I like it, Mr Worf. The idea of movies being about telling stories... it's a good thing.
Martin (feel free to throw things at me for channeling Her Marthaness) On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was watching another film this morning that led me to discover this film > movement. Here is some info about the film and the movement. What do you > think? > The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276354/> ( > 2000 <http://www.imdb.com/year/2000/>) More at > *IMDbPro*<http://pro.imdb.com/rg/plotsummary-title/tconst-pro-header-link/title/tt0276354/> > » > ad feedback <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276354/plotsummary#> > > The Name of this Film is Dogme95 is an irreverent documentary exploring the > origins of Dogme95, the most influential movement in world cinema for a > generation. The film tells how a 'brotherhood' of four Danish directors > armed with a radical Manifesto, has inspired, outraged and provoked > filmmakers and filmgoers the world over. The rules of Dogme95 take > filmmaking back to its brass-tacks - stories must be set in the here and > now; the films must be shot on location, with a handheld camera, using > natural light, and direct sound; the rules forbid murders and weapons > (staples of the much-loved action-movie genre); and, most amusingly, the > director must not be credited (that holds also for the director of The Name > of this Film is Dogme95...). Dogme95 was formally baptised in 1998 at the > Cannes Film Festival, when Martin Scorsese's jury awarded a top prize to > Thomas Vinterberg's Dogme#1: Festen, a disturbing story of sexual abuse in > an upper-class family. Then Lars von Trier himself raised the stakes of > controversy with his flabbergasting Dogme#2: The Idiots, about a group of > ne'er-do-wells who challenge their society and themselves by impersonating > spastics in public. By the time Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's Dogme#3: Mifune > triumphed at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival, Dogme95 had become the pride of > Denmark and the envy of all European cinema. An investigative journey, The > Name of this Film is Dogme95 is presented by film journalist and author > Richard Kelly. His voyage begins with a tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of > the conventions of a classic gangster-movie murder-scene. One-by one the > Dogme95 rules are imposed until the documentary itself is pure Dogme (well, > pure-ish!). Accompanied by a nimble digital video crew, Kelly travels to > Copenhagen to interrogate the ringleaders of the Dogme95 circus about the > cocktail of gossip and legend that has made Dogme95 such a public relations > success-story. *Written by > Anonymous<http://www.imdb.com/search/title?plot_author=Anonymous&view=simple&sort=alpha> > * > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
