Lars von Trier’s Europe Trilogy

 

Year: 1984 | 1987 | 1991

Time: 104 | 106 | 107 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 1168

Release Date: Tuesday, 17 January 2023

MSRP: $99.95

 

Blu-ray

3 Discs

1.85:1

1.66:1

2.39:1

English PCM Stereo 2.0

English PCM Mono 1.0

English PCM Mono 1.0

Subtitles: English

Region A

 

 Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997), a documentary by Stig Björkman   Trailer for The Element of Crime   Audio commentary for Europa featuring director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen   The Making of “Europa” (1991), a documentary following the film from storyboarding to production   Trier’s Element (1991), a documentary featuring an interview with Lars von Trier, and footage from the set and Europa’s Cannes premiere and press conference   Anecdotes from Europa (2005), a short documentary featuring interviews with film historian Peter Schepelern, actor Jean-Marc Barr, producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, assistant director Tómas Gislason, co-writer Niels Vørsel, and prop master Peter Grant   Lars von Trier - Anecdotes: a short 2005 documentary about various collaborators' experiences working director Lars von Trier features interviews with costume designer Manon Rasmussen, film-school teacher Mogens Rukov, editor/director Tómas Gislason, producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, art director Peter Grant, actor Michael Simpson, production manager Per Arman, actor Ole Ernst   A Conversation with Lars von Trier: the director talks about the Europe Trilogy   Audio commentary for The Element of Crime featuring director Lars von Trier, cinematographer Tom Elling and editor Tomas Gislason   Audio commentary for Epidemic featuring director Lars von Trier and screenwriter and actor Niels Vørsel   Ennenstadt Europa - The Making of "The Element of Crime": 1984 documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with director Lars von Trier, executive producer Per Holst, and actors Michael Elphick and Meme Lai, plus more   Anecdotes from Epidemic: a short 2005 documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with film scholar Peter Schepelern, screenwriter and actor Niels Vørsel, cinematographer Kristoffer Nyholm, actors Udo Kier and Michael Simpson, and film consultant Claes Kastholm Hansen   Storyboarding "The Element of Crime": interview with cinematographer Tom Elling   Two short student films by von Trier: Nocturne (1980) and Images of Liberation (1982)   Danish television interview with Lars von Trier from 1991   Trailer for Epidemic   Trailer for Europa   From Dreyer to von Trier: interview with director of photography Henning Bendtsen   The Emotional Music Script for "Europa": Interview with composer Joachim Holbek   Audio commentary for Europa featuring director Lars von Trier and actors Jean-Marc Barr and Udo Kier   Audio commentary for The Element of Crime featuring film scholar Peter Schepelern and filmmaker and critic Stig Björkman   Anecdotes from "The Element of Crime": 2005 documentary featuring interviews with film scholar Peter Schepelern, film and sound editor Tómas Gislason, assistant director Åke Sandgren, executive producer Per Holst, prop master Peter Grant, production manager Per Arman, gaffer Birger Larsen, and sound recordist Henrik Fleischer   Booklet featuring an essay by Howard Hampton