FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Lars von Trier - Dancer In The Dark 

There will be those who will hate Lars from Tiers Dancer In The Dark and those who love the film. Ideally we will find a solution in which Dancer In The Dark offers something for both factions. The star of the film is Björk from Iceland, who plays a Czech migrant in America. She works as a dancer and slowly begins to go blind. Selma is saving for an operation to spare her son this fate as well. It is worth noting that the film is set in the 1960s and it is likely that it was already possible to pay for such an operation at that time. But now we are not in reality, but in a musical. Lars von Trier conceived Dancer In The Dark as a soap opera (criticizing the plot for its plausibility therefore leads nowhere). Selma (Bjork) and her son live in a trailer behind the house of Bill (David Morse), a policeman who loves her (but is basically too stupid for that). He betrays her trust and that's why a deadly confrontation between them occurs. This may seem stupid, but von Trier has done the same. Selma is followed everywhere by Jeff (Peter Stormare), who wants to be her boyfriend. It is important to note that both Selma and Jeff are simple-minded characters who would be considered disabled today. Selma and Jeff in von Trier's film, however, must be seen as characters in a classic Hollywood melodrama. Selma has a good friend, Kathy (Catherine Deneuve!!!), who recognizes how Selma is going blind and wants to help her. But Selma is extremely stubborn... The movie starts with a rehearsal of Selma for the local musical production "The Sound Of Music". While the film looks like a digital video, the colors of the music numbers appear as bright as in the big Hollywood productions. We have to remember Dancer In The Dark during its creation: Lars von Trier had previously signed the Dogma Manifesto, which contains unconditional naturalism. His musical, however, follows the fashion of modernity, with the plot featuring classic characters from Hollywood's inventory: The heroine, the villain - his own sacrifice and insidious deception. Hollywood fundamentalism. Von Trier underlays this with slippery modernism. Dancer In The Dark is different from "normal" movies: Not particularly "well done", "plausible" or of "good taste". Dancer In The Dark is also not particularly "entertaining". He tears down the walls of habit that carry so much film. Lars von Tirer goes back to the origins of cinema. A bold, ruthless gesture! After all, Björk decided never to make a film again after the shoot.