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Originally Posted by Spammy
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This is Festen! This is a dogme ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95) film, which is partly responsible for the handheld camera. It's incredibly acted and ridiculously intense when it gets going. The dogme collective was set up by a group of Danish directers lead by Lars Von Trier, it's all about pure filmaking and no cheap tricks. There are some other great films as part of this collective, though Festen is the best.
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The only Dogme effort I've seen is 'The Idiots' and I loved it. I saw a documentary about the blokes involved and they seemed quite keen to distance themselves from the notion of 'pure filmaking' and they seemed to emphasise the point that they weren't neccessarily attempting some sort of grand critique of industry trends. Which is fair enough, because I'm not sure that using ridiculous scripts and overacting is any more 'pure' than using dodgy special effects.
I reckon they just came up with a set of rules that they can use to challenge themselves, with no greater agenda.