The Celebration (1998) (Festen)

Miika's Movie Diary - 2018 (187 movies items)

"3.10, PC Lämminhenkinen kotivideo perheenisän railakkaista 60-vuotisjuhlista. Ei vais, kyllä tämä on ajoittain aika raastavaa katsottavaa, kun hahmot ovat kovassa henkisessä riepottelussa. Elokuvan kuvaaminen dogma-tyyliin tekee tästä intensiivisemmän ja jollain tapaa "älyttömämmän", mikä mielestäni vain korostaa tarinassa olevaa tunnelatausta. Toisaalta välillä touhu meinaa lipua hieman farssin puolelle, kun huutoa ja riehumista on niin paljon. Näitä dogma-tuotoksia pitää "

Movie Reviews (1651-1700) (50 movies items)

" Few films has ever managed to believably present a family birthday celebration documentary-style (with hand-held cameras and low-fi resolution footage), but it can be hard to take the plot seriously since it is more impressive and dramatic than ten seasons of a normal soap opera, but the acting is so spotless and intense that it sells this premise completely. That not a single family member can leave this celebration from hell makes absorbing stuff. "

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"

Movies of Sound Era Without Musical Score (27 movies items)

" The movie's score is minimal. Its first musical piece is a rendition of Frank Mills's "Music Box Dancer," played over the closing credits."

500 Essential Cult Movies (502 movies items)

"Festen"

“The thing about being a regular movie watcher is that you reach a stage where very few movies compel you to think about them in bed before going to sl”

“I remember it so well, I actually saw this movie when it was released in the movie theater and I was just blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, in my”

30 From 98: My Favorite Films From 1998 (30 movies items)

"Over at a dynastically run hotel, a high ranking family is holding a celebration for their father's 60th birthday. And one of the patriarch's major surprise gifts, "given" to him by his only son, is the unveiling news that he is responsible for the suicide death of his daughter as a result of a family history of sexual abuse. Although, considering the other troubled revelations that reveal themselves as the party chugs along, it wouldn't surprise me if "Big Daddy" would have just settled on jus"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1990's) (124 movies items)

" Notes: The first movie following the Dogme rules was just great. Indeed, there were no special effects, no big stars just a simple and pure movie, at least, that’s my opinion. To be honest, when I first watched it, I was about 18 years old and it was the first time I actually felt nauseous after watching a movie. I know, it doesn’t sound really appealing but it wasn’t because it was bad , it was because it was so powerful and emotional. Like I said before, there were no chases, explosion"

Movies Watched in 2016 (274 movies items)

"March 31st Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2018) (747 movies items)

" Notes: The first movie following the Dogme rules was just great. Indeed, there were no special effects, no big stars just a simple and pure movie, at least, that’s my opinion. To be honest, when I first watched it, I was about 18 years old and it was the first time I actually felt nauseous after watching a movie. I know, it doesn’t sound really appealing but it wasn’t because it was bad , it was because it was so powerful and emotional. Like I said before, there were no chases, explosion"