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Other play-like films?


Are there any others that you can think of

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Trier did pretty much the same setup with Manderlay (2005), intended to be the 2nd part of a trilogy, which is (at least as yet) unfinished. It's not nearly as good as Dogville, but it's not bad.

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Venus in Fur, Birdman, (perhaps?) A Prairie Home Companion come to mind.
Though Dogville is the best of its kind for me ...

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Steve Jobs and The Hateful Eight.

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Hitchcock's Rope

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Without question this to me is a direct I'll call it homage to the staging of "Our Town" for television in 1977. It was setup the exact same way with a main street and houses drawn by lines on the stage floor and actors interacting with objects that weren't there like doors etc. It had a great cast of Hal Holbrook as the narrator (just like in Dogville), Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Robbie Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, John Houseman, and many other recognizable tv and film actors. Can be watched uncut on youtube as of 2021. I love Dogville a whole bunch more however for it's dark narrative and modern day talent.

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