Description
The Idiots (Idioterne) is Lars von Trier's 1998 provocation and the second official Dogme 95 film. It follows a group of middle-class Danes who form a commune and pretend to be mentally disabled in public to challenge bourgeois society. Led by Stoffer, played by Jens Albinus, the group gradually loses control of its own game. The cast also includes Bodil Jorgensen and Anne Louise Hassing. This is the US VHS release from USA Home Entertainment (copyright 2000 October Films), catalog number 963 060 135-3, rated R. It runs approximately 115 minutes, is in Danish with English subtitles, and is closed captioned. It comes in the yellow and cream cardboard slipcase with the short bus cover art and cast photo spines. The cassette carries a rental store rewind sticker. This is an early, hard-to-find American home video release of one of the most controversial films of the Dogme movement.