Epidemic (1987)
- Directed by
- Lars von Trier
- Genre
- drama film, horror film, thriller film
- Country
- Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 137 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker and his co-writer rush to write a script for a producer. Their story about a doctor fighting a plague is intercut with scenes of them working.
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What happens
Epidemic is a 1987 Danish comedy-horror film co-written and directed by Lars von Trier, the second installment of Trier's Europa trilogy, following The Element of Crime (1984) and succeeded by Europa (1991). Co-written by Trier and Niels Vørsel, the film focuses on the screenwriting process. Vørsel and Trier play themselves, coming up with a last-minute script for a producer. The story is inter-cut with scenes from the film they write, in which Trier plays a renegade doctor trying to cure a modern-day epidemic. The film marks the first in a series of collaborations between Trier and Udo Kier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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