Dancer in the dark [dvd] / 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.
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour, Vladica Kostic, Jean-Marc Barr, Vincent Paterson, Siobhan Fallon, Ẑeljko Ivanek, Udo Kier. 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.).
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.
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