'Dancer in the dark' is a kind of movie you wish you had not watched and also wished you had not missed at any cost. It stands up to its fame as truly one of the most depressing movies ever made, let alone a musical..!
The movie revolves around a woman by the name Selma who works in a tool factory and does everything she could to stop her only son from going blind gradually, an inherent disease. How hard she tries to cope up with life and how she soothes her heart by imagining music in the most common of sounds is just amazing. Actress Bjork has given a performance that was made just for her. No one else in this world could do the role as fabulously as she had. Her innocent smile, an almost child-like voice and a highly believable performance make her character go down as one of the most beautiful characters ever portrayed in film history. All the other characters in the film portrayed their role very well too.
The music numbers are just awesome. Specially the song 'I've seen it all' was simply wonderful. The usage of hand-held camera by Lars Trier was indeed very efficient and deserves a praise. His direction remains the hero of the film and was very powerful. he has taken a very simple story and had developed the characters as if he had all the time in the world. Once you get to relate to the character of Selma, you start seeing things in her perspective and the incidents happening get more and more painful to watch.
Its very tough to see something so beautiful, so innocent and so fragile as the nature around us slowly getting destroyed. That is the main reason why this movie is so depressing. By depressing, I mean very Depressing. A lot of my friends watched this movie and everyone of them cried. That appeared very silly to me until I watched the movie myself. I tried incredibly hard to refrain from crying but it got harder and harder by the minute. Eventually, I cried so hard and the movie was so emotionally draining that I am trying not to cry even right now, as I am typing this review. And I don't feel the least bit silly about it.
If this movie does not hit you in the heart, believe me when I say this, something is very very wrong with you. Once the movie is over and your head is still reeling with the emotion you had to deal with all the movie, suddenly you see the credits roll up with the innocent face of Selma smiling and sadness comes down on you like an avalanche, you start crying all over again. Putting this movie in words is an almost impossible task. Its best only if you see for yourself.
An obvious 10 for 10. A spectacular achievement in every way.
The movie revolves around a woman by the name Selma who works in a tool factory and does everything she could to stop her only son from going blind gradually, an inherent disease. How hard she tries to cope up with life and how she soothes her heart by imagining music in the most common of sounds is just amazing. Actress Bjork has given a performance that was made just for her. No one else in this world could do the role as fabulously as she had. Her innocent smile, an almost child-like voice and a highly believable performance make her character go down as one of the most beautiful characters ever portrayed in film history. All the other characters in the film portrayed their role very well too.
The music numbers are just awesome. Specially the song 'I've seen it all' was simply wonderful. The usage of hand-held camera by Lars Trier was indeed very efficient and deserves a praise. His direction remains the hero of the film and was very powerful. he has taken a very simple story and had developed the characters as if he had all the time in the world. Once you get to relate to the character of Selma, you start seeing things in her perspective and the incidents happening get more and more painful to watch.
Its very tough to see something so beautiful, so innocent and so fragile as the nature around us slowly getting destroyed. That is the main reason why this movie is so depressing. By depressing, I mean very Depressing. A lot of my friends watched this movie and everyone of them cried. That appeared very silly to me until I watched the movie myself. I tried incredibly hard to refrain from crying but it got harder and harder by the minute. Eventually, I cried so hard and the movie was so emotionally draining that I am trying not to cry even right now, as I am typing this review. And I don't feel the least bit silly about it.
If this movie does not hit you in the heart, believe me when I say this, something is very very wrong with you. Once the movie is over and your head is still reeling with the emotion you had to deal with all the movie, suddenly you see the credits roll up with the innocent face of Selma smiling and sadness comes down on you like an avalanche, you start crying all over again. Putting this movie in words is an almost impossible task. Its best only if you see for yourself.
An obvious 10 for 10. A spectacular achievement in every way.