Breaking the Waves

[Keith Brecher]

When I saw Lars Von Triers' remarkable new movie "Breaking the Waves," the
person I was with said: "Hey, man, that was a great movie, but what the
hell does the title mean?" We had no idea, but recently, re-reading GR, I
came across the phrase "the breaking of the wave" in the Roger/Jessica
church visit episode and I've since wondered whether this might not be the
source of the film's mysterious title. Independently of "Breaking the
Waves," I sort of thought Von Trier's earlier release "Zentropa" showed
evidence of TRP influence, but I dismissed that sort of thinking as paranoid. 
  Does anybody else think the title from "Breaking the Waves" comes from
GR? How about TRP's influence on Von Trier?

Keith_Brecher at brown.edu