“Lars Von Trier’s”:http://www.geocities.com/lars_von_trier2000/ sequel to “Dogville”:http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dogville/about.php . Starts right from the first second carrying on the theme. A different actress laying Grace. But somehow, maybe because we have already seen how a large sound studio with some handheld cameras can do all the business of locations and lighting teams and lavish props, the idea is not as interesting. Again, is it because we already know what von Trier is interested in, that “Manderlay”:http://www.manderlaythefilm.com/ is rather predictable. The genius of Dogville was its fairy tale nature, its ‘universal’ story. One interpretation of it was specific to the US – but its power, in my view, stemmed from its mythic character. Manderlay, on the other hand started and finished as a strong critique of American approaches to the ‘other’, domineering, not understanding, destructive and eventually hateful. Impressive, moving at times, alegorical but in my view not nearly as ground-breaking or powerful or haunting as its predecesor.