Dancer in the Dark details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, LOVEFiLM Instant |
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| Starring: | Peter Stormare, Stellan Skarsgard, David Morse, Udo Kier, Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, Joel Grey, Jean-Marc Barr |
| Director: | Lars Von Trier |
| Genres: | Drama - Biography, Music/Musical |
| Studio: | 4DVD |
| Collections: | Avengers Assemble Cast, Cannes Collection, Cannes-tastic!, Challenging Cinema, Dance Collection, Decades: 00s, Festival Favourites, Genre Mashups |
| Title | Runtime | Certificate | |
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Dancer in the Dark |
2hrs 14 mins | 15 |
LOVEFiLM Instant Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 14 minutes |
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| Rental release: | To be confirmed |
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Groundbreaking
By johnbibey from london , 02 Aug 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
This is an amazing film. A realist musical: you get the shaky hand-held camerawork, all understatement and naturalist dialogue, then the whole screen bursts into a song and dance routine. What's amazing is that the juxtaposition of those two styles doesn't seem laboured or cynical. At times almost a deconstruction of the Wizard of Oz, it both plays with and subverts the musical genre. Bjork's songs are great, and the ending left the entire cinema sobbing. Yes, it's melodramatic in places and it pulls on the heartstrings occasionally in the most manipulative of ways. And yes, as usual, Von Trier grinds his female leads into the ground. But this is fine, fine stuff.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(135)Not for popcorn fans
By a customer , 02 Dec 2012It's a challenging film, so don't bother watching if you're looking for something to occupy your eyes whilst you're focussing on the popcorn.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The worst camera ever!
By Freelancer100 (1 review) , 11 Nov 2012The camera keep moving all the time. It looks so amateurish. I couldn't watch it for more than 5 minutes. I checked some later sequences but it is all the same. It's very disturbing.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Heart-rending masterpiece about the corruption of innocence
By Filmyup (16 reviews) , 06 Sep 2012The tragic character of Selma is so beautifully constructed. The way von Trier creates someone so diligent, fragile and innocent is outstanding. This is partly due to an intimate (at times claustrophobic) style of direction and a breath-taking performance by Bjork. Also the ethereal use of song is both poignantly sad and enchanting and adds to the drama of the film.
Dancer in the Dark is the most distressing and saddening film I have ever seen. Although I give this film 5 stars it is nonetheless with a heavy heart; the Hardy-esque bleaknessone feels as the film progresses is not very pleasant.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Amazing surprise
By Vaughanio (5 reviews) , 22 Jul 2012THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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beautiful but flawed
By nickthetick (12 reviews) , 28 Jun 2012weird isnt it how you could give a film four stars and equally have found it difficult going. like in other of his films, the directors interest in main characters (bjork) with a childlike naivety is a central theme - something which many viewers may find unbelievable and thus hard to relate to.
there are parts of brilliance here - the stylised and stripped down dance routines, the musical within a musical, bjork and deneuve's performances. bearing in mind the film is now 12 years old, it has kept its poignancy and hasn't dated (aided by being a period piece).
there are disappointing parts - some of main characters can act but not sing (bjorks love interest) or sing but not dance (bjork).
i kept with it and i think therein lies the film's flaw. it drags. theres a story here and its well told but it doesnt justify a 2 hour 15 minute run time.- Was this review helpful to you?
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