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	Dogville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In an effort to protect Grace, Tom convinces the citizens of Dogville that in order to compensate them for the dangers they, too, now endure, the best thing to ask her to do is visit them not once, but twice per day to perform chores for them.
		She pays the driver, a citizen of Dogville, with money Tom gives her from a place in which money is kept by his father (unbeknownst to the father).
		Though I agree that "Dogville" is an extreme film that, perhaps, goes too far in the base nature it implies exists so thoroughly among humans by giving the viewer not one sympathetic character in the film except Grace, what I liked about it outweighed what I didn't.
	www.nyage.net /dogville_ii.HTM (2626 words)

	Dogville (2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Narrator: This is the sad tale of the township of Dogville.
		Dogville was in the Rocky Mountains in the US of A, up here where the road came to its definitive end, near the entrance to the old abandoned silver mine.
		The residents of Dogville were good honest folks...
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0276919 (636 words)

	Dogville (2004): Reviews
		But at least acknowledge that Dogville, in a didactic and politicised stage tradition, is a great play that shows a deep understanding of human beings as they really are.
		Dogville isn't for everyone, but there's some intellectually stimulating conversation fodder for those with the patience to navigate the film's rough terrain.
		If Dogville has a reason for importance, it is the astonishing all-star ensemble who try very hard to put life into their cardboard characters and make this silly film work.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/dogville (1458 words)

	A Movie Parable: Dogville
		Dogville is an extremely small US community located in the Rocky Mountains.
		Eventually she finds herself enslaved to the people of Dogville who not only come to use her but also to abuse her in the most demeaning and hateful ways imaginable.
		Dogville tries to equate the nature of man with the nature of beasts (dogs).
	www.christiancritic.com /mov2004/dogville.asp (620 words)

	Dogville
		Dogville is a step in another direction completely, stripped down this time in term of sets.
		Dogville's profile was raised even more at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in competition for the Golden Palm Award (it lost to Elephant) because of its perceived anti-American feelings.
		However, the viewer is left in disgust by the residents of Dogville, and how quickly they turn on their guest is shocking.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/dogville.html (683 words)

	Dogville review - movie review of the Lars von Trier film starring Nicole Kidman
		Confronted with the growing cruelty of Dogville's inhabitants, the young woman, worn down in her physical and moral integrity, is compelled to reconsider her humanistic theories.
		Dogville is the story of a learning experience of great darkness.
		Grace, whose first name predisposes her to forgiveness, finally allows herself to be besieged by evil, contaminated by this town where sin reigns under the mask of kindness and Hell is guarded by a ferocious and famished dog (Cerberus).
	www.plume-noire.com /movies/reviews/dogville.html (865 words)

	AboutFilm.com - Dogville (2003)
		Dogville is a better experience than those occasional PBS broadcasts of performances of Shakespeare or the ballet, as Von Trier can get the camera much closer to the actors than is possible during a live performance, but he has still created a filmed play.
		Dogville functions so much on the symbolic landscape that it ceases to be a story about real people at all.
		Grace is not a real human being, for no human being would behave as meekly as she—and her behavior seems even more preposterous in hindsight after we learn her “secret.” She is a symbol out of which the humanity has been sucked, and when your protagonist is a symbol, you're in trouble.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/d/dogville.htm (2050 words)

	nicolekidmanunited.com Dogville
		Dogville is shot exclusively in a studio with a minimum of props once again allowing the actors maximum freedom and full exposure inspired by the televised theatre of the 70s.
		In Dogville Lars von Trier works extensively with light, sound, score and music in order to obtain and heighten a dramatic atmosphere.
		Disappointingly it appears Nicole will only appear in the first part of the trilogy due to work commitments elsewhere which meant she would not be available in time for the filming of the second part.
	nicolekidmanunited.com /NicoleKidmanFilmography/filmdogville2003.html (2280 words)

	Dogville
		This is the sad tale of the township of Dogville, in the Rocky Mountains, up where the road came to its definitive end near the entrance to the abandoned silver mine.
		Dogville is not a masterpiece, nor is it an embarrassment.
		Dogville is not a cry of rage against America -- it's a cry of rage against all mankind.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/dogville (1101 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Dogville (2004)
		The greatest achievement of "Dogville" is that the entire film—all three hours of it—takes place on a stage with bare fl and white backdrops, and it doesn't once feel the least bit stagy.
		To live in Dogville without being a longtime resident has its price, however, as Grace is gradually turned into the town slave, working at all of the houses for minimal pay, getting flmailed and raped, and ultimately unable to escape.
		Little by little, it becomes apparent that "Dogville" is a diatribe against American values, culminating in a meanspirited end credits montage scored to David Bowie's "Young Americans." One must ask themselves, however, whether the vintage photos glimpsed at the conclusion are accurate portrayals of the country's lower-class.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/d/04_dogville.htm (1126 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review DOGVILLE Danish movie by Lars von Trier with Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, ...
		Thought to be rabidly anti-American, "Dogville" upset audiences at Cannes, who, returning the favor, upset von Trier by not giving him any awards.
		"Dogville" is not a cry of rage against America — it's a cry of rage against all mankind.
		During the first of the film's three hours, a gentle voiceover describes the simple life in Dogville, Colorado, a clear echo of "Our Town," which is what makes people think of the movie as an attack on traditional America.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2003/dogville.php (1020 words)

	Dogville (2004) - A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
		However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harbouring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative.
		Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth...
		She comes to the town of Dogville, where she meets Tom who convinces the townspeople to give her sanctuary.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /dogville.htm (1580 words)

	Dogville
		In “Dogville” she is dirty, beleaguered and trudges through a tiny 1930s town in Colorado with the underplayed confidence that’s made her one of our finest actresses.
		The entire hamlet is outlined in white on the stage floor, but we quickly get used to not seeing buildings because we’re focused on the nature of this tiny town and the people who inhabit it.
		“Dogville” has a limited release in the U.S. To see it, find it at the local arts theater and soon, because it won’t stay long.
	www.fakes.net /dogville.htm (1725 words)

	sw’as » Dogville
		Dogville is a movie that brings great sadness through an exploration of human nature and the horrors we are capable of when given unbridled power.
		Dogville is a most excellent film and I highly recommend you see it, and maybe even buy it.
		Although, in the movie we are led to believe her level of pacifism isn’t necessarily her own choice, and she may have to some extent enforced her standards against others, if given the opportunity.
	www.elvery.net /drzax/2006/01/23/dogville (500 words)

	Amazon.com: Dogville: DVD: Lars von Trier,Nicole Kidman,Harriet Andersson,Lauren Bacall,Jean-Marc Barr,Paul ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dogville is a masterpiece that was kept under wraps until it's release.
		Dogville is a small town in the rocky mountains where it is filled with innocent hard working American citizens and have very forgivable problems about them.
		Dogville is nearly 3 hours long and has alot of dialogue, the average joe will find this boring, but the cinema fanatic who truly knows what is good and bad should have a go at this.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00029QXAK?v=glance (2208 words)

	"Dogville" / a review and/or comments from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		When a ten year old boy is shot in the chest, flies backwards into the air and lands slumped in a heap (more on this later) a lot of money has to be spent on stunts and effects.
		In “Dogville,” the presence of the stranger allows the people in the town to chip away at their own moral foundation while simultaneously trying to build a stronger one for the new arrival.
		She was raped by almost every man in the village, chained, forced to do odd jobs around the town for little pay and hardly any respect, humiliated and wrongly accused, and betrayed by the one and only person who she thought she could trust.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2004/dogville.html (2247 words)

	Reviews: Dogville - Christianity Today Movies
		Dogville's insular community is populated with self-protective liars who behave with contempt and defensiveness when strangers come to town.
		Dogville is the latest film from Lars Von Trier, director of the controversial, intense, and inventive dramas as Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark.
		Dogville gives evidence that Von Trier is wrestling with the difference between a God of fire and brimstone and a God of grace.
	www.christianitytoday.com /movies/reviews/dogville.html (2939 words)

	Dogville Dog Daycare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dogville is located at 120B Canal St., Salem, MA.
		Dogville Daycare offers a safe, friendly environment in which your dog may interact with a variety of dog friends, and bark, wrestle, romp and roll to his/her heart's content.
		A stay at Dogville provides them the opportunity to be a dog.
	www.dogvilledaycare.com (116 words)

	Amazon.ca: Dogville: DVD: Lars von Trier,Nicole Kidman,Harriet Andersson,Lauren Bacall,Jean-Marc Barr,Paul ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Unfolding in nine chapters (plus a prologue), "Dogville" is the story of Grace, a pale young woman who hides behind her dishwater-blonde hair and tries exceedingly hard to please everyone around her, often to her own disadvantage.
		She stumbles into Dogville (population: approximately 15) after escaping some gangsters and she hopes to find shelter in the backwoodsy hamlet, even though the inhabitants don't seem to have much of anything to spare.
		And the lack of walls intensifies the feeling of community which the Dogville residents have (in a sense that everyone is aware what the others are up to) which is very important for the idea of the movie.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002DB52M (3636 words)

	Dogville (2003): Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany - PopMatters Film Review
		Dogville ends with credits rolling under a series of still photos, accompanied by Bowie's "Young Americans." It's an oddly appropriate and also misleading finish for Lars Von Trier's look at "smalltown" America.
		Grace is similarly abused and represented during a ride in the back of Ben's truck, a ride for which she has paid him, in hopes of escaping from Dogville.
		Dogville is not Von Trier's first metaphorical victimization of women.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/d/dogville.shtml (1068 words)

	notcoming.com \| Dogville
		It might be true that contemporary audiences have never really seen a film quite like it, but the fact of the matter is that everything in the film owes its origin to theatrical innovations of the past century.
		Nicole Kidman’s character, Grace (the mind reels at the subtle touch of von Trier), is just as much a Golden Heart as the characters in the trilogy of the same name, it’s just that she doesn’t transcend the injustices visited upon her by dying or becoming a moron.
		What I liked most about Dogville is how von Trier mixed film, theater and literature in a way that i DO find original, even if it is found (although in lesser forms) in the works of say, Bergman (Fanny and Alexander comes to mind).
	www.notcoming.com /reviews.php?id=54 (1398 words)

	Amazon.com: Dogville: DVD: Lars von Trier,Nicole Kidman,Harriet Andersson,Lauren Bacall,Jean-Marc Barr,Paul ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dogville was in the Rocky Mountains in the US of A, up here where the road came to its definitive end, near the entrance to the old...
		However, "Dogville" is likely to alienate people in other ways, specifically by being a 3 hour presentation of a rather simplistic parable.
		Set in the town of Dogville where the people live in close quarters away from the rest of the world a young woman, a stranger, named Grace (Kidman) comes to escape a group of gangsters seeking her.
	www.amazon.com /Dogville-Lars-von-Trier/dp/B0002DB52M (2801 words)

	America, the cruel. By David Edelstein - Slate Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Even in the idyllic early sections, there's a hint of American capitalism's demonic pull, but the evil remains latent until the police arrive and announce that the missing Grace is wanted in connection with a string of robberies—robberies the townspeople know she didn't do because she was hiding out with them.
		There is a clinical fascination in watching the ways in which the equilibrium shifts: The best part of Dogville is its middle, in which there's a quivering (very unsteady) balance between Grace's romantic notions of her refuge (and her liberal—dare I say Christlike—urge to forgive all transgression) and the burgeoning resentment of the townspeople.
		As Dogville drags on, it turns into another protracted exercise in sadism, in which a beautiful innocent is tortured and humiliated: struck, shackled, raped, jeered, and Puritanically denounced for good measure.
	www.slate.com /id/2097817 (1769 words)

	DOGVILLE
		In the grand scheme of things, Dogville should probably be attracting way more ire and attention than the big Jesus snuff film.
		That changes, however, when Grace (Nicole Kidman, Cold Mountain) stumbles into Dogville looking for sanctuary as she is being pursued by a gang of bank robbers.
		A lot of people are going to be distracted, potentially to the point of walking out, by Dogville's odd collection of bells and whistles, not to mention its three-hour running time.
	www.sick-boy.com /dogville.htm (481 words)

	Idealism and Invention: Lars von Trier's Trying Masterpiece "Dogville"
		Another trying and even frightening thing about "Dogville" is that its politics, or better, its anti-politics, tend toward the fascist and are, at the very least, dangerously regressive.
		Our first view of the town of Dogville, located somewhere in the western United States in what seems to be the 1930s, comes in a high overhead shot.
		I got the chance to see Dogville and I can say frankly that it is the best thing that happens to cinema in years...Watch it as soon as it comes out.This is pure Genie...
	www.indiewire.com /movies/movies_030520dogville.html (3040 words)

	Dogville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dogme 95, the ideas he set forth nearly a decade ago with Thomas Vinterberg and others seeking to reform what they saw as the stultified filmmaking of the day.
		Dogville has a distinctly Brechtian sensibility, a bitterly acerbic and unforgivingly cynical view of the world, taking sides with the downtrodden against their oppressors.
		Had von Trier chosen to show a range of such photos with a wider geographical scope, there might be support for his professedly more universal intentions.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies7/Dogville.htm (637 words)

	village voice > film > by J. Hoberman
		Blossoms fill the air as the townspeople hold their Independence Day picnic and together sing the patriotic hymn "America the Beautiful." Some sort of cosmic drama is about to unfold at the dead end of the Rocky Mountain road: "God shed his grace on thee." It's a beautiful moment.
		Dogville travesties Thornton Wilder's Our Town and glosses its evil twin, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," in which the inhabitants of an idyllic New England town hold an annual ritual to stone one of their citizens to death.
		Dogville has a horrifying denouement, but the movie saves its catharsis for the end credits—a devastating juxtaposition of pop music and photographic evidence.
	www.villagevoice.com /film/0412,hoberman,52001,20.html (1033 words)

	Dogville - Movie Review - Stylus Magazine
		Dogville has not yet opened commercially in the U.S.—but it will undoubtedly rank among the very best films to debut here this year.
		On both accounts, his intended message is as razor-sharp as it is as effectively ambiguous, and its ability to be just as easily read in a number of different, conflicting ways only heightens the film's sociopolitical impact.
		Within an oeuvre defined by the cruel victimization of saintly females, Dogville is a film that, in its flooring penultimate chapter, reverses the usual tables, only to implicate von Trier himself, whose self-criticism here is every bit as incisive as any vitriol spewed America's way.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=850 (1097 words)

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