Boss of It All, The Denmark / Sweden / Italy / France
2006, 98min.
Prod.: Meta Louise Foldager, Signe Jensen, Vibeke Windeløv, Script/ Dir.: Lars von Trier, Dir. of Phot.: Lars von Trier, Molly Malene Stensgaard, Sound: Kristian Eidnes Andersen, Edit.: Molly Marlene Stensgaard.
Cast: Jens Albinus (Kristoffer), Peter Gantzler (Ravn), Fridrik Thór Fridriksson (Finnur), Benedikt Erlingsson (Interpreter), Iben Hjejle (Lise)
Lars von Trier's black comedy The Boss of It All (Direktoren for det Hele, 2006) concerns an IT company owner who - in need of a figurehead to "hide behind" when confronted with employee problems - invented the personage of a CEO during the startup period for his corporation. The scheme worked for a surprisingly long period, but when the time arrives to sell the business, massive problems arise - for the prospective buyers insist on negotiating only with the CEO, in person. Thus, the owner further extends the ruse, by hiring a down-and-out actor to impersonate the chief officer. With Direktoren for det Hele, von Trier uses a new means of filmmaking: Automavision, whereby filming is done with an "automatic randomized camera" that selects the shots. It became a means for Von Trier to "clean up" his approach to directorial work and reconnect with his own love of filmmaking. (All Movie Guide).
| Trier, Lars von Lars von Trier (born 30.04.1956, Copenhagen, Denmark)
He graduated from the Danish Film School in 1983 with his short film "Images of a relief," ("Befrielsesbilleder") which won the Best Film award at the Munich Film Festival the following year. He had his real breakthrough with the Forbrydelsens element (1984) (Element of Crime), an expressionistic, yellow-tinted and post-modern film with a psychological theme, for which he won the Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
Image of Relief (Befrielsesbilleder, 1982), The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element, 1984) Epidemic (1987), Europa (Zentropa, 1991), Breaking the Waves (1996), The Idiots (Idioterne, 1998), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Manderlay (2005), The Boss of It All (Direktøren for det hele, 2006), To Each His Cinema (segment "Occupations", 2007.
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