Very Bad Wizards cover image

Episode 230: Be Happy (Lars von Trier's "Melancholia")

Very Bad Wizards

00:00

Christendon and the Father Leave

Everybody, everybody just leaves. And again, weirdly, not with the sort of drama that you might expect at a hispaning or a jewish weddingwhere there might be more yelling at people. They just casually get in their cars and they have this exchange where he says, things could have been different. I mean, i read it straight forwardly as him really thinking that if she had merely chosen to not be depressed this this night, or these past few weeks, or in their courtship, it really could have worked out. We would have been the perfect couple. Don't you see that?

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app