Five top lockdown movies, from an amazing take on the zombie genre to 2020 Zoom-call horror movie Host
- Made for under US$30,000 and opening with a 37-minute continuous shot, Japanese movie One Cut of the Dead is a fresh take on the zombie genre
- 2020 found-footage horror Host was shot remotely in the actors’ homes, and really captures the spirit of the times
Everything’s harder in lockdown – here are five movies which make a virtue of their limitations.
Festen (1998)
Running from 1995 to 2005, Dogme was a manifesto created by Vinterberg and Lars von Trier that vowed to “purify” filmmaking by removing everything but the truth. This meant films could only be shot on location with handheld cameras, available props, natural lighting and synchronous sound, among other restrictions.
Festen tells the story of a fractious family reunion at the 60th birthday of patriarch Helge (Henning Moritzen), and involves many awkward, blackly comic revelations. Although manifesto rules banned him from taking a directorial credit, Vinterberg received the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for the film.
Vinterberg later confessed to covering up a window for one scene, which meant, by bringing a prop to the set and using special lighting, he had broken two of his own rules.
