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some scenes in melancholia are like gold--not fire because what we see there is static--made purely out of ice, gold seen through the indestructible density of crystal-clear ice. only von trier can do that, visually.
kirsten dunst is brilliant because of her blank stare, occasionally mask-like expression, and the genuinely mean streak. all of those work perfectly.
and if you don’t feel anything during the final scene, you never will. it’s as simple as that.