional fantasies is a legitimate problem therapists have trouble getting out of depressed peoples' heads.

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