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The Idiots [1999]
 
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The Idiots [1999]
DVD ~ Jens Albinus
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Product details
  • Actors: Jens Albinus, Trine Michelsen, Louise Mieritz, Louise Hassing, Bodil Jorgensen
  • Directors: Lars Von Trier
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language Danish
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Sep 2000
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: Danish
    • Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital
    • Sub Titles: English
    • Disc Format: DVD 5
    • Character Analysis
    • Dogma Manifesto
    • Original Theatrical Trailer
    • Scene Selection
    • Star And Director Filmographies
    • Stills Gallery
    • Text Interview
  • ASIN: B00004Y3OQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,902 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Special Features
1.66 Wide Screen
DVD 5
Danish
Region 0
Dolby Digital Danish
Dolby Digital
Character Analysis
Dogma Manifesto
Original Theatrical Trailer
Scene Selection
Star And Director Filmographies
Stills Gallery
Text Interview
English


Synopsis
Lars von Trier's first contribution to Denmark's Dogme 95 collective (subtitled "Dogme 2," following Thomas Vinterberg's THE CELEBRATION) concerns a group of adults who decide to get in touch with their "inner idiot." When Karen (Bodil Jorgensen), a shy, sensitive young woman, follows a group of mentally disabled individuals home after an encounter at a restaurant, she discovers that they are, in fact, healthy and intelligent. Led by Stoffer (Jens Albinus), the group lives communally in his wealthy uncle's house. Stoffer believes that by "spassing" in public they are rejecting the conformity and normality of modern society, and he spends his unemployed days thinking of different ways to toy with the world at large.
Shot with handheld digital cameras and using natural lighting and natural locations, THE IDIOTS possesses an urgency that makes it feel like a documentary. Von Trier sparked a heated controversy with his decision to film the sex scenes with actual intercourse, adhering to the Dogme tenets. (He hired porn actors for the close-ups.) This controversy aside, the film nonetheless raises questions about cultism, modern ethics, and the idea of individuality within the absurdity of the characters' world.

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