Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy (Blu-ray)

With his dazzling first three features, Lars von Trier sought nothing less than to map the soul of Europeits troubled past, anxious present, and uncertain future. Linked by a fascination with hypnotic states and the mesmeric possibilities of cinema, the films that make up the Europe TrilogyThe Element of Crime, Epidemic, and Europafilter the continents turbulent history, guilt, and traumas through the Danish provocateurs audacious deconstructions of genres including film noir, melodrama, horror, and science fiction. Above all, they are bravura showcases for von Triers hallucinatory visuals, with each shot a tour de force of technical invention and dark imagination.THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration of Europa, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack, and 3K digital restorations of The Element of Crime and Epidemic, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Audio commentaries featuring director Lars von Trier and others Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997