The critics scream "anti-american!" about Lars von Trier's "America" trilogy, but I think it's quite the contrary. LvT is showing sides of our shameful past and present. It's not "Anti-amercian" to point out that things are fucked up. In, fact, the current administration, seems to think it is our job...around the world. So, in that sense, it's very American. He's not American by the way, he's Danish, but you get my point. I appreciate what he's doing here and he led Jon and me to a fantastic conversation about our neighborhood. That's what great films are about.
We meet Grace and her father after they have gunned down the village of Dogville. They have journeyed East and are heading for the third film in the trilogy, Washington. They come upon a plantation, Manderlay, where slavery is still being practiced. Grace tries to free the slaves from their oppression and she finds that oppression is not black and white. Ouch. Sorry.
I eagerly await the next installment of the trilogy.
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