It’s a well-known fact that if you are feeling nervous, especially at a social event, having a couple of drinks can easily help you to calm down. Nonetheless, if you have no self-control, you can run the risk of drinking too much, saying too much, and making a far bigger mess. Few films have captured the tumultuous and heady mix of social anxiety coupled with alcohol dependency as well as Marco Lawson’s The Dinner (Middagen), a Danish film that feels in the spirit of classic Dogme 95 cinema, bringing to mind Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round and Festen. Telling the story of a man meeting his daughter-in-law’s parents for the first time, it carefully peels back layers surrounding class, masculinity and social norms with painfully acute observation, buoyed by an oppressive atmosphere and smart set design. Impressed by this uncomfortable depiction of social anxiety, we talked to Lawson about Danish drinking culture,...
- 7/4/2022
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
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