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Film: Dancer In The Dark (2000) by Lars Von Trier
English Language, (no subtitles available).
Dancer In The Dark
Dancer in the Dark is an award–winning musical film drama released in 2000. It was directed by Lars von Trier and stars Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Vladica Kostic, Cara Seymour and Peter Stormare. The soundtrack for the film, released as the album Selmasongs, was written mainly by Bjork, but a number of songs featured contributions from Mark Bell and the lyrics were by Lars Von Trier and Sjon. Reaction to “Dancer in the Dark” was extremely mixed; for example, on The Movie Show, Margaret Pomeranz gave it 5 stars while David Stratton gave it 0 — the only time this has ever happened. The mixed response to the film is reflected in the film's official website, which posts both positive and negative reviews on its main page. The film was praised for its stylistic innovations: Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times stated that “It smashes down the walls of habit that surround so many movies. It returns to the wellsprings. It is a bold, reckless gesture.” and Edward Guthmann from the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “It’s great to see a movie so courageous and affecting, so committed to its own differentness.” However, criticism was directed at its storyline: Jonathan Foreman of the New York Post described the film as “meretricious fakery” and called it “so unrelenting in its manipulative sentimentality that, if it had been made by an American and shot in a more conventional manner, it would be seen as a bad joke.”
Dancer in the Dark premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the Palme d’Or, along with the Best Actress award for Bjork. The song “I’ve Seen It All” was nominated for an Oscar for best song.