The Idiots
1998 · 114 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 34,882 VOTES · DIR. Lars von Trier
Overview
A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,103 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:15 The tension mounts, hits the roof and falls to earth with a bang...
00:05:18 Sorry, Susanne. - Yes, sorry.
00:09:19 Responsibility does them good. No, not...
00:14:36 No, I don't think so.
00:17:58 Why are you undoing it again? Stop... stop it!
00:22:15 If one can find the one idiot that happens to be one's own idiot...
00:27:54 I thought it was yours?
00:32:07 We've debased ourselves enough in this shitty district.
00:35:09 An institution? - An institution for the retarded.
00:38:08 ...Coming here, I mean. - Yes, no problem.
00:41:31 This is great. It's just a pity we can't capture their genes on film.
00:45:57 ...I don't want a wife and kid. I want you.
00:49:27 Bloody hell.
00:53:07 Ok, ok, I'm out of here. Card, please.
00:57:33 There.
01:01:17 From the council?
01:04:39 Fucking fascists!
01:08:09 Music and dancing.
01:12:18 I'll give you gang bang!
01:20:17 Obviously an outsider can't see what it means.
01:24:12 Aren't you a doctor, damn it? You said you knew about it.
01:28:27 Your pathetic little spassing bit is the only thing that matters.
01:33:06 I think it's time for us to consider...
01:37:54 Then it can be done.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,103
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:37:54
Production Record
DirectorLars von Trier
LanguageDanish
Budget$2,500,000
Revenue$7,200
IMDb votes34,882