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Dogme 95: A Small Nation’s Response to Globalization
POLITOLOGISKE
STUDIER - ÅRG. 4 NR. 4 - FILM OG POLITIK -OKTOBER 2001
Af Mette Hjort
To
date discussions of Dogme 95 have focused largely on rule following
and the implications of creativity under constraint for the renewal
of film aesthetics. In this kind of account, it has frequently been
a matter of situating Dogme 95 in relation to a larger manifesto
tradition, and of pointing out that the Danish initiative, unlike
most manifestos, foregrounds formal, rather than political issues. A
quite different response to Dogme 95 insists that it should be
considered neither in political nor aesthetic terms, but rather as a
successful instance of marketing or as a fairly cynical publicity
stunt. In this piece I take issue with both of these positions by
arguing that Dogme 95 does, in fact, involve a serious political
dimension which becomes apparent once the implications of the
manifesto are viewed in light of the realities of small nations and
minor cinemas in an increasingly globalized world. Dogme 95, I
argue, is a small nation’s response to globalization, and warrants
attention precisely because it emphasizes neither heritage issues,
nor nationalism, but rather participation within a decidedly
international framework.
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