Since DOGVILLE (2001 directed by Lars von Trier) is one of the BEST, if not the BEST picture, artwork, and study in morals, ethics, psychology and the abyss of the human being as such, I'd like to upload my favorite scene which is - of course - the last part of the movie, before Grace (played by Nicole Kidman) takes her consequences, and has this fantastic dialogue with her father, the big mafia boss, played by the wonderful James Caan. * HAVE FUN & ENLIGHTENMENT * * Ailen Roc * Part of the ORIGINAL SCRIPT Grace was no expert in exclusive automobiles Yet, she recognized with no difficulty the sound of the vehicle that was rounding the corner from Canyon Road at that very moment. Alas, in Grace's memory the legendary purr of the Cadillac series C was inextricably linked with another rather less sophisticated sound that of gunfire directed against her person. Grace to her father: Don't you need to justify your actions before you shoot us That's new That could be interpreted as weakness, Daddy... l'm disappointed in you! Father to Grace: l'm not gonna shoot anybody Grace to her father: You shot at me before Father to Grace: Yes l'm sorry, l regret that You ran away But shooting at you certainly didn't help matters Of course not You're, far, far too stubborn.. Grace to her father: lf you don't want to kill me then why did you come? Father to Grace: Our last conversation the one in which you told me what it was you didn't like about me never really concluded as you ran away l should be allowed to tell you what l don't like about you That l believe would be a rule of polite conversation, you know Grace to her father: That's why you showed up? Father to Grace: And you call me stubborn.. Grace to her father: You're sure you're not here to force me to go back and become like you? Father to Grace: lf l thought there was a chance of forcing you but of course that will never happen You are more more than welcome to return home and become my daughter again anytime and l would even begin to share my power and responsibility with you if you did .. Not that you care... Grace to her father: So what is it? What is it, the thing... the thing that you don't like about me? Father to Grace: lt was a word you used that provoked me You called me arrogant. Grace to her father: To plunder as it were a God given right l'd call that arrogant, daddy! Father to Grace: But that is exactly what l don't like about you lt is you that is arrogant! Grace to her father: That's what you came here say? l'm not the one passing judgment, Daddy, you are Father to Grace: No, you do not pass judgment because you sympathize with them A deprived childhood and a homicide really isn't necessarily a homicide, right? The only thing you can blame is circumstances Rapists and murderers may be the victims according to you, but l call them dogs and if they're lapping up their own vomit the only way to stop them is with the lash. Grace to her father: But dogs only obey their own nature So why shouldn't we forgive them? Father to Grace: Dogs can be taught many useful things but not if we forgive them every time they obey their own nature. Grace to her father: So, l'm arrogant l'm arrogant because l forgive people? Father to Grace: My God Can't you see how condescending you are when you say that? You have this preconceived notion that nobody, listen, that nobody can't possibly attain the same high ethical standards as you so you exonerate them l can not think of anything more arrogant than that You, my child... my dear child you forgive others with excuses that you would never in the world permit for yourself. Grace to her father: Why shouldn't l be merciful? Why? Father to Grace: No, no, no You should, you should be merciful when there is time to be merciful But you must maintain your own standard You owe them that You owe th