"The Idiots" shows the audience another new way of fighting between people and social groups with a special shooting method - pretending to be crazy and acting stupid. The image of The Idiots is the spiritual mask of the characters in the film, and it also becomes a shield for their various transgressions. In fact, the struggle described in the film is more like an escape. The protagonist tries to get rid of the boredom and disturbance of the world by reaching a state of inner obsession. It doesn’t make much sense to fight the absurd with absurdity. Just a little bit of an impact on the world. In addition , the shooting technique of the film is quite realistic , which can be strongly felt from the movement of the lens, the angle of shooting, the performance of the actors, the arrangement of the scene, the processing of sound and light, etc.
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"The Idiots" does present Dogma95's philosophy of restoring the true nature of cinema. At the same time, however, the film loses all its appeal. The film is called The Idiots, and the protagonists of the story are The Idiots—real or fake, they all do the same thing as The Idiots. Von Trier wanted to use this kind of plot to criticize the hypocritical middle class, but the too formal Dogma95 and documentary style kicked the audience away long ago
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"The Idiots" is a shocking work. A group of young people who are dissatisfied with reality pretend to be "The Idiots" and play "Satan's games". On the surface, the film says that the normal society discriminates against people with intellectual disabilities. The above is to defend them. A group of young people are exploring their original desires and spiritual limitations, and they get pleasure while subverting traditions and challenging conventional thinking. The director also wanted to use this film to illustrate the filming of Dogma. Although the film is called "The Idiots" by many people, in fact, they just want to return to a more personal, simpler and free creation method
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