He was born lars trier, but while in school he added the prefix vontraditionally. Hes a romantic ashamed of his own passions, and the films he makes are his way of explaining, through allegory and in a. His work is known for its genre and technical innovation. The idiot all stars from the motion picture the idiots. With a mix of homevideo and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their inneridiots and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner. That may sound like an oxymoron, and as unfair as reducing a person to a few simple words is, thats as basic a description as i can come up with for him. One of the few dogme films that used the rules to forge something genuinely new, as opposed to filtering a conventional film through a lowfi aesthetic. Youre a lady 1998 the idiots 1998 the kingdom 19941997. With a large house as their base, they spend all their spare time together exploring the hidden and less appreciated values of idiocy. Yes, i am aware that the whole point of dogme films is that they have no music. Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from denmark since carl theodor dreyer over 60.
With bodil jorgensen, jens albinus, anne louise hassing, troels lyby. The group of people gather at the house in copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the inner idiot in themselves. With a mix of homevideo and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their inner idiots and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner. The idiots is not concerned with actual disability, or with. Bodil jorgensen, jens albinus, anne louise hassing. The twilight zone 19591964 a list of 1 titles best movie sequel of 2016 a list of 12 titles see all. And here, we witness this in karen, the newest member of the gang, whose. He featured in channel 4s knobs and knockers series eurotrash, directing a film naked from the waist down. Cd, single, promo zentropa entertainments, universal. The project is a manifestation of an explosive appetite for life in which they confront society with their idiocy. The idiots is about a group of young people who share one interest.
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