Falling For A Dancer (DVD)

Dancer In The Dark - Film Only

Advantages: Bjork, the musical sequences, the performances.
Disadvantages: Morally, politically, intellectually disgusting.

Dancer In The Dark, Lars Von Trier's bleak musical / docudrama hybrid, is, for me, a VERY guilty Guilty Pleasure. It is, in so many ways, a detestable, sadistic, misogynist piece of work. It is swathed in the kind of vacant, ignorant sloganeering that would be embarrassing coming from a sixth-form student, never mind a grown man. It's insulting intellectually, it's manipulative, it's wholly absurd from any narrative perspective... And yet - it has Bjork. This is where I am torn. As much as I detest Lars Von Trier's work - and I so very much detest it - I am in love with everything Bjork has ever put her name to or will put her name to or has ever even considered putting her name to. It is because of Bjork that I will watch - and have watched - Dancer In The Dark seven, fifteen, twenty-six times, and will watch it as many times ...

DavidJay 05.12.2008 · Read full review
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Falling Down

Advantages: psychological, michael douglas, social realism, dark humour
Disadvantages: depressing

must first make a purchase to be granted change. Fair enough, but eighty five cents for a soda doesn't leave him enough money for the phone call; grabbing a baseball bat from behind the counter, D-FENS proceeds to bash every overpriced item in the place in a fit of rage, then agrees a price of 50 cents for the soda, pays for it, and walks off, with his anger subsided. As the story unravels we, the audience, are forced to make a distinction between an ordinary man and a deranged psychopath. Mid-way through things are taken to a new, hilarious level when D-FENS pulls a gun on the irritating manager of a fast food restaurant after he refuses him breakfast for being two minutes over the deadline. Falling Down could quite easily be pigeon holed as a black comedy with its often cartoonishly over the top scenes of violence, but it is its ...

andycarrington 10.02.2009 · Read full review
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Fantasy May Fall in "The Fall"

Advantages: Thought provoking storyline, excellent acting, and breathtaking locations
Disadvantages: None I can think of!

; only some obvious voices for the action, but nothing showing on the screen. The film was pure fantasy and imagination until the last 20 minutes of the film or so when the story took another path, and had that acute twist; we started to see another version, with very disturbing scenes: some frightening, shocking and startling outlooks (so be warned!) If you are into fantasy, I would highly recommend you seeing The Fall; you will never regret it! Come on Give your brain a kick! Prices and availability The film is available on DVD and Blu-Ray; for rent or you can buy it online or on some supermarkets and media stores. Prices started from £4.98-£17.99. Revenge, love-triangle, magic, death and falling people! Thank you for reading. © Karimkha ~~~~ August ~~~~ 2009 ...

karimkha 19.08.2009 (21.08.2009) · Read full review
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