Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #122: Smash cut

Genre: Horror/Horreur

Annee/Year: 2009

Format: DVD

Smash cut. This canadian movie, from director Lee Demarbre, shot in Ottawa his really mostly an inside joke for amateurs of the director Herschell Gordon Lewis who made a string of B rated gore flicks in the 1960's. A few lines are above average but most of the film is really filled with inside jokes which most people will not get. Gory, yes but not to reach any end in itself. The story is about a director who is a failure and most of the movie describes the angst of a second rate director versus critics and it's public. Some of it is actually insightful and almost witty but that is lost on a a mostly boring plot.

Smash cut. À moins d'êtres un invétéré fan de Hershcell Gordon Lewis et du genre gore des années 60 ce film ne sera pas pour vous. Le film est vraiment série B et l'histoire présente peu d'intérêt. Les acteurs sont médiocres et la vedette féminine du film, Sacha Grey, vient du porno, mais elle n'utilise même pas cela à l'avantage du film... Le seul intérêt est la description de l'angoisse du directeur envers les critiques et ses auditeurs qui nous donnent quelques bonnes répliques.

Great quotes:

Fred Sandy: Ladies and gentlemen, the announcement we are about to make has been made only three times before in motion picture history. Each time, it has preseated that the showing of motion pictures that have become reguarded as the most unsual of their type ever filmed. And now... we make this announcement for the fourth time. We are about to show you a new movie which is called Smash Cut. Watch if you must. But remember... you were warned.

Link: http://www.smashcutmovie.com/index.html

Rating perso: 4.0/10