Mifune is the latest work with the imprimatur of Dogma 95, a group of Danish filmmakers who signed a cinematic vow of chastity reserving poverty and obedience, apparently, for TV directors. Dogma films are encouraged to use natural light and sound, real locations, no props or music brought in from outside, hand-held cameras and no directorial touches, as if the auteur theory was shamelessly immodest. Of the Dogma films I have seen ( The Idiots, The Celebration ) and the Dogma wannabe julien donkey-boy, it is the most fun and the least dogmatic. With just a few more advances like props, sets, lighting, music and style the Dogma crowd will be making real movies.
Napoleon did not die on the island of St. Helena in 1821. That was Eugene Lenormand, who looked a lot like him. The Emperor s New Clothes, a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy, tells how it happened. Lenormand is smuggled onto St. Helena to act as a double for the Emperor, who is smuggled off as a cargo hand on a commercial ship ( A position above decks would have been more appropriate ). The theory is, he will arrive in Paris, the impostor will reveal his true identity, and France will rise up to embrace the emperor.
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