The display of humanity

Alec 2021-11-17 08:01:27

This movie is the most creepy one of the "Conscience Trilogy" filmed by Lars von Trier.

In terms of shooting techniques, the director also adopted a very different shooting method, such as the simple setting of a stage play, and the main scenes were "painted" with chalk. At the beginning, the camera shot this "simple and closed" town from top to bottom.

Then, the hostess suddenly broke into this small town.

This sudden chemical effect is so sad and cruel that people dare not look directly at it.

The warm people at first protected the heroine (seems), but then...

Everyone began to use this to "exchange and seek" her bit by bit.

Including physical labor, money... and even innocence and freedom were plundered in the end.

The ugly side of humanity shown in this film...

People can't bear to look straight while watching, and feel desperate after watching.

In the end, everyone died, leaving only the dog.

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Extended Reading
  • Kaya 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    Some are like a drama, the ending is expected, the process is very shocking

  • Natalia 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    Is his Grace a god? Who gave her the right of moral arbitration. That last narration about morality really made me want to vomit, and Von Trier played with the movie again, making me sick to watch it once again.

Dogville quotes

  • Narrator: Grace paused. And while she did, the clouds scattered and let the moonlight through and Dogville underwent another of those little changes of light. It was if the light, previously so merciful and faint, finally refused to cover up for the town any longer. Suddenly you could no longer imagine a berry that would appear one day on a gooseberry bush, but only see the thorn that was there right now. The light now penetrated every unevenness and flaw in the buildings and... in the people! And all of a sudden she knew the answer to her question all too well: if she had acted like them, she could not have defended a single one of her actions and could not have condemned them harshly enough.

  • [after being left the "last man standing"]

    Tom: Bingo, Grace, bingo. I have to tell you, your illustration, it beat the hell out of mine. It's frightening, yes, but so clear. Do you think I can allow myself to use it as a inspiration in my writing?