Movie Review - Melancholia Moi

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Melancholia opens with an eight minute poetic prologue set to wagner's trystan. The movie divides into two parts, the first part is the wedding ceremony from hell. And meanwhile, clare is getting more and more anxious about this planet called melancholia that's hurtling towards earth. So it's kind of bleak, but for some reason, this movie has captivated me even more than usual.

David and Tamler sink deeper and deeper into Melancholia, Lars von Trier’s harrowing and stunningly beautiful depiction of depression, anxiety, and a wedding reception that just won’t end. They bring Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia” into the conversation and confront the question: what if the depressed and anxious people are right?

Plus Whoopi, M&Ms, baby brain waves, Rogan – we empty out the opening segment Slack.

Note: We recorded the opening segment before the latest development in the Joe Rogan story, but we briefly address that in the promo segment right after the break.