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Ben Gazzara, Blair Brown, Harriet Andersson, James Caan, Jean-Marc Barr
The beautiful fugitive, Grace, arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom, the self-appointed town spokesman, the little communi...( read more
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Stripped down to its raw essentials, Dogville is Dogma at its finest. Surprisingly it still feels like cinema as apposed to theatre. Its probably the most original film of the last decade, and again, totally overlooked and misunderstood. People complain there is something lacking...( read more)
While I loved the idea of playing out an entire movie in a stage - play setting (still laughing at the 'gooseberry bushes'), I still feel like this is lacking something. Possibly the story itself is a bit unsatisfactory. Even though the residents of Dogville deserved what they go...( read more)
One of my favorite movies. I interpret it to be sort of a story about Mercy and Justice. Humans need understanding and compassion, but they will never learn and become corrupt unless there is justice also. This is told through a sort of allegory like Jesus and God, and how Jes...( read more)
Dogville is one of those films where you can respect what a filmmaker is trying to do but doesn't really change the fact that it is an extremely flawed film. I highly respect Lars von Trier attempts to make something revolutionary (It's good to know after watching the awful beyo...( read more)
This was the worse movie I have ever watched. The only part I did like was the chalk lines....
Lars Von Trier takes the elements of humanity, and unclothes it, then examines it quite closely like a doctor giving someone an exam.
I was apprehensive about seeing this one. Its been in my collection for a long time and the fact that it's stripped down to its rawest form put me off - though this would later become a major positive. The movie takes place on a stage, as if it were a play. Very few props, lots o...( read more)
Exceptional use of scenery, or lack of scenery... Makes a point that not all is important when making a brilliant film.
