Harman, Justine (13 March 2014). "Christian Slater Owes His Role in Nymphomanic To Maybelline". Elle . Retrieved 9 January 2020. On the Melbourne community radio station, 3RRR, film criticism program "Plato's Cave" praised vonTrier's work on Nymphomaniac and presenters, Thomas Caldwell and Josh Nelson, defended the director against accusations of misogyny. Both presenters agreed that actresses who vonTrier has worked with, such as Nicole Kidman and Björk, have delivered excellent performances in his films, while Nelson referred to Antichrist and Melancholia, the first two installments of the Depression Trilogy, as "masterpieces". Caldwell concludes the review by stating, "... if you're coming new to him [vonTrier], I think this is a real crash course in all his preoccupations." [40]

Matthew Jacobs (29 November 2013). "New 'Nymphomaniac' Clip Places Charlotte Gainsbourg in Compromising Position (Very NSFW)". Huffington Post . Retrieved 21 February 2014.Ida,' 'Leviathan' Top European Film Awards Nominations". Variety. 8 November 2014 . Retrieved 9 November 2014. One thing did bother me about the film(s), and that's the way in which Von Trier chose to wrap things up. I won't spoil the ending for those who have a desire to watch it, but I will say that the ending of Vol. II has one of the characters acting in a way that seems diametrically opposed to the way they conducted themselves up until this point in the movie(s). I suppose that could also be a deliberate statement about the nature of people that Von Trier is trying to convey, but it feels like a rather weak and cheap way to provide an ending to his story. After Seligman explains how he feels Bach perfected polyphony, Joe uses his example to talk about three lovers leading up to her " cantus firmus". The "bass voice", F ( Nicolas Bro) is a tender but predictable man who puts her sexual needs above his own. The "second voice", G (Christian Gade Bjerrum), thrills Joe because of his animalistic control of her in bed. During one of Joe's regular walks in the local park, Jerôme finds her after separating from Liz, a coincidence Seligman finds preposterous, and they embrace. As the two engage in authentically passionate sex – set alongside Joe's experiences with F and G – Joe becomes emotionally distraught when discovering she can no longer "feel anything". A JOYOUS WORK OF FLAT-OUT GENIUS. It’s a blast, full of life and energy and ideas and humor and sexy naked bodies."

NYMPHOMANIAC VOL. II (18)". Artificial Eye. British Board of Film Classification. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 . Retrieved 30 January 2014. The saddest part about this release schedule is that Nymphomaniac Volume I and Volume II: Extended Director’s Cut might very well be one of the greatest, most ambitious projects any filmmaker has undertaken this century. It’s a film of ideas so grand and sometimes ridiculous that it demanded more than to be released in a few art house markets months after people had already satiated their curiosity about the salaciousness of the project. At a very lengthy running time of five and a half hours, the director’s cut of Nymph()maniac transforms from a film, into something akin to a manifesto.Extended Director's Cut Teaser Trailer (HD, 1 min.) – The teaser trailer for the extended version of both 'Nymphomaniac' volumes. Nymphomaniac by Various Artists on Apple Music". Apple Music. 27 June 2014 . Retrieved 19 April 2019.

In my review of the theatrical cut of Nymphomaniac, I mentioned that it was not likely a movie (or movies, as even this 'Extended Director's Cut' remains separated into two distinct volumes) I would have a desire to sit through again, unless the Director's Cut made its way to Blu-ray. Well, thanks a lot, Magnolia. With roughly 80 more minutes of footage to sit through across the two films (and nothing cut from the original – at least nothing that I could remember), viewers now have the option to watch this longer, more hardcore version of the film(s), although there's little in terms of storytelling or plot different from the shorter cut. The Characters (HD, 9 ½ min.) – Some of the actors talk about their characters in the movie, with comments from Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Stacy Martin. Film distributors are almost exclusively interested in making money off the works they’re releasing, as opposed to fulfilling the visions of the works’ creators. While it would be fruitless to enter a discussion about the inefficiency of that system, it must be said that the year 2014 gave us two very clear examples of how artistic statements suffer when they are butchered, censored, and/or modified to satisfy the needs of distributors.

In October 2013, a series of posters were released, each depicting the film's characters during the moment of orgasm. [30] Along with the appetizers and the character posters, five theatrical posters (three for the complete feature and one for each volume) and an international trailer featuring some of the explicit sexual scenes, were released. [31] [32] World premiere of Lars vonTrier's Long Uncut Version of Nymphomaniac Volume I". berlinale . Retrieved 1 January 2014. Peter Krogh Andersen (February 2015). "FAKTA Her er årets vindere af Robert-prisen" . Retrieved 3 March 2015.

We shot the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles, who really did have sex, and in post we will digital impose the two. So above the waist it will be the star and the[ sic] below the waist it will be the doubles. [21] The director’s cut of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, divided into two symmetrical parts that chronicle the same story from different angles, is a profound exploration of desire, giving lead actor Jessica Chastain the opportunity to play the same character in two very different ways. What comes across as a bipolar character in the version that was first released turns out to be a beautifully realized, not to mention majestically acted, fully-formed person in the longer version. Unfortunately, with respects to viewership, by the time the full cut came out it was too little (and too much) too late. Nymphomaniac review by Martin Solibakke". Mancunion. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016 . Retrieved 28 April 2014.LaBeouf got his role in Nymphomaniac by sending a tape of himself having intercourse with his girlfriend Karolyn Pho to vonTrier. [18] Slater got connected to vonTrier via his agent being in Denmark and used makeup under his eyes to make himself look old enough to be Joe's father. [19] An intellectual high-wire act, death-defying, dangerous, entertaining, and delighting in its own inventiveness and daring."