Mifune Review
The third installment in the much talked-about Dogma 95 movement, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen's Mifune is a wry look at class snobbery and material ambition. Though not as artistically adventurous or starkly satirical as the first two official Dogma works (Thomas_Vinterberg's The_Celebration (1998) and Lars von Trier's The_Idiots (1999)), Mifune keeps its vow of cinematic chastity according to the Dogma 95 manifesto: shooting with a hand-held camera, with natural lighting and no musical score. The result is a film that seems to crackle with spontaneous energy. All three principal actors give sterling performances. Jesper_Asholt is stunning as Rud, the protagonist's mentally challenged younger brother, while Iben_Hjejle as Lida, the prostitute running from her past, received Special Mention at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival. Mifune is a rich, intelligent work that provokes and satisfies. Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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