Dancer in the Dark

When avant-garde director, Lars von Trier, cast avant-garde Icelandic pixie singer, Bjork, to star in the musical drama,Dancer in the Dark, they created ,together, one of the best films of 2000. Bjork stars as Selma, a Czech immigrant that moves to the state of Washington in the early 60s. Selma works in a factory to support herself and her son, Gene. She spends her free time performing in the community theatre and going to the picture show to watch her favorite musical though her vision is starting to fade. The more her vision starts to fade, the more surreal and musical the film becomes. Bjork did not only star in the film but she wrote most of the sound track, Selmasongs. When Bjork coos I've seen what I was/I know what I'll be I've seen it all/ there is no more to see, you envision the blur in Selma's eyes.