Dancer in the Dark (2000)

[baumer]

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Edited June 24, 2013 by Telemachos

[luna]

honestly one of the most hopeful movies i've seen...even an ending so depressing can't snuff out such beautiful internal fantasy

 

and the "i've seen it all" scene is so haunting i was on the edge of crying with astonishment

 

99/100, A+, #1 etc

[Jack Nevada]

One hell of an impressive performance from Björk. Why wasn't she nominated? 

[Dementeleus]

I really, really disliked this movie. Felt contrived and fake in almost every way.

 

D-

[Jack Nevada]

It's a melodrama so being contrived and shamelessly manipulative is part of the deal. 

Edited April 2, 2014 by Jack Nevada

[luna]

for all you plebs, this is what i have written about it:

 

to me, this film is happiness. which is a bit strange considering how transparently it manipulates you into the most depressing circumstances. but the whole point of the movie is the staggeringly beautiful internal fantasy that has been constructed by selma, and how, despite all the awfulness surrounding her, she can indulge in it whenever she wishes. and von trier doesn't destroy this beautiful thing - he in fact nurtures it and celebrates it, which is evident by the final quote of the film.