家宴1998

‘I don’t think so. Looking at American society, I’m sure that there are a lot of families living on the surface, not thinking of what’s behind the facade. And that’s the topic of the film. There’s also a huge amount of Child abuse in American. At Cannes, many French journalists had to stop their interviews because they were crying. The reason that people say this is very Danish is explained by the rituals which we follow thoroughly in the film. The themes of the film are universal, although it doesn’t sound very humble to say that. ’

In the interview of Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998), Vinterberg mainly mentioned that many families are different in appearance and inside in society. Many families will deliberately show their happiness and harmonious in front of outsiders. But inside the family, there are many unspeakable sadness and corruption. The director concentrate on Child abuse, the oppression of children by a family. This phenomenon is common, and the event in the film Festen is only a typical event, which is dramatized and revealed. The story takes place in the upper class, a class that pays more attention to hierarchy and dignity. The conservative tendency and patriarchal style of northern Europe can be better displayed in the upper class.

The whole family presents absurd "harmony" in the celebration, which can be regarded as the ultimate hypocrisy. With Christian's hand, director Thomas Vinterberg lift the fig leaf of a decent family and revealed the true face of the authoritative father. In the opinion of the director, the family is the only one institution that people can't choose and escape (Porton, 1999). In such a family environment, the primary task of each child is to maintain the glory and dignity of the family. Helena chooses to swallow the sadness after seeing her sister's suicide note and does not publish it to the public. After Michael seeing her sister's black boyfriend, he tries to drive him away in order to "not shame the family". This is tantamount to Fascism in the family, where individual interests are suppressed under collective interests. Christian is the eldest son favored by his father in the family. His character is modest, gentle and decent, which is in line with the image of a regular successor wanted by the big family at that time. His brother is ignorant, cynical and not valued. But no one thought that it was the eldest son who lit the smoke of "war" at home. Because the dead person is his twin sister. In such family oppression, the interaction between peers will be more important and the relationship between peers will be solid. His sister died under the pressure of the sexual assault of the authoritarian father.

In Denmark, one in 10 children will suffer from domestic violence, which seems to have become a part of society and is difficult to change in a short time (Porton, 1999). His father's behavior finally violated Christian's last line of defense, even if his behavior would disgrace the family and disgrace his father's majesty. He can't stand such a hypocritical family, and blames himself for failing to protect his suicidal sister. Then, the role of mother accounts for a small proportion in the film. In the patriarchal family, she is always around her husband. She speaks appropriately and behaves gracefully. However, after her son tells everybody the truth she had already known for many years, she chooses to cover up the facts and claims that Christian is suffering from paranoia. The false accusation against his son reflects that in this kind of family relationship, the oppression of the younger generation has become conventional. In the end, the father's exit will not completely destroy such a family relationship, Wood (1999) argued that even if patriarchy is overthrown immediately, it will still take several generations to gradually eliminate the imperceptible habit of universal rule.

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Reference list:

Kaufmann, M., Hald, B. (Producer), & Vinterberg, T. (Director). (1998). Festen [Motion Picture]. Denmark: Scanbox Danmark.

Porton, R. (1999, March 22). Something rotten in the state of Denmark: an interview with Thomas Vinterberg. Cineaste, 24(2–3), 17.

Wood, R, P. (1999). Humble guests at the celebration: an interview with Thomas Vinterberg and Ulrich Thomsen. CineAction, pp. 47-54.

1995左右前的丹麦，一个乡绅家里，这位乡绅在孩子小时候对自己的儿子、女儿性骚扰，女儿长大后自杀、儿子长大后找父亲算账的家庭故事。父亲最后认错，不过这父亲也是一个知错能改、敢于向自己孩子认错的人。

过生日男人穿黑色西装、戴着蝴蝶结领带，女人dress。他们穿西装这么经常，难道都要干洗吗？

餐桌喜欢点蜡烛。好像只见过他们喝红酒，没有什么白酒之类。

想讲话时候拿刀叉敲杯子，餐桌喜欢点蜡烛

丹麦人住有人自杀过的房间也会感到心理不适

儿子女儿每家都有车

做爱的镜头从上面拍，性观念蛮开放的

给父亲庆祝生日，儿女们都回来，很多而自都在巴黎工作

DOGME 1 FESTEN

道格玛宣言开山之作。

先来谈谈这个简单又充满情绪张力的故事结构。

这是遵循道格玛十诫拍出的第一部作品，没有花哨的叙事技巧和蒙太奇，顺叙结构的故事按照真实事件的发展铺陈开来。

随着故事情节的次第展开，人物间的肢体交流与对话，巧妙地引入人物关系、刻画人物性格，把一个庞大而复杂家族的群像塑造得清晰而立体。

支撑整个故事的悬疑设置来源于已故姐妹琳达的自杀。在庆祝父亲60大寿的觥筹交错间，一个折磨琳达和孪生兄弟克里斯丁多年的羞耻秘密逐渐浮出水面。

祝酒辞中，克里斯丁对父母的突然控诉，将噩梦般的回忆昭告宾客。疯狂而混乱的状况在家仆的推波助澜下愈演愈烈，整个家宴成为一场闹剧。宾客的尴尬无视与父母的圆滑回应下，克里斯丁一而再出言不逊，抖出了更多的黑暗往事。

兄弟迈克尔和姐妹海伦娜对待克里斯丁的惊人言论，以愤怒且不愿相信为开端，在分别使出暴力镇压和经历内心的伦理斗争后，以海伦娜念出琳达的遗书、迈克尔暴揍父亲为结束（怀疑还有更以牙还牙的情节）。

家族中的几位主要人物在情节点上的情绪张力和爆发十分到位，配合故事发展的节奏可以说是浑然天成。

再来谈谈不乏实验性的镜头语言。

道格玛十诫要求全部手持镜头，音画不可分离，按照故事真实发生的时间顺序拍摄。

除了各角度的全景中景表现庞大家族的宴席场面，镜头还不时穿梭在席间，在情节点上给到各个人物表情的特写，具有非常饱满的情绪张力。

以上常规视角外，更具实验性的要数一些诡异的鬼视点，不时出现在房屋的各个角落，有时还在空中漂浮着。

就好像故去的琳达正在注视着这一切，注视着她的孪生兄弟掀起一场战斗，注视着强权的倒塌、噩梦的驱散、秩序的重建。

这场战斗以一个坦白的演讲作为开端，它的名字叫作：当爸爸洗澡的时候。

孩子

第一次看dogma很新颖，有的时候镜头放得很低又跟得很近。大儿子幼时被性侵，现在他难以定心于一个女人。小儿子儿时被忽视、远送他乡(没经历过性侵或许也经历过家暴)，现在他粗鲁暴躁。

大女儿需要服用药物，不断说想回家，说明她不把自己生长的酒店当家；她的母亲见她男朋友时说“nice to see you back”而女儿说那是别人，说明她带过不止一个黑人男友回家；在宴会上几乎所有家庭成员都唱了歧视黑人的歌—— 或许女儿有的是一种反向的种族歧视，她交黑人男友是因为她受不了她家，她家是白人至上的、让她厌恶的白人家庭。

父母

最后父亲终于道歉了，可是他真的忏悔了吗？我看不出他感到很懊悔，虽然我也不知道感到抱歉的人看起来应该是怎样。所以，他的一句道歉，是屈服于道德还是屈服于暴力？小儿子已是个成年男人，把父亲揍倒在地，把母亲惊得花容失色。

母亲是不在乎的，只想维持和平的假象。宾客们也是不在意这整件事的。大儿子宣布秘密后，母亲很轻易地就能让宾客平静下来；看到父亲和母亲入场吃早餐，宾客们也继续聊着天，在父亲起身让大家安静前没有任何反应。对那个秘密的震惊是需要演出来的，但演完后又需要一个台阶下，母亲就总能发话给宾客一个台阶下，让他们回到冷漠的原样。

社会群体

那么，如果孩子们的精神问题是源于父亲和母亲，父亲和母亲的问题又是源于哪里？尽头在哪？

（超字数短评……这不是影评，没有什么特别的见解，只是提出一些问题）