A woman awakens in a trailer, parked near the Colorado Rockies. She wades into a body of water, pulling out a small lobster cage, then goes back into her modest mobile home to heat up a pot. Coffee is made. A transistor radio is turned on. On a booskhelf sits two Audubon guides, one for birds and the other for star constellations. In front of her sits an American landscape of almost indescribable beauty. She’s alone, silent, contemplative and comfortable in her pastoral solitude. This is a lady used to waiting for something.
- 7/28/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Lions Gate Films has beat out several competing distributors to acquire all North American distribution rights to the Festival de Cannes' most talked-about film, Lars von Trier's drama "Dogville", from Trust Film Sales. "Dogville" is considered a contender for the Palme d'Or, which will be announced Sunday. Since first screening Monday night, the film has provoked heated debate, with many Europeans hailing the way von Trier strips away cinematic conventions by filming the entire three-hour tale on a soundstage with minimal sets and props. However, some American critics took offense to the film, accusing it of being an attack on America because its end credits play against a montage of Walker Evans depression photographs and the David Bowie song "Young Americans". Despite the presence of its star, Nicole Kidman, many expect the movie's ultimate commercial appeal in the United States to be art house-driven, which led a number of indie companies to circle the project eagerly.
- 5/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lions Gate Films has beat out several competing distributors to acquire all North American distribution rights to the Festival de Cannes' most talked-about film, Lars von Trier's drama Dogville, from Trust Film Sales. Dogville is considered a contender for the Palme d'Or, which will be announced Sunday. Since first screening Monday night, the film has provoked heated debate, with many Europeans hailing the way von Trier strips away cinematic conventions by filming the entire three-hour tale on a soundstage with minimal sets and props. However, some American critics took offense to the film, accusing it of being an attack on America because its end credits play against a montage of Walker Evans depression photographs and the David Bowie song "Young Americans." Despite the presence of its star, Nicole Kidman, many expect the movie's ultimate commercial appeal in the United States to be art house-driven, which led a number of indie companies to circle the project eagerly.
- 5/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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