Festen
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
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""Festen" aka "The Celebration" was the impressive directorial debut of the young Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg ("It's All About Love", "Dear Wendy"), and the first film made according to the rules of the daring Dogme 95 movement. It shows that you don't need big budgets to make a great film. However, Dogme wouldn't work if its films weren't as daring as its ideals of film-making - and "Festen" proved that those guys really have much to say. "Festen" is an extremely cruel film, and it's somewhat uneasy to..."
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Since this is a Dogme-film, there cannot be any non-diegetic (artificial) sounds added, no post-production. The camera also needs to be hand-held. So when Christian falls to the floor in the reception and sees his sister, Christian himself had to hold the camera when falling. To achieve the "dizzy" sound, the original cameraman swung the microphone around in the air.
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At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.