tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post5102797014203326047..comments2024-03-25T15:38:16.880-07:00Comments on Surrender to the Void: Dogvillethevoid99http://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-19363232034706985622012-01-19T22:32:42.176-08:002012-01-19T22:32:42.176-08:00@Sati-It's a film that requires some patience ...@Sati-It's a film that requires some patience as well as finding the right time to watch it. It's intentional to be quite slow and drawn-out yet it's only because von Trier wanted to how flawed these people are who by the film's second half.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-27961529927709923652012-01-19T21:55:28.497-08:002012-01-19T21:55:28.497-08:00I agree completely about Clarkson and Bettany, the...I agree completely about Clarkson and Bettany, they gave amazing, layered performances. I liked the first half of the movie but then it went the usually Von Trier route. It picked itself up a little bit in great ending, Kidman had one of her finest moments there. <br />Excellent review!s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-83827371447401067772012-01-19T11:47:17.684-08:002012-01-19T11:47:17.684-08:00I got to see the film at a special screening back ...I got to see the film at a special screening back in 2004 at the Atlanta Museum of Arts. It was a great screening that divided audiences.<br /><br />I think it's one of von Trier's most essential films. He definitely took the balls to say something about the way American treats its foreigners and put it right in their faces.<br /><br />When is he going to go back to that and make <i>Wasington</i>? I think he needs to do it and I think he has the right actress to do it. Get Kirsten Dunst in the role of Grace. Maintain the same art direction style and staging of the film but take some of the visual he tricks he did with his previous films. He needs to do that.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-81934405487829574402012-01-19T10:32:04.611-08:002012-01-19T10:32:04.611-08:00I know this film rubs a lot of people, and I mean ...I know this film rubs a lot of people, and I mean a lot, the wrong way but I absolutely love Dogville. It is in my top three when ranking Lars von Trier films. What I love about it the most is how you get so wrapped up in the story that you start to forget the sparse production design of the film. <br /><br />Yes, I can see most people's complaint that he is making a broad generalization about America without having ever visited, but that is really no different than the generalizations that Hollywood makes about foreigners. I hope, years from now, people will look back on this film and see how truly brilliant it really is.Courtney Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045575858464121137noreply@blogger.com