RM Dewer in the Dark kek
(out of 5). Directed by Lars
von Trier. Starring Bjork
and Catherine Deneuve.

Katharine Hamer

News Reporter
khamer@usuews.com

THE closing film of the
Vancouver International
Film Festival — now
playing at Fifth Avenue
Cinemas — has split
audience opinion like
few other movies.

Danish director Lars von
Trier’s jatest won the Palme
@’Or at Cannes this vear, as
well asa best actress award for

- Icelandic pop star Bjork. Like
all his work, Dancer in the
Dart has an innovative story-
line and experimental visuals:
the same factors that may
make the film somewhat chal-
lenging for viewers.

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walked out of the filn: festival
gala screening early cn, com-
plaining that the director's

- trademark handheld digital
video shots, zooming in and
out of focus on actors washed
clean of vibrant colour, left
them with motion sickness.

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film’s terribly sad subject mat- -
ter, left the cinema racked ,
with subs. .

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