Dogville

We finally saw Dogville.
Being a fan of Von Trier's work (Europa, The Idiots, Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves, The 5 Obstructions), I can say with the painful but sweet feeling that remains in you after sitting through a 3 hour-long piece of his work, that it was my favorite. It hurts, but you know it's good. Good in the sense that if you want to make a statement, you have to cross some lines, specially you have to cross the line of people's comfort zones.
As an art director I admire the mise en scene, which is truly original. But as an spectator, I admire his braveness for telling a painful story because as the movie says, people can not take truth so easily. It's hard to watch. The same way The Lord of the Flies it's hard to read. Humankind is not as we would like it to be sometimes. But the questions that the movie brings to the table are pretty necessary in a time of high levels of immigration and unfair share of wealth and power.

Posted by Eider at June 15, 2004 06:26 AM