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BLACK PRESIDENTS AND BJORK: AN INTERVIEW
Written Tuesday, January 17 by J.R.Knight | E-mail this post
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has an online interview with Lars Von Trier, the eccentric sometimes arrogant founder of the Dogma 95 film movement. In it he says some pretty ridiculous things alongside some rather enlightening ones. Europeans are always so quick to point to American racism as the worst of all the world’s horrors. Not that race relations in the US are any day at the park, but look at the way the French treat the Algerians or the way the Germans treat the Turks.
Anyway, how Mr. Von Trier intends to complete a trilogy of films about American history and race relations without ever having been to the country is beyond me. Beyond me but not surprising from the man. If an American director dared to make a trilogy of films about Denmark’s trouble history it would the outrage of the continent.
He does make some nice points later in the interview when he talks about process and technique. He also has some great stories about working with Bjork on “Dancer in the Dark” It was my understanding before reading the interview that she became a bit overwhelmed by the roll and that her behavior became increasingly erratic. It’s my understanding that on at least one occasion she eat the pages of the script for a particularly difficult scene. Makes scene to me.
Anyway, how Mr. Von Trier intends to complete a trilogy of films about American history and race relations without ever having been to the country is beyond me. Beyond me but not surprising from the man. If an American director dared to make a trilogy of films about Denmark’s trouble history it would the outrage of the continent.
He does make some nice points later in the interview when he talks about process and technique. He also has some great stories about working with Bjork on “Dancer in the Dark” It was my understanding before reading the interview that she became a bit overwhelmed by the roll and that her behavior became increasingly erratic. It’s my understanding that on at least one occasion she eat the pages of the script for a particularly difficult scene. Makes scene to me.
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I haven't seen Dogville yet, which apparently is meant to be better than Mandalay, but I thought the latter was an extremely powerful film.
I saw it at the London film festival last year & I still think about it all the time. Kind of like Moodyson's Lilya 4 Ever.
Anyway, it isn't take on US race relations I think about - its that it made me aware of the apparent need in humans for class systems - upper classes, lower classes, middle classes - throughout the world.
Living in London as an American I think I've managed to somehow bypass this. With my bastardised Euro-US accent, people can't figure out where the hell I'm from or what my background is. I used to think that was an advantage, but now I'm not so sure.
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