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Festen (1998)
All the best-in-class craft of film-making in one movie
The story, the acting, the cinematography... it all blew my mind when I first saw this as a college student. You know that feeling when you've been invited by your boyfriend or girlfriend to a wedding and you knew nobody? It's especially uncomfortable if the family is from an upper class and there's a certain air of privilege in these people's lives? You're a guest and an observer. You feel a level of admiration, jealousy for how good these people have it. The film takes you on that journey from the point-of-view that I describe (at least it felt that way for me). I was an unknown guest observing the family dynamics. That insecurity and jealousy, turn to shock and embarassment as the story unfolds. The film truly invites you inside this "celebration".
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Never seen anything like it before, and haven't seen anything like it after
...well, some have tried.
Truly one of a kind masterpiece that weaves branches of seemingly unrelated stories back to the main plot. Criss-crossing timelines... the casual delivery of humorous dialogues are Tarantino's trademark.