Brian Dauth reviews Lars von Trier’s new movie Manderlay.
”... What I do care about are movies (as does von Trier), and Manderlay is one of the best movies currently playing (albeit in limited release. Over the next two months the film is scheduled to play in only 3/5’s of the 50 states—and in more than half of those at only one theater. I guess provocation is a dangerous thing in America circa 2006.). In his new film von Trier confronts America’s peculiar institution—chattel slavery—and its continuing repercussions in American society. Although he may not travel to the United States, von Trier is willing to grapple with its past and present in ways alien to a majority of its native-born artists….”
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