Dimension's end.

Some snicker at Lars von Trier's rules and the obstructions but never at a poet's rhyme and meter. Willfully submitting to limits can spark a certain creative friction - unless the overall setup is simply too overwhelming.

Filmz.de points to a short report in Die Welt (and in German): Von Trier is giving up on Dimension, a project he started in 1991 for which he'd been shooting three minutes a year. The premiere was slated for 2024. The aging of the actors, which included Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Stellan Skarsgard, Katrin Cartlidge and Eddie Constantine (the latter two, of course, have since passed), was to have been incorporated thematically in the film.

You have to figure, depending on whether or not he shot anything this year, that he's got either 39 or 42 minutes. Die Welt reports that the fate of this footage has not yet been determined.

Posted by dwhudson at November 29, 2005 12:22 PM