God is merciful, but he still destroys Sodom!

Clementine 2022-04-24 07:01:05

Lars von Trier really dares to try anything. This kind of idea of ​​combining stage drama and film together gives a sense of alienation from nothing but a little bit of everything. The director spent three hours telling how a group of small town residents in the occlusion exposed the essence of human nature. The audience watched Nicole Kidman gradually become a plaything in the hands of others. Her weakness and patience made her fate more tragic. The more she entered this so-called "dog town", the more she could discover the residents' " Evil" burst out, and step by step toward the abyss.

Jane 2022-03-25 09:01:08

Von Trier's Catholic interpretation of "God gives and he takes back" in the structure of redemption comes-give-need-request-reject-takeback will serve as the concept of power through judgment. Forgiveness of religious ideals is put on the same level as the good and evil that reflects God's will. It can be said to be very black-hearted (not to mention that the character in the same position as God is set as a gang boss..); on the other hand, the film involves the creative self Refers to the fact that there are two narrators inside and outside the story. It is interesting that the narrator outside the story is not in the position of a god, and the narrator Tom's setting in the story is even more unusual. Such a creator is trying to dig deeper into human nature. In the process we see his hypocrisy, and this hypocrisy, which in turn leads from self-loathing of the deepest self-love, to self-deception is largely a reflection of von Trier's views on other creators and even his own past. A mockery of creation (I think it’s especially for breaking waves), so from this perspective, Dogtown is equivalent to the generation of von Trier’s own sequence of works.