The Role Of The Refugee And The Impact Of Fragmented Identities In Diasporic Filmmakers. A Review Of Dogville By Lars von Trier

In this article I will review the film Dogville by Lars Von Trier through the perspective given by Hamid Naficy in his book An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking. The main purpose is to understand how identity is described and performed through the allegory of Grace and the image of th...

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Published in:CINEJ cinema journal 2014-04, Vol.3 (1), p.126-149
Main Author: Marino, Sara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Medya ve Sinema
transnational cinema, diaspora, accented cinema, dogville, lars von trier, naficy, exile, refugee, sense of belonging, identity
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Summary:In this article I will review the film Dogville by Lars Von Trier through the perspective given by Hamid Naficy in his book An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking. The main purpose is to understand how identity is described and performed through the allegory of Grace and the image of the refugee, and the role homelessness and displacement play both for the filmmakers and the content of diasporic films. I will demonstrate how the relationship between minority (Grace-the refugee) and the majority (the population of Dogville) is a topic of transnational cinema, and which conclusions can we make by taking into account the role of identity and sense of belonging for transnational productions.
ISSN:2158-8724
2159-2411
2158-8724
DOI:10.5195/cinej.2013.84