I was mindlessly watching Lars von Trier’s ‘Dancer in the Dark’ (original site) last night. Not actually following but I was a bit blown away by the performance of both Bjork and Catherine Deneuve. A rather cute musical and I would have certainly sat it out if I wasn’t that uninspired. Truly a remarkable combination: Bjork, Deneuve and Von Trier.
Lars von Trier’s works are pretty popular in Europe. As one of the authors of the Dogme 95 Manifesto, he was one of the champions of ‘no-nonse’ filming, preferably with cheap digital cameras. One of the first movies delivered for Dogme was ‘The Celebration’ (no known IMDB page, but check out above’s dogme site to learn more about this movie). I happened to see this movie premiering in a filmhouse in The Netherlands. Amazing movie with a remarkable story line.