I will admit I'm a tough audience when it comes to satires about film-making, so when I saw this at a fest in Denver, I was a convert. Just when you think that material has been wrung dry, along comes a creative force so strong, energetic, and original that the genre is redefined and your disposition overturned.
Though I loved everything about the acting and direction, I was particularly impressed by the screen writing of Alex Simon. Instead of falling back on the genre's conventions, Simon goes balls to the wall painting an unlikeable character whom we enjoy watching trip and fall on land mines as he struggles to make his piece-De-resistance. Simon doesn't get all misty on us with making this about the difficulty of swimming with sharks. Instead he makes a compelling story about artistic hubris and arrogance and the price that "Auteurs" pay for their reckless abandon of morals and dignity.
I simply loved watching every frame of this film and can't wait to hear more about what's brewing in Mr. Simon's upcoming work.
Though I loved everything about the acting and direction, I was particularly impressed by the screen writing of Alex Simon. Instead of falling back on the genre's conventions, Simon goes balls to the wall painting an unlikeable character whom we enjoy watching trip and fall on land mines as he struggles to make his piece-De-resistance. Simon doesn't get all misty on us with making this about the difficulty of swimming with sharks. Instead he makes a compelling story about artistic hubris and arrogance and the price that "Auteurs" pay for their reckless abandon of morals and dignity.
I simply loved watching every frame of this film and can't wait to hear more about what's brewing in Mr. Simon's upcoming work.