| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Harry Caul (Rating: 7/10) |
| Starring: Udo Kier, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse,
Jean-Marc Barr, Stellan Skarsgaard
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Written by: Lars von Trier
Distributor: Fine Line Features
Release year: 2000 more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 4/4) |
| If anyone could breathe new life into an all but extinct genre, it's Lars
Von Trier. Co-founder of the Dogme 95 school of filmmaking, a Danish
cooperative which eschews traditional cinematic conventions and pioneers
the production of innovative films...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| DANCER IN THE DARK (director/writer/cinematographer: Lars von Trier;
cinematographer: Robby Mueller; editors: François Gédigier/Molly Marlene
Stensgaard; cast: Bjork (Selma Jezkova), Catherine Deneuve (Kathy), Joel
Grey (Oldrich Novy), Zeljko Ivanek...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| DANCER IN THE DARK
(Fine Line)
Starring: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Vincent
Paterson, Cara Seymour, Vladica Kostic.
Screenplay: Lars von Trier.
Producer: Vibeka Windelov.
Director: Lars von Trier.
MPAA Rating: R...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| "In a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens," says
the wispy-voiced, diminutive Selma (played by
Icelandic diva, Bjork). You can feel the pain that
occupies her mind and see the glint of desperation
that glosses over her eyes. Her life...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| If anyone could breathe new life into an all but extinct genre,
it's Lars Von Trier. Co-founder of the Dogme 95 school of filmmaking, a
Danish cooperative which eschews traditional cinematic conventions and
pioneers the production of innovative films...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| Selma Jezkova (Bjork) is a Czech immigrant living in the Pacific Northwest
where she supports herself and her ten year old son by working at a tool
and die factory. She and her best friend Kathy (Catherine Deneuve) escape
their dull lives by going to...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "DANCER IN THE DARK" (Fine Line Features)
Love it or hate it, you gotta admire its audacity! Danish
director Lars von Trier who, back in 1995, co-authored the Dogma
manifesto, demanding that cinema be purified of...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| Several "experiments" were tested in the film industry this year. Director
Mike Figgis decided to put together a slew of actors with no script and tape
them for 90 minutes straight and turn it into a film entitled TIME CODE. An
interesting experiment...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Fine Line Features
Director: Lars von Trier
Writer: Lars von Trier
Cast: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter
Stormare, Joel Grey, Vincent Paterson, Cara Seymour, Jean-
Marc Barr, Vladica Kostic, Udo Kier, Siobhan...more |
| Dancer in the Dark Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Without question, the love-it-or-hate-it reaction that greeted Lars von
Trier's _Dancer_in_the_Dark_ at this year's Cannes Film Festival will be
duplicated as the film slowly rolls out in theatres across the country.
The controversial winner of this...more |
