Dimension (film)

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Dimension
Directed by Lars von Trier
Written byLars von Trier and Niels Vørsel
Produced byPeter Aalbæk Jensen [1]
Production
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Distributed byFilmmagasinet Ekko
Release date
  • 25 August 2010 (2010-8-25)
Running time
27 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageEnglish

Dimension is a 2010 Danish unfinished gangster film written and directed by Lars von Trier. [2] Production began in 1990, and the film was shot in over six years from 1991 until production ended in 1997. The original intention was to continue production in four-minute segments every year for a period of 33 years, with a final release in 2024. The unfinished film, released on DVD in 2010, consists of the completed footage as a short film. [3]

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Cast

Von Trier was known in the same regular group of European actors including French-American Jean-Marc Barr, German Udo Kier, and Swedish Stellan Skarsgård, who were cast in several later von Trier films: Breaking the Waves , Dancer in the Dark , Dogville , and Nymphomaniac . Also some actors appeared in the film from his previous works including Katrin Cartlidge ( Breaking the Waves ), Baard Owe ( Medea , Europa , and Riget ), Ernst-Hugo Järegård (Europa and Riget), Eddie Constantine (Europa), Jens Okking (Riget).

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References

  1. Lumholdt, Jan (2003). Lars von Trier: interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 43–44. ISBN   978-1-57806-532-5 . Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  2. Christensen, Claus (2010-08-17). "Verdenspremiere på ufuldendt Trier-film". Filmmagasinet EKKO (in Danish). Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  3. Screen Daily - Unfinished Lars von Trier film Dimension headed to DVD