I read up on it a little on wikipedia. There were over 40 films made with a small number that became popular. There is also a similar movement in the book authoring community as well called the "New Puritans." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Puritans
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Puritans>One of the things the wiki article said was that Dogme influenced mublecore style film making. On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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 > > >
