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On the DVD: The Kingdom on disc has audio and visual reproduction that is authentically Trier, with English subtitles and 10 access points per episode. Each part is viewable separately or in sequence, though make sure you don't lose some of the director's amusingly offbeat postscripts. The first disc also features Tranceformer, a frank insight into the mind and movies of Lars von Trier with extracts from his features between 1984 and 95. --Richard Whitehouse
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Disc 1: The Unheavenly Host (Ep1), Kingdom Come (Ep2)
Disc 2: Hark & Ye shall hear (Ep3), The Foreign Body (Ep4), The Living Dead (Ep5)
Danish with English Subtitles
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I saw this purely by accident quite a while ago, and was completely bowled over by the experience. It has just about everything that you could want - hauntings, unexpected pregnancy, several unscrupulous doctors (one of them being prepared to go to extreme lengths to get his hands on a dying patient's liver), racial intolerance, and above all else, the feeling that there is something else going on that you just can't quite put your finger on. To top it all off, the only person who seems to understand what is really happening, is the guy who washes the dishes in the canteen.
I think that it's fair to say that this is not for everyone. However, if you enjoy the style of David Lynch, or indeed the other creations of Lars von Trier, then you'll get more out of this than most.
Only two complaints - why is this not on DVD; why is the second series impossible to find in any format.
Watch this and you'll be thinking about it for weeks afterwards.
- The English subtitle is not optional. As a scandinavian, I understand Danish and Swedish quite well, and would prefer not being disturbed by the subtitles.
- In the original TV series, von Trier appeared during the final credits of each episode. In this edition, episodes 1-2 and 3-4-5 are presented together, so three of von Triers speeches are missing.
- The sequel is not available on DVD yet. Once you've watched this one, you'll desperately want to watch The Kingdom II (1997).
- And lastly, as two of the main actors passed away after The Kingdom II, nobody knows if the story will ever be concluded, in The Kingdom III.
I saw this purely by accident quite a while ago, and was completely bowled over by the experience. It has just about everything that you could want - hauntings, unexpected pregnancy, several unscrupulous doctors (one of them being prepared to go to extreme lengths to get his hands on a dying patient's liver), racial intolerance, and above all else, the feeling that there is something else going on that you just can't quite put your finger on. To top it all off, the only person who seems to understand what is really happening, is the guy who washes the dishes in the canteen.
I think that it's fair to say that this is not for everyone. However, if you enjoy the style of David Lynch, or indeed the other creations of Lars von Trier, then you'll get more out of this than most.
Watch this and you'll be thinking about it for weeks afterwards.
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