Set in an American Town in the Rocky Mountains in the 1930s. Lars von Trier
re-explores the concept of goodness, but this in an idiom very different from
that of his Gold Heart Trilogy (Breaking the Waves, The idiots and Dancer in
the Dark). DOGVILLE is shot exclusively in studio with a minimum of props
once again allowing the actors` maximum freedom and full exposure
inspired
by televised theatre of the 70s. In DOGVILLE Trier works extensively with
light, sound, score and music to obtain and heighten dramatic atmosphere.