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Dancer in the dark

Title: Dancer in the dark [videorecording] / presented by Fine Line Features, Zentropa Entertainments4, Trust Film Svenska, Film 1 Väst, and Liberator Productions ; written and directed by Lars von Trier ; produced by Vibeke Windeløv ; music by Björk ; choreography and dance direction by Vincent Paterson.
Publication: U.S. : New Line Home Video, c2000.

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Description

1 videodisc (195 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in. (DVD)

Summary

Combining drama and musical theater, this dark fable depicts a factory worker who is gradually losing her eyesight due to a hereditary disease. As she struggles to save money for an operation for her similarly-afflicted son, she finds solace in Hollywood musicals and her fantasies of music and dancing in the drab world she inhabits.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Features.
Motion pictures.
Musicals.
Drama.
Video.

Note

Letterboxed widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio). Enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Audio options: 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound, DTS surround sound, 2.0 stereo Dolby Digital surround sound.
Closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired.

Credits (note)

Lyrics, Lars von Trier and Sjón Sigurdsson ; production design, Karl Juliusson ; art direction, Peter Grant ; costumes, Manon Rasmussen ; director of photography, Robby Müller ; executive producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen ; overture sequence [paintings], Per Kirkeby.

Performer (note)

Björk (Selma) ; Catherine Deneuve (Kathy) ; David Morse (Bill) ; Peter Stormare (Jeff) ; Joel Grey (Oldrich Novy) ; Cara Seymour (Linda) ; Vladica Kostic (Gene) ; Jean-Marc Barr (Norman) ; Vincent Paterson (Samuel) ; Siobhan Fallon (Brenda) ; Ẑeljko Ivanek (district attorney) ; Udo Kier (Dr. Porkorny) ; others.

Contents

Feature presentation (ca. 141 min.). Music and dance numbers: Overture [music only] -- "Cvalda" / performed by Bj̈őrk, Catherine Deneuve, and others -- "I've seen it all" / performed by Björk, Peter Stormare, and others -- "In the musicals, Part 1" / performed by Björk, Vincent Paterson, and others -- "In the musicals, Part 2" / performed by Björk, Joel Grey, and others -- "107 steps" / performed by Björk and others -- "Next to last song" / performed by Björk -- "New world" (end credits).
Special features: Audio commentaries: Filmmaker commentary by Lars von Trier, producer Vibeke Windeløv, technical supervisor Peter Hjorth, and artist Per Kirkeby -- Choreographer commentary by Vincent Paterson.
Documentaries: 100 cameras: capturing Lars von Trier's vision (ca. 14 min.) / discussion of the camera work for the film ; includes interviews with Lars von Trier, Vincent Paterson, and Peter Hjorth -- Choreography: creating Vincent Paterson's dance sequences (ca. 24 min.) / Paterson discusses his choreographic process and his use of video as a tool for recording and developing his ideas ; he comments on selected musical numbers, which are shown in rehearsal footage and master tapes.
Alternate scenes: "Cvalda" version 2 (ca. 4 min.) -- "I've seen it all" version 2 (ca. 5 min.) -- "I've seen it all" version 3 (ca. 4 min.).
Selma's music: song by song access to the film.
Cast and crew: filmographies of Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Jean-Marc Barr, Joel Grey, Lars von Trier.
Original theatrical trailer (ca. 2 1/2 min.).
DVD-ROM features: Original theatrical web site.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-17

ISBN

078063408X

OCLC

83689011
NYPY02-F44

Title

Dancer in the dark [videorecording] / presented by Fine Line Features, Zentropa Entertainments4, Trust Film Svenska, Film 1 Väst, and Liberator Productions ; written and directed by Lars von Trier ; produced by Vibeke Windeløv ; music by Björk ; choreography and dance direction by Vincent Paterson.

Imprint

U.S. : New Line Home Video, c2000.

Credits

Lyrics, Lars von Trier and Sjón Sigurdsson ; production design, Karl Juliusson ; art direction, Peter Grant ; costumes, Manon Rasmussen ; director of photography, Robby Müller ; executive producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen ; overture sequence [paintings], Per Kirkeby.

Cast

Björk (Selma) ; Catherine Deneuve (Kathy) ; David Morse (Bill) ; Peter Stormare (Jeff) ; Joel Grey (Oldrich Novy) ; Cara Seymour (Linda) ; Vladica Kostic (Gene) ; Jean-Marc Barr (Norman) ; Vincent Paterson (Samuel) ; Siobhan Fallon (Brenda) ; Ẑeljko Ivanek (district attorney) ; Udo Kier (Dr. Porkorny) ; others.

Added Author

Björk, actor.

Björk, composer.

Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- actor.

Morse, David, 1953- actor.

Stormare, Peter, actor.

Grey, Joel, 1932- actor.

Seymour, Cara, actor.

Barr, Jean-Marc, 1960- actor.

Fallon, Siobhan, actor.

Željko, Ivanek, 1957- actor.

Kier, Udo, actor.

Trier, Lars von, 1956- Director. Author. Lyricist. Interviewee. Commentator

Paterson, Vincent, choreographer. Performer. Interviewee

Windeløv, Vibeke. Producer. Commentator. Interviewee

Jensen, Peter Aalbæk, 1956- Producer

Juliusson, Karl. Designer

Rasmussen, Manon. Costume designer

Kirkeby, Per. Artist. Commentator. Interviewee

Fine Line Features.

Liberator Productions.

New Line Home Video (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-17

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