July 22, 2009
clusterflock interviews clusterflock, #2 UPDATED #2
Q: Andrew, I just finished watching Dogville, the second time. You spoke of “shaking for days,” after seeing it. If you can recall, what shook you?
(I ask because I’m shaking again, or at least, I’m haunted.)
A. [http://www.clusterflock.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/1004.MP3] Download*
*Pardon my p’s**, the pop filter is still in the mail, and the quiet hum of the enormous A/C unit outside my window.
**That is the proper way to punctuate the plural of the letter “p,” right?
Q. The judgement is the thing for me. I might see myself, in the townfolk, as one who might have joined them in their abuse of Grace. For me, it was less about them and more about me, as victim. I more strongly identified with Grace. Where would I stand in judgement upon them? Would I forgive? Or opt for revenge? The thing that shakes me is I’d be hard-pressed in the decision. I think I’d be more inclined to let them have it. So a more satisfying ending for me watching the film. Yet less satisfying for me, morally.
So, the question. What have you carried with you, since viewing the film? Have you changed in some elemental way? Were you changed in your day-to-day living for having viewed it?
Would it surprise you if you knew (if you didn’t already), Von Trier’s vision is an indictment of America?
Any who look, you will have to scroll down to the Dogville entry.
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Rick, the ending of the movie felt correct to me in every element. I don’t know that this serves as its own morality, but it seems to be a morality to me, even if self-contained.
You know, I don’t recall much about the movie now, but I do remember being struck by it as an ueber rational, logical movie. It was like a logic theorem. I think I found that heartless and reductive. I am not a big Trier fan.