Dancer in the dark [videorecording] / presented by Fine Line Features, Zentropa Entertainments4, Trust Film Svenska, Film I Våst, and Liberator Productions ; written and directed by Lars von Trier ; produced by Vibeke Windeløv.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Fine Line Features : Distributed by New Line Home Entertainment, c2001.
ISBN: 078063408X
9780780634084
Description: 1 videodisc (141 min.) : col., sd. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: New Line platinum series
Subject: Blind women United States Drama.
Working class women United States Drama.
Rural women United States Drama.
Single mothers United States Drama.
Musical theater Production and direction United States Drama.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Musical films. gsafd
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Credits: Music composed by Björk ; choreographer and dance director, Vincent Paterson ; lyrics by Lars von Trier and Sjón Sigurdsson ; director of photography, Robby Müller ; editors, Molly Malene Stensgaard, François Gedigier.
Performers: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour, Vladica Kostic, Jean-Marc Barr, Vincent Paterson, Siobhan Fallon, Ẑeljko Ivanek, Udo Kier.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: Rated R.
Notes: Optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.
Special features: Audio commentaries [Filmmaker commentary by Lars von Trier, Vibeke Windeløv, Peter Hjorth, Per Kirkeby, Choreographer commentary by Vincent Paterson]; Documentaries [100 cameras: capturing Lars von Trier's vision (14 min.); Choreography: creating Vincent Paterson's dance sequences (24 min.)]; Alternate scenes (14 min.); Selmas' music [song-by-song access to the film]; Cast & crew filmographies [text feature]; Original theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Winner, Palme d'Or-Lars von Trier, Best Actress-Björk, Cannes Film Festival 2000.
Contents: 'Overture' -- Washington state, 1964 -- Gene -- Movie tin -- Happy -- Secrets -- Daydreaming -- Night shift -- 'Cvalda' -- Dark walk home -- Stage entrance -- Let go -- 'I've Seen It All' -- Desperation -- 'Smith and Wesson (Scatterheart)' -- $2,056.10 -- Rehearsal -- 'In the Musicals, Part 1' -- Trial -- 'In the Musicals, Part 2' -- Verdict -- New information -- 'My Favorite Things' -- Deal -- Jeff -- Time -- '107 Steps' -- On the gallows -- 'Next to Last Song' -- 'New World'.
Summary: Selma, a Czechoslovakian immigrant, is a single mother working in a factory in rural America circa 1964. She is also afflicted by a hereditary disease, which will cost her her sight. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes by rehearsing for a production of The Sound of Music with her best friend. When a neighbor betrays her trust, Selma's life spirals out of control and the lines between reality and fantasy blur.
