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The Idiots (Danish: Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2.
Trier attempted to make a Dogme trilogy, known as "Golden Heart" (consisting of Breaking the Waves (1996), The Idiots (1998; Dogme #2), and Dancer in the Dark (2000)), but only The Idiots is a certified Dogme 95 film while Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark are sometimes associated or heavily laid out with the movement.
- The Celebration (1998) Festen by director Thomas Vinterberg.
- The Idiots (1998) Idioterne by director Lars von Trier.
- Mifune (1999) Mifunes sidste sang by director Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. A man who moved from a small Island farm to Copenhagen must return to his provincial roots when his father dies.
- The King Is Alive (2000) By director Kristian Levring.
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video 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. Lars von Trier.
The Idiots (Danish: Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish comedy-drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2.
- Lars Von Trier
May 20, 1998 · The Idiots: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Bodil Jørgensen, 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.
The Idiots, along with Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen, was the first release of the Dogme 95 movement, a no-frills, back-to-basics drive to revitalise contemporary cinema. Shot in in the style of a documentary, as per Dogme 95 rules, this daring and innovative film focuses on a commune-like cohort who indulge in various forms of transgressive ...
