dogville is such a heart wrenching experience. had cinema been a spoken language, lars von trier had always been outright and unapologetic yet very pooignantly lyrical.
i like the fact that there were no elaborate props and set in this movie. instead of focusing entirely to the panoramic town situated in the foot of a lush mountain,the audience were drawn to the personnages and their character development. as for the actors, their acting prowess was put to test since there was barely anything to hide any of their lapses. this technique (at least for me) is not bothering at all. in fact, once you get a hang of this, you won't even notice this unconventionality.
as for the main personnage,grace (portrayed by the sublime nicole kidman) was molded a little similar to selma of dancer in the dark; naive, forgiving and altruistic. though i am not sure if this is intentional. oh yes, dogville and dancer in the dark are part of a trilogy about US being a land of promise or something. (note to my avid reader/s:correct me if i'm wrong, ok? ). anyway, their only difference: this gracey girl can pull a trigger and burn (a) house(s) down, literally. anyway, the main plot revolves around the nature of human conscience and how this "imaginary friend" is usually neglected, if not totally silenced, whenever human beings decided to act like dogs and begin to do deplorable acts to others. however, self restraint has an end and when a badly beaten and deeply disparaged man (well in this case, woman) reach the day of reckoning, expect retaliation worst than the second world war. ika nga ni fjp, puno na ang salop.
dogville is a cinematic excursion not for the weakhearted. it may not be as brutal and as tormenting as dancer in the dark, but it is nefarious nonetheless. after all, what would you expect from the man who introcuded the world to selma jezkova?
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