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If you approach it as a student of transgressive art—if you have survived Salò , Irreversible , A Serbian Film , and Cannibal Holocaust —then Melancholie der Engel represents a different tier. It is slower, more boring in stretches, but ultimately more haunting because of its beauty. Key aesthetic choices set it apart: Melancholie der