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BLEAK WEEK: DANCER IN THE DARK
2000
Director
Lars von Trier
Starring
Björk
Catherine Deneuve
David Morse
Peter Stormare
Joel Grey
Runtime
140 minutes
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Experimentally minded Icelandic chanteuse Björk made her astonishing film debut in von Trier’s gutting musical melodrama, featuring original songs written and performed by the lead actress. An immigrant Washington state factory worker succumbing to the effects of a degenerative eye condition, Selma (Björk) escapes from her drab reality in musical fantasias of the mind in von Trier’s de-glammed, grotty, digitally shot deconstruction of the movie musical, which also boasts the song-and-dance talents of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG’s Catherine Deneuve and CABARET’s Joel Grey.
One detail tells you all you need to know about how harrowing this film is: After the exhaustive production, Björk vowed never to act on film again. A true Renée Jeanne Falconetti for our times.
“A feature-length music video with interspersed dialogue that deserves to be seen because it’s a freakish provocation. Harsh, operatic, and deeply affecting, DANCER IN THE DARK turns the musical form against itself offering no escape, only feeling.” - Jonathan Rosenbaum
One detail tells you all you need to know about how harrowing this film is: After the exhaustive production, Björk vowed never to act on film again. A true Renée Jeanne Falconetti for our times.
“A feature-length music video with interspersed dialogue that deserves to be seen because it’s a freakish provocation. Harsh, operatic, and deeply affecting, DANCER IN THE DARK turns the musical form against itself offering no escape, only feeling.” - Jonathan Rosenbaum