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Didier Aubert — Histoire générique et clichés de l’histoire : la Farm Security Administration revue et corrigée par Lars von Trier In 2003 and 2005, Danish director Lars Von Trier raised controversy with the first two instalments of his planned “USA – Land of Opportunities” trilogy. Although shot on nearly empty sound stages, Dogville and Manderlay were meant to conjure up Great Depression America, and followed a young woman’s attempts to nurture kindness, dignity and fellowship in two seclud..