Festen (1998) by Thomas Vinterberg

This week Patrick and Eliana discuss Thomas Vinterberg’s 1998 Cannes Jury Prize winner, Festen (The Celebration). The inaugural Dogme 95 film is filled with frenetic energy that put Denmark back on the filmmaking landscape as it attempted to break free from that which was mainstream and conventional.Resources:C. Claire Thomson. Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen. University of Washington Press, 2013.Liliana Pedrón de Martín. “Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen (1998). An Attempt to Avoid Madness through Denunciation.”The Couch and the Silver Screen. Psychoanalytic Reflections on European Cinema, edited by Andrea Sabbadini, Brunner-Rutledge, 2003, pp. 94-99.Götsch, Dietmar: „Schimmer des Vergangenen. Überlegungen zu Thomas Vinterbergs Film Festen.“ Mediale Wirklichkeiten, edited by Andrea Nolte, Schüren, 2003 (Film- und Fernsehwissenschaftliches Kolloquium 15), pp. 19–26. DOI: doi.org/doi:10.25969/mediarep/14375.Jesper Jargil. De lutrede. Jesper Jargil Film, 2002Cast and crew interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R24lXd8EmMASound:EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth Orchestra Pandora Records/Al Goldstein ArchiveInterview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcveW3hH7gQ