# Who's seen Dancer in the Dark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-seen-dancer-in-the-dark/37692 "2000-10-20T19:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-seen-dancer-in-the-dark/37692/1 "2000-10-20T19:02:56Z")
Just wanted any comments… Me- I was enthralled. Except I am boring my real-life friends by going on and on about it, so I must turn to the teeming millions if i want further discussion. Talk amongst yourselves… ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-seen-dancer-in-the-dark/37692/2 "2000-10-20T19:35:04Z")
Is this the musical with Bjork? I’ve been looking around, but it doesn’t seem to be playing here yet. Aagghhh! ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-seen-dancer-in-the-dark/37692/3 "2000-10-20T19:39:45Z")
You have to come to SF Demo, everyone knows that nothing good ever comes to Sonoma County. I too found it interesting. I frequently have mixed feelings about Lars (von) Triers works. While some of it is quite well done, some seems purposely sloppy. His Dogme 95 doctrine hasn’t been kept by him, and he’s much better at self promotion than anything else. At the same time, I loved this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-seen-dancer-in-the-dark/37692/4 "2000-10-20T19:49:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\*You have to come to SF Demo, everyone knows that nothing good ever comes to Sonoma County. > \*\* On the contrary, many Dopers converged right here in Santa Rosa this summer for a BBQ. So, I wouldn’t say _nothing_ good ever comes here… 😉 I want to see this movie really bad. I think psy and I might have to have a little weekend excursion to the city. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-seen-dancer-in-the-dark/37692/5 "2000-10-20T19:58:17Z")
ok, I’ll rephrase that. Nothing good can ever exist in Santa Rosa for more than a day or two. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mazirian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mazirian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazirian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-seen-dancer-in-the-dark/37692/6 "2000-10-20T22:07:44Z")
I saw _DitD_ about a month ago when it premiered here in Europe. Did I like it? Well… I had mixed feelings. _Breaking the Waves_ and _Idiots_ (don’t know if it has been released in the US, with the hc-porn and all…) were touching, occasionally funny, if not nice experiences. And that’s the way I like 'em! But _Dancer in the Dark_ was just… alien. First of all, the 50s (60s?) atmosphere and the sceneries were very familiar, which is not suprising as the film was shot in Sweden. And I have never really liked musicals, except _Les Parapluies de Cherbourg_, funnily enough. Though I liked _Cop Rock_… 😉 What really disturbed me with _DitD_ was Bjork’s performance. She isn’t an acress and she wasn’t acting. Now, don’t get me wrong, I thought she was great as Selma and the music was fine, but all those tears and anxiety were real. Von Trear is an exceptional director, but also a bastard.