FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Lars von Trier - The Boss Of It All 

Lars von Trier - ever suffered a box office low, it was around 2005 when he produced The Boss Of It All. At the time, von Trier was suffering from depression and had problems finishing more elaborate films such as Antichrist. That's why few know this satire, which gleefully attacks comfortable liberal values. So how should both believing and non-believing von Trier devotees deal with it? So we put the DVD on our novelty shelf in 2006, knowing full well that Scandinavian comedies have always been held in high regard by you. In itself very easy to lend! Unfortunately, The Boss Of It All turned out to be a bit conventional. An office comedy, possibly even inspired by Ricky Gervais? Enter Ravn (Peter Gantzler), an easy going Danish manufacturer. The goods he produces go unmentioned. He is simply an entrepreneur, i.e. a prototype. He desperately tries to be loved by his workforce. This goes so far that he invents his own imaginary boss for difficult management decisions. This is the one who decides everything unpleasant. A kind of GMBH that is liable for everything that Ravn does not want to inflict on his employees himself. For this role he hires the unemployed actor Kristoffer (Jens Albinus). This cocky artist sees this as an opportunity for a method acting gig. He even forces Ravn to cede real powers to him (with Ravn increasingly horrified by his creation). It's a Hollywood template that sounds all too familiar, which is why Lars von Trier resorts to some mannerisms. Everything seems strangely differentiated, there are obligatory jump cuts and faulty framings. At the time, von Trier even claimed that a specially invented computer programme was responsible for the slanted camera angles (=The Boss Of It All). He called it Automavision and to this day no one knows if the programme ever existed? Most of you think that Lars von Trier must be one of the least funny people under the sun. Think of his creepily dark works! But The Boss Of it All may prove you wrong and provides some real laughs. It's funny that an annoying female employee screams when the printer beeps. Nevertheless, back in 2006 we hoped Lars von Trier would return in his old form to really provoke us once again. Fortunately, he did.