Dear Wendy is a 2004 Danish American drama directed by Thomas Vinterberg from a screenplay by Lars von Trier and it follows the story of a young loner named Dick who lives in the impoverished mining town of Estherslope and who discovers a small handgun that inexplicably draws him in despite his strong pacifist convictions and he forms a secret club called The Dandies with other outcast youths based on the paradoxical principles of pacifism and gun ownership and the central rule of never drawing their weapons is eventually broken leading to a tense and morally ambiguous climax and the film explores themes of alienation youth rebellion the seductive power of firearms and the fragility of ideological purity and the UK DVD release of the movie includes the theatrical cut with optional English subtitles a behind the scenes documentary featuring interviews with the director and cast a commentary track by Vinterberg and a collection of deleted scenes that further illuminate the characters motivations and the film’s visual style is marked by stark natural lighting handheld camera work and a muted colour palette that reinforces the bleak setting and the performances especially Jamie Bell as Dick and Michael Angarano as his companion are noted for their restrained intensity and the film was originally categorized as Action in order to aid web searches even though its genre is more accurately described as psychological drama thriller and the title was added to the iOctavio.com database on January twenty first two thousand six as part of the site’s catalogue of DVD movies