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knivesout · 21st September 2004, 07:55 AM

Now this is strictly second hand information, but a friend told me he saw an interview in which Bjork said that Von Trier had initially contacted her only to write the score for the film. However, he became convinced that she was the right actress for the movie, and asked her to take the role. When she demurred, he seems to have said that he wouldn't use her music if she didn't take the role. A bit of arm twisting, but I think the results were worth it.

Some have said that this movie is a comment on the emigrant experience in the US, and the clash between law and real human situations, but I did not find it realistic enough to be a very significant statement in that context- I saw it more as a very odd character sketch and a partly ironic meditation on the role of fantasy in everyday life.

Bjork's music is way bizarre, but I'm really beginning to love it. A bit of an acquired taste, but that's true of nearly anything worthwhile.

21st September 2004, 07:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
knivesout cheap,flashy little crook Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,998	Re: JP in the Dark: A review of Dancer in the Dark Now this is strictly second hand information, but a friend told me he saw an interview in which Bjork said that Von Trier had initially contacted her only to write the score for the film. However, he became convinced that she was the right actress for the movie, and asked her to take the role. When she demurred, he seems to have said that he wouldn't use her music if she didn't take the role. A bit of arm twisting, but I think the results were worth it. Some have said that this movie is a comment on the emigrant experience in the US, and the clash between law and real human situations, but I did not find it realistic enough to be a very significant statement in that context- I saw it more as a very odd character sketch and a partly ironic meditation on the role of fantasy in everyday life. Bjork's music is way bizarre, but I'm really beginning to love it. A bit of an acquired taste, but that's true of nearly anything worthwhile.