The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to the next screening
of its Philm Club series:
De grønne slagtere (The Green Butchers), 2003
Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen
Danish with English subtitles, 100 min.
A macabre concoction that plays like a colloboration between the Coen brothers and the Jean-Pierre Jeunet/Marc Caro team working at half-speed, the underwhelming cannibal comedy The Green Butchers stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas in the dual role of a stoner butcher who gets off on slaughtering God’s creatures, and his twin brother, a brain-damaged animal lover who spends much of the film hooked up to a respirator. Mads Mikkelsen co-stars as Kaas’ partner, a sad-sack, meat-obsessed loser perpetually coated in a veil of flop sweat. Mikkelsen stumbles upon the key to success when he begins serving human flesh at his butcher shop—unsurprisingly, it tastes like delicious chicken—and the boys’ mystery meat soon makes them the toast of a small town conveniently full of morbidly obese loners whose absence nobody seems to notice.
Nathan Rabin, A.V. Club
Friday, 5 November, 6:00 p.m.
Zrinyi 14/ room 412
The Philm Club aims at screening and discussing movies that raise
philosophically relevant issues in accessible as well as entertaining ways. Find out more on the club's blog: http://philmclub.wordpress.com/