Dancer in the Dark (2000)

2024-07-31

We took some time off to deep dive into some topics but now we’ve returned to this year’s overarching theme in which we discuss a dozen Lars von Trier movies before it’s all said and done. Could this year get any shittier? Well maybe we can help make it feel more terrible in this DREARY YEAR OF VON TRIER. We’re going back to back this week and today we wrap up von Trier’s “Golden Hearts Trilogy” with one of his biggest hits in his filmography. This movie was many people’s official introduction to Lars. It helps that it stars beloved international pop star, Björk. Of course, we’re discussing her only lead role ever with DANCER IN THE DARK from 2000 also starring Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare and Joel Grey. A megatragic megableak megamelodrama. Björk plays Selma who is losing her eyesight due to a genetic disease, but she’s managed to save up enough money to medically prevent the same fate in her son. Provided she doesn’t trust any cops with gold digging wives. If she can just avoid bitch-ass cops with gold digging wives she should be fine. She also hears music in everything in a creative ode to musicals that seems catered to its pop star lead. A formidable film in our youth, how does it hold up upon rewatch all these years later? Possibly our most divided and divisive film discussion yet. Here is a link we found to the flick right here: https://www.effedupmovies.com/dancer-in-the-dark-2000/

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