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To be honest, I found the last third a bit predictable. I know it's a traditional story arch - from beginning to ending, the tale of a number of individuals becoming something bigger than anyone of them could be on their own. That's fine, but it's a bit "samey." And I'm not saying you should get all M Night Shyamalan on it. That's the last thing the film world needs. But maybe take some cues for Von Trier's later work. The second he became predictable, he turned that predictability back on the audience. For example, everyone familiar with his work must have went into Dogville expecting a couple hours of torture followed by a tragic and depressing conclusion. When he twisted that ending, giving the audience exactly what they wanted, he showed them that they perhaps were not the best judges of what they wanted. By making the ending they thought they wanted into something so grotesque and terrible, he was able to play with the audiences own desires and expectations, and the relationship they have with both the film, and him as a director.
What I'm saying is, maybe he puts the wheel on a bike and it tacos or something. That'd be a laugh.