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Very rarely does every last inch of the screen through every second of a film ring with the same force of meaning but Dogville is one such film with that rare integrity. Then again, films boasting genuinely effective performances from Nicole Kidman are almost as seldom.
Some coverage has suggested that this ambitious melodrama hangs upon her turn as fugitive Grace, but von Trier is forging ahead with two sequels, each to feature a seperate actress in the role. It's his depth of ambition and ruthless craftsmanship that is the star here. Only once the final shot is seen will the complex langauge and structure - from the now infamous decision to film a story set in an American Small-town entirely in an empty black room to the particular use of sly, blackly comic naration - crystallise perfectly for the viewer. Only then will the full impact of this glorious melodrama be felt. To cap it all off, we're then launched into what is probably the greatest, most emotive and memorable end credits sequence in all of cinema. A rare film indeed.
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