
	Where results make sense

Topic: Dogma (film)

Related Topics

Dogma movie

Central dogma of molecular biology

The Central Dogma

central dogma of genetics

Two Dogmas of Empiricism

Catholic dogma

religious dogmas

communist dogma

Central Dogma of Biology

political dogma

comedy film

cult film

In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

Damian Green

Sumner Redstone

Crimson Tide

Tommy Tuberville

Bill Clinton

Wayne Rooney

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Wake Forest

Grand Slam

Oklahoma State

	Mifune: Dogma 95
		According to the ten strict rules of Dogma 95, drawn up four years ago by Danish directors Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, the music has to be recorded along with the images.
		Most of Kragh-Jacobsen's film was shot in six weeks on an abandoned farm situated on the featureless flatness of Denmark's southernmost island.
		The film unit slept in caravans and the cast brought their own clothes to wear on camera.
	www.sonyclassics.com /mifune/dogma95.html (719 words)

	'Dogma': 2 Fallen Angels Want Back In
		The premise of "Dogma," which suggests that Smith might have been as shrewd a lawyer as he is a filmmaker, is that the church re-dedication will allow the banished angels to re-enter heaven, thus proving God fallible and, by extension, negating all existence.
		The film's real center is a heroine named Bethany, apparently first written as an ingenue and made a lot more interesting by the world-weary presence of Linda Fiorentino.
		"Dogma," which is as frank-talking as Smith's other films, and which culminates in some violence, will be shown Monday night and Tuesday as part of the 37th New York Film Festival before opening commercially next month.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/100499dogma-film-review.html (771 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Dogme / Dogma
		Having the characters' inner lives justify the plot is too complicated [ … ] the superficial movies are receiving all the praise." The Manifesto of the Dogme 95 brotherhood (mainly Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg) is both Ludditical and puritanical, a northern reformation unimaginable in the sunny, catholic south (including Southern California).
		Dogme films succeed because the three elements on which they are built — characters, places, story (a mixture of "you can't lie your way out of your past" and "you can't escape your inner self") — combine seamlessly with the filmmaking technique.
		Filmed in an anything can happen, let ’er rip documentary style, the camera, not merely shaky but positively Parkinsonian, tracks poor Rosetta's quotidian struggle for life and a job, but from the opening credits her destiny is fixed.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /28/dogme1.html (1535 words)

	The ViewAskew WWWBoard Summaries
		Yes it is. He originally planned to film Dogma second, immediately after Clerks, but it was decided that Dogma was too good a movie to be wasted on a follow-up effort that would most likely receive critical bashing when compared to Clerks.
		There were things I appreciated about the film, such as the critique of capitalism in the portrayal of the worship of "the golden calf." That's in the sequence when the two fallen angels go into the boardroom of Mooby enterprises and challenge the corporation's executives about their immorality and hypocrisy.
		EC: I thought the film ultimately had a fairly conservative religious message that was conveyed at the end of the film when God appeared and tidily restored everything, effectively erasing all the damage and bloodshed enacted by God's creation (both humans and angels).
	www.newsaskew.com /summaries/dogma.shtml (5560 words)

	Film Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He's far happier with his current film, Mifune, an amusing romantic comedy about the three-way relationship of a disillusioned Copenhagen yuppie, his "mentally challenged" brother, and the hooker-with-a-heart-of-Snow-White who comes to be a housekeeper for their messy farmhouse.
		Mifune is also "Dogma 3," the third film to adhere to Lars von Trier's call for a stripped-down approach with handheld camera and natural light.
		He was brought into the Dogma fold by the two Danes, Vinterberg and Trier, because he was their professor at the Danish Film School.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/movies/00/03/23/filmculture.html (827 words)

	Dogma Movie Review by Anthony Leong
		"Chasing Amy", his third film, was a well-written and insightful piece that detailed the unlikely courtship of a hetero- male and a lesbian, upending expectations and the conventions of your average romantic comedy at every turn.
		As opposed to being a savage attack on the Church, "Dogma" is a film that indirectly celebrates faith by poking fun at some of the Church's institutions, while at the same time asking questions on some of the deeper issues of Catholic ideology.
		However, in the case of "Dogma", it seems that Smith focused more on the religious bantering at the expense of keeping the audience interested-- the metaphysical and religious rhetoric overpower everything else in the film, and the result is very drawn-out and dry.
	members.aol.com /aleong1631/dogma.html (843 words)

	Dogma (1999): Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Chris Rock - PopMatters Film Review
		Indeed, Smith's film is a veritable slackfest of Gen-Xy angelic types who shuffle their way towards the apocalypse with cynicism and an exhausted irony.
		When prodded about their objection to the film, these protesters will merely respond that it is blasphemous (apparently tautology is all the rage in Catholicism today: it is blasphemy because it is blasphemous), making it abundantly clear that they have absolutely no idea what the film is about, or how the narrative plays itself out.
		Dogma is, in the end, a direct affirmation of faith rather than its rejection, and in this respect the film's controversy merely repeats the mis-informed, or uncritical, public reactionism which has surrounded any film in recent memory which has tried to address sticky issues of Catholic faith.
	www.popmatters.com /film/dogma.html (886 words)

	CANNES '99: Dogma a go-go!, Winterbottom "Wondering"
		No official Dogma films have the competition spots at this year's festival, but their manifesto can still be heard loud and clear.
		The debut market screening of "Lovers," the first Dogma film to be shot in France, was a hot seat with several US distribution reps in attendance from Strand Releasing to Trimark Pictures to October Films.
		Quiet and bathed in a warm, natural orange light (shot on film), the story follows a young newlywed husband who must leave his wife behind to handle the affairs of his recently deceased father and his retarded brother in a rural farmhouse.
	www.indiewire.com /onthescene/fes_99Cannes_990516__2A4BF.html (856 words)

	Direct Dogma: Film Manifestos and the fin de siècle
		Further, film manifestos can be seen as constituting the earliest form of film theory; for instance, Ricciotto Canudo's 'Manifesto for the Sixth Art' in many ways marks the beginnings of a theory of radical film practice[2].
		Yet, it is the 'Vow of Chastity', attached to the manifesto itself that shifts the dogma of Dogma away from the manifestos of the past.
		Furthermore, by embedding within the modernist film manifesto a profound sense of irony, the Dogma brothers have revitalized, for a short while, the notion of the film manifesto and its function with both the cinema and the public sphere.
	pov.imv.au.dk /Issue_10/section_4/artc6A.html (2814 words)

	SacTicket // Movie News
		Hardcore movie buffs and, of course, film critics are acquainted with the man and his confrontational works - the latest of which, "Dogville," opens Friday in Sacramento, preceded by a barrage of controversy, misunderstandings, insults and bruised feelings.
		Dogma 95 films may seem alien to a lot of moviegoers, but in a way the widely seen "The Blair Witch Project" (1999), although not a strict Dogma film, appropriated many of its ideas.
		The new film is set in Alabama but is being shot in Sweden, and promises to be another political allegory, this one tackling the subject of slavery in America.
	www.sacticket.com /static/movies/news/0418dogma.html (1522 words)

	Dogma 95: The full text & discussion
		DOGMA 95 is a collective of film directors founded in Copenhagen in spring 1995, DOGMA 95 has the expressed goal of countering “certain tendencies” in the cinema today.
		DOGMA 95 counters the individual film by the principle of presenting an indisputable set of rules known as THE VOW OF CHASTITY.
		DOGMA 95 counters the film of illusion by the presentation of an indisputable set of rules known as THE VOW OF CHASTITY.
	martweiss.com /film/dogma95.shtml (435 words)

	DVD Review - Dogma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The film is a very intriguing and thought-provoking story that allows viewers to reevaluate their own position on Catholicism and their own beliefs.
		In that light, "Dogma" is a very modern interpretation of the subject matter, done by a very talented and imaginative young filmmaker.
		Columbia TriStar Home Video is presenting "Dogma" in an anamorphic widescreen presentation on this DVD on one side and an open-matte transfer of the movie on the other.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/dogma.shtml (1546 words)

	ALAN RICKMAN in Dogma
		I felt that this did nothing to advance the main story, and although the violence that occurs in the film is never in close-up, I feel that less of it would have done the film no harm.
		This film is worth a look, but I wouldn't recommend rushing out to buy it; it must be due on TV soon at a guess.
		A very funny film, it appeared to be more appreciated by the older, 'second showing' crowd at the Toronto International Film Festival than by the 20-something opening night bunch.
	www.rickmanistareview.com /dogma.html (1886 words)

	Film & TV: Dogma (Austin Chronicle . 11-15-99)
		Dogma jokes liberally and the storyline's "what ifs" are a bit preposterous, but embedded within the movie are serious ideas with which Smith hopes to engage the audience.
		That's why the film frequently seems to bog down in tangents that go nowhere (especially the trip to a corporation's headquarters, the rampage of the shit monster, and the final action sequences).
		As it is, I'm personally willing to overlook some of the film's obvious problems and take it as an act of faith that Dogma is one of the most intelligent, engaging, and gut-bustingly funny revelations to come along in a while.
	weeklywire.com /ww/11-15-99/austin_screens_film.html (576 words)

	Dogma
		While some were blasting writer/director Smith’s film (and oeuvre) for being nothing more than mindless juvenile hijinks (and to be fair, there is a poop monster), others were damning it for its audacity to make fun of the Catholic Church and turn Christian theology on its head.
		But the reason that Dogma works so well as a film, and not just a brilliant script caught on tape, is its evocation of an atmosphere where the commonplace and divine exist hand-in-hand.
		Dogma’s emphasis on debate, rather than absolute answers, is at the core of Smith’s approach to faith.
	www.jamesweggreview.org /reviews/filmdvdvideo/dogma.html (1202 words)

	FILM REVIEW: Dogma -- Irreverently Religious
		Nevertheless, while Dogma will make some people uncomfortable with its irreverent view of religion, those who see it will be forced to re-examine their religious beliefs, and that, along with a fantastic cast, makes the movie worth seeing.
		Although Dogma is engaging on its surface, it soon becomes clear that the main objective of the film is not merely to spin a good yarn, but to explore serious religious issues within the context of an MTV world.
		Dogma illustrates the ever-evolving style of Smith and serves to demonstrate his talent as screenwriter, director, and actor.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V119/N60/Dogma.60a.html (849 words)

	"Dogma" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		I have to say, I was far more offended by Jay's character in the film (he is still one of the most obnoxious on screen characters, IMHO, no matter how nice a guy he may be) than any of the theological content in the film.
		In terms of being biblically correct the film does put a disclaimer on at the beginning stating that "Dogma" is a work of fiction.
		Although he said in the disclaimer that "Dogma" is satire and farce, director Kevin Smith's earnestness shows through so powerfully at so many turns that one gets the distinct impression that he really thinks Heaven is this tied up by paperwork and contractual obligations.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/dogma.html (4012 words)

	Dark Horizons -
		The BBC reports that Film Four Distributors (who is handling the flick) has already received approximately 100 'hate' letters from representatives of religous groups arguing against the release of the film this Sunday.
		The film is tentatively set for US release on November 12th, while the teaser poster is complete and should be out soon (hopefully by the end of the month).
		Film Four now owns the British distribution rights to the film, and has set a tentative release date of September across the UK (quick thanks to 'Arch Stanton').
	www.darkhorizons.com /1999/dogma/dogman.htm (4968 words)

	Film Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Breaking the Waves filmmaker Lars von Trier is the theorist/architect behind the Dogma '95 oath, the filmmaker responsible for swearing allegiance to an anti-special-effects cinema of handheld camera, available lighting, diegetic music and synch sound, and actors costumed in their own clothes on sets that are real, untampered-with locales.
		Of course, when in 1998 Trier actually made a Dogma film, it was a dog of a film, the still unreleased-in-America inanity (I suffered through it at Cannes) called The Idiots.
		At the Nortel Palm Springs Film Festival in January, Mantle sat through The Celebration with the audience, and he confessed that he had been moved anew, seeing the 1998 film for the first time in several years.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/movies/00/03/09/filmculture.html (690 words)

	iFMagazine.com News - DOGMA IN FULL SWING AT BERLIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Daily Variety reports that It is the first film directed by a woman to be granted the much-vaunted certificate of the Dogma collective, founded in 1995 in reaction to what the group saw as too many special effects and too much high-tech action in modern movies.
		The Dogma collective certifies films which submit to a "vow of chastity" -- promising not to use artificial sound, light or props, filming only with a hand-held camera and avoiding "superficial action" like murders or use of weapons.
		Scherfig said improvisation was part of the reason why her Dogma movie was so much more light-hearted than many of its dark and brooding predecessors like THE IDIOT directed by Lars von Trier, who broke away from the genre last year with his DANCER IN THE DARK starring Icelandic pop singer Bjork.
	www.ifmagazine.com /new.asp?article=1593 (668 words)

	Dogma
		Dogma should be offensive to anyone who expects more from a movie than two hours of a filmmaker's musings on every religious notion that ever came into his head.
		Dogma may very well be the best bad movie of the year.
		Dogma is a raucous, profane but surprisingly endearing piece of work, a funny and lively film of ideas.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/dogma (950 words)

	SoundtrackNet : Dogma Soundtrack
		The film stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as two dimwitted fallen angels who try to take advantage of a loophole in Catholic doctrine to get back into heaven, and have their sins and past mistakes absolved.
		This date is almost two years after filming was completed, due to distribution wrangling within Disney and Miramax because of the potential inflammatory content.
		This is one of the few times in recent years when a film has everything going for it and is at the mercy of the eventual audience to decide its true fate.
	www.soundtrack.net /soundtracks/database/?id=2183 (489 words)

	Dogme 95 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dogme 95 (in English: Dogma 95) is an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring, and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen.
		The final picture must be transferred to the Academy 35mm film, with an aspect ratio of 4:3, that is, not widescreen.
		The spirit of the Dogme technique influenced Lars von Trier's film Breaking the Waves, although it is not a Dogme film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dogme_95 (759 words)

	DVD Review - Dogma (original & Special Edition)
		But just when you think the film's building up a good head of steam, it lurches to a halt under the weight of a lengthy exposition scene.
		My guess is that the deleted scenes (more than 100 minutes in all) were compressed at a lower bit rate, to allow both these scenes and the documentary to fit on a single disc.
		But when the documentary was dropped at the last minute (reportedly over objections from Buena Vista, who licensed the film to Columbia for DVD release), there wasn't time to go back and recompress the deleted scenes at a higher bit rate to make them look better.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews/dogma.html (1564 words)

	Dogma - Opening Weekend
		Dogma will have its world pay TV premiere on "The New Encore" in the fall of 2000, with subsequent plays on other EMG channels.
		Sie aggressively pursued the film because he believes its message of religious faith cloaked in the culture of Generation X outweighs its controversial content.
		Dogma is a comic fantasia by writer/director/actor Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats) where the latest battle in the eternal war between good and evil comes to New Jersey in the late 20th Century.
	www.dogma-movie.com /archives/encorenf.html (819 words)

	Amazon.com: Dogma (Special Edition): DVD: Betty Aberlin,Ben Affleck,Nancy Bach,Lesley Braden,George Carlin,Bud ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was fine back when Smith was making low-budget films like Clerks and Chasing Amy, both of which had an amiable, grungy feel to them, but now that he's a rising director who's attracting top talent and tackling bigger themes, it might behoove him to polish his filmmaking.
		It's too bad, because Dogma is ripe for near-classic status in its theological satire, which is hardly as blasphemous as the protests that greeted the movie would lead you to believe.
		In some ways Dogma is a shaggy dog of a road movie--which hits a comic peak when Affleck and Fiorentino banter drunkenly on a train to New Jersey, not realizing they're mortal enemies--and segues into a comedy-action flick as the vengeful angels (who have a taste for blood) try to make their way into heaven.
	www.amazon.com /Dogma-Special-Betty-Aberlin/dp/B000053VAF (2888 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)