Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Cuomo, Glenn

Keywords

Film, Dogme 95, Harmony Korine, Lars von Trier, Denmark

Area of Concentration

Humanities

Abstract

This work examines the Danish film movement called Dogme 95 through a dedicated and careful engagement with the written documents that make up the film movement's canon. The most important of these texts is the Dogme 95 Manifesto and the Vow of Chastity whichis contained within. The Vow of Chastity is composed of a set of rules which dictated how a Dogme film may be produced. Both the manifesto, and the list of rules contained within are examined and compared to influential film movements and manifestos of the past, to show how the Dogme Manifesto is related to past movements, and how it differs. The rules themselves are analyzed to show how they affect the filmmaking process and how they influence directors to produce films using an entirely different mindset from mainstream cinema production. Direct examples from the films are used, as well as counter examples from more mainstream cinema in order to show their effect. The final section of this thesis examines the relationship between the themes of madness, religion, and law, as they appear in the manifesto, two of the most influential Dogme films, and in the director's lives. These concepts are shown to be deeply connected with the goal of Dogme 95, and are largely responsible for its character as a film movement.

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