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Playing the Fool

Documentary following the controversy of the 1988 film THE IDIOTS, which showed a group of middle class people pretending to be mentally impaired. Disabled people confront film director Lars von Trier about his view that anything can be shown in film, arguing that it reinforces negative stereotypes of the disabled.

24m2000

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

Documentary following the controversy of the 1988 film THE IDIOTS, which showed a group of middle class people pretending to be mentally impaired. Disabled people confront film director Lars von Trier about his view that anything can be shown in film, arguing that it reinforces negative stereotypes of the disabled.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
19 August 2000
Runtime
24m

Production

Director
Claire Lasko
Studios
Dual Purpose Production

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English