"Weirdest of all is the film’s treatment of Justine’s new husband
(Alexander Skarsgård), who apparently agreed to marry her despite
knowing about her condition, then merely shrugs when she rejects him.
Granted, Melancholia isn’t taking place in the real world, which Von Trier makes clear right from that hypernatural…

"Would people even know what to make of Melancholia were it not public knowledge that Von Trier has been suffering from clinical depression for the past few years?"