Innovative, visually distinctive and provocative, Lars von Trier became associated with Dogme 95, which he formed along with three other Danish directors during the early 90s. However, was it really a collaborated effort or his own vision that has been fermenting for years before?

It hardly matters what the answer is, as any work of Lars can't be described as boring nor mediocre. Pelikula@titusbrandsma goes into retrospective mode on November 13, as it'll show "The Idiots" and "The Kingdom".

Idioterne/The Idiots
Lars von Trier, Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Italy, 1988.
109 minutes.

"The Idiots" is arguably the best of the Dogme 95 features, reminiscent of Luis Bunuel's anti-bourgeois classics. It concerns a group of yuppies who decide to leave the comforts of their jobs and loved ones to roam around Copenhagen as idiots, their way of rebelling against their city's "bourgeois mentality".

Funny, sharp and touching, the movie is talked about for its orgy scene, which is kind of unfair because there's more to the film than the number of times the flesh (and genitals) are bared.

Riget/The Kingdom
Morten Arnfred/Lars von Trier, Denmark/France/Germany/Sweden, 1994.
256 minutes.

"The Kingdom" is where Stephen King's TV miniseries (currently showing on AXN) is based. As restless souls roam in a hospital, science and superstition clash on how doctors and patients deal with the situation. The Danish filmmaker sets his