The Idiots

A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of an aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form of intelligence by living together in a community of "idiots". Their main activity becomes going out into the world of "normal" people and pretending to be mentally retarded. They take advantage of this situation to create anarchy everywhere they go and try by every possible means to make people annoyed, disturbed, miserable, ridiculous, angered, and shocked. The films start as they recruit a new lost soul and introduced her to their megalomaniac leader. Product Description

One of Von Trier's best

This is one of the best films that Lars Von Trier (director of Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, and Breaking the Waves) has ever done in my opinion. It is an excellent example of Dogme 95, a pact by several filmmakers (of which Von Trier is arguably the most famous) to create more realism in cinema by restraining what the director can do. It's usually associated what is sometimes considered shaky camera work. [...]

While all of Von Trier's films since have been influenced by his work in this style, most are not strictly Dogme films. Dancer in the Dark for example switches back and forth to heavily stylized scenes and contains what is considered to be "superficial action." The Idiots is an early example of what this genre was meant to look like,

The Idiots is long overdue for a full American release. To the best of my knowledge, the only version ever released here was a censored VHS one. Due to its very graphic sexuality, the company that released it did not leave it uncensored, despite it being a home video item. January 24, 2008

A boundry breaker

This as the first Dogme95 Film I had ever seen. I knew nothing of the concept of what the Dogme95 films were all about. All I can say is what an amazing ride. This film is brilliant as far as im concerned.
http://michial.com/ April 11, 2006

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