The vast spaces of the Rocky Mountains, the snow-capped mountains and lakes as smooth as polished slabs, could be a backdrop in which set the sad story of a rural village forties. Yet the scene of
Dogville (Lars von Trier, Denmark 2003), which tells of an imaginary village in the Rockies U.S. consists only of a bare black stage. The characters move on a platform on which they are symbolically painted the walls of the houses, and a light artificial light per day. So essential for a dual purpose: Dogville - a city of dogs - a world that is oppressive, and the modesty reflects the most spectacular squalor of its inhabitants, or the human soul in general, which then focused the attention of the viewer .
The natural rhythm of the company alters the arrival of Dogville A woman (Nicole Kidman) on the run from an arrogant father, who wants his side in the activities of gangsters. Grace, grace , now stands as a purifier of the brutal nature of the villagers. He does it justify the faults of the poor people, while taking away their ability to view, moral intelligence.
The result is a severe criticism of the exaggerated gooders and the presumption that there is hidden. "Dogs can be taught many things" , warns the father of Grace in one of the key dialogues, condemning the paternalism of those exempt from the awareness, but in fact guilty of excluding the possibility of understanding, making for always prisoners of their character. Back to the 'evergreen comparison between the blind rage of the animal, but this time the animals can escape to nature that makes them slaves to a predetermined history and unconscious. Figurative meaning, but from the obvious philosophical implications.