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Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg's film Festen ("The Celebration") was the first film from the Dogme 95 stable. Adhering to Dogme's cinematic purity, Festen was a commercial and critical success, winning the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1998. This study examines the history and context of the film.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part I. Festen and Film History
1. Dogma 95 and Danish Cinema
2. The Auteur and Cinema History
3. Dogma 95 and the Death of Film

Part II. Festen’s bodies
4. The Handheld Camera
5. The Hotel
6. Sense Memory and the Haptic

Part III. Festen’s ghosts
7. The Story of Allan
8. Festen from Screen to Stage
9. Media and Time

Appendix A. Dogma 95 Manifesto and Vow of Chastity
Appendix B. Festen: Data
Appendix C. Thomas Vinterberg: An Annotated Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Thomas Vinterbergs Festen The Celebration

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      Publisher University of Washington Press
      Published 1 February 2014
      ISBN-13 9780295992983
      978-0295992983
      ISBN-10 0295992980
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg's film Festen ("The Celebration") was the first film from the Dogme 95 stable. Adhering to Dogme's cinematic purity, Festen was a commercial and critical success, winning the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1998. This study examines the history and context of the film.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction

      Part I. Festen and Film History
      1. Dogma 95 and Danish Cinema
      2. The Auteur and Cinema History
      3. Dogma 95 and the Death of Film

      Part II. Festen’s bodies
      4. The Handheld Camera
      5. The Hotel
      6. Sense Memory and the Haptic

      Part III. Festen’s ghosts
      7. The Story of Allan
      8. Festen from Screen to Stage
      9. Media and Time

      Appendix A. Dogma 95 Manifesto and Vow of Chastity
      Appendix B. Festen: Data
      Appendix C. Thomas Vinterberg: An Annotated Filmography
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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