Dancer In The Dark DVD

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Production Year: 2000 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Lars Von Trier - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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The final installment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of...
more...heightened pseudorealism and fabricated melodrama to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Bjork), a Czech immigrant living in 1964 Washington State with her 12-year-old son, Gene (Vladan Kostic). On the verge of blindness, Selma spends her days working in a factory, as well as performing other odd jobs, in order to save up enough money to pay for an operation that will cure Gene of the same disease. To pass the time, Selma fantasizes that her own life is a musical, one in which her friends join her in sweeping song-and-dance routines. After her neighbor Bill (David Morse) discovers Selma's hidden savings and steals them from her, she is forced to perform an act of salvation that will condemn her forever. As the innocent Selma, Bjork is one of the most fragile and heartbreaking presences the screen has ever seen. Her unbearably moving performance is enough to keep the viewer mesmerized throughout, even amid the story gaps and inconsistencies. Featuring compassionate supporting turns by Catherine Deneuve and Peter Stormare, DANCER IN THE DARK is an unrelenting gut punch that will have sympathetic audiences quivering with uncontrollable emotion.





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You have seen the rest now Trier the best
A review by cat02 on Dancer In The Dark DVD
December 1st, 2000


Author's product rating:   Dancer In The Dark DVD - rated by cat02

Did you enjoy it? Loved it 
Characters / Performances Outstanding 
Soundtrack Outstanding 
How does it compare to similar films? Not applicable 

Advantages: Great songs and acting
Disadvantages: don't watch if you are depressed  -  it might tip you over the edge

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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This film is the best film i have ever seen. At the start the camera angles and some of the dialogue made me think it was a waste of £7, but soon i overcame this to realise what a fantastinc film this really is.

I originally went to see the film because of Bjork, and she is the star of the film, but i enjoyed all the actors.

I bought the CD before watching the film, and i found it strange to have other people singing the parts, and most of the songs had completly different words.

By the end of the film, i think everyone in the cinema was crying. 

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Special Effects Good 
How does it compare to others by the same director? Good 
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