LORDS OF CHAOS
by Jonas Åkerlund
synopsis
For black-clad nihilist Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, the founding member of pioneering Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, making music simply isn’t enough. He wants to make a difference by spreading his mantra of chaos and suffering across Norway. But when his band face an unexpected tragedy, Euronymous’ megalomaniacal dreams appear to slip away. That is, until he meets Varg, an emotionally volatile superfan who becomes the group’s newest member and demands that Euronymous act on his vision and cause real havoc, with catastrophic results. Drawing inspiration from Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind’s book Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground, this bracingly unconventional biopic is every bit as raucous, energetic and offensive as its contentious subject matter deserves.
international title: | Lords of Chaos |
original title: | Lords of Chaos |
country: | United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, United States |
sales agent: | Protagonist Pictures |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jonas Åkerlund |
film run: | 112' |
release date: | DE 20/02/2019, UK 29/03/2019 |
screenplay: | Jonas Åkerlund, Dennis Magnusson |
cast: | Jon Øigarden, Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jack Kilmer, Sky Ferreira, Valter Skarsgård, Anthony De La Torre, Sam Coleman, Gustaf Hammarsten, Jonathan Barnwell |
cinematography by: | Pär M. Ekberg |
film editing: | Jonas Åkerlund, Rickard Krantz |
art director: | Emma Fairley |
costumes designer: | Susie Coulthard |
producer: | Jack Arbuthnott, Jim Czarnecki, Kwesi Dickson, Danny Gabai, Erik Gordon, Kai-Lu Hsiung, Ko Mori, Frederick Zander |
co-producer: | Jacqui Edenbrow, Abazar Khayami |
executive producer: | Carlo Dusi, Vincent Landay, Eddy Moretti, Adam Parfrey, Ashley Richardson, Shane Smith, Jonas Åkerlund |
associate producer: | Casey Feldman, Travis Callahan |
line producer: | Judit Sós, Håkon Øverås |
production: | 4 1/2 Film AS, The Chimney Pot Sweden / Chimney, RSA Films, Scott Free Productions, Eleven Arts (US), Insurgent Media (US) |
distributor: | Studio Hamburg Enterprises, Arrow Film Distributors |