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Dear Wendy
- Director: Thomas Vinterberg
- Writer: Lars von Trier
- Producer: Gillian Berrie; Bettina Brokemper
CGiii Comment
A Dogme 95 co-founders collaboration - conveniently dispensing with all of their strict principles.
So, what does that say about Dogme and their ridiculous vow of chastity?
Quite a lot - the word hypocrisy springs to mind.
The premise is interesting - Pacifists with guns...
The young cast do an excellent job with a script that is a supposed comment on Columbine - but, von Trier definitely thinks himself to be more clever than he actually is - and, the result is a ridiculous modern-day shoot-out of ludicrous ideas.
It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't have the Dogme dogma scuttling in the background - rendering it reflectively redundant.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
DEAR WENDY is a story about the young loner Dick who lives in the poor mining town of Estherslope. When he happens upon a small handgun one day, he finds himself strangely drawn to it, despite his fervent pacifist views. Together with his newfound partner he soon convinces the other young outcasts in the town to join him in a secret club he calls The Dandies. A club based on the principals of pacifism and guns. Despite their firm belief in the most important Dandy rule of all - never draw your weapons - they soon find themselves in a predicament where they realise that rules are made to be broken.
Cast & Characters
Jamie Bell as Dick Dandelion;
Bill Pullman as Krugsby;
Michael Angarano as Freddie;
Danso Gordon as Sebastian;
Novella Nelson as Clarabelle;
Chris Owen as Huey;
Alison Pill as Susan;
Mark Webber as Stevie;
Trevor Cooper as Dick's Dad;
Matthew Geczy as Young Officer;
William Hootkins as Marshall Walker;
Teddy Kempner as Mr. Salomon;
Thomas Bo Larsen as Customer