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Synopsis: Another child star who fucked up. |
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| Review by Nick Walker, British Film Institute for the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival This tremendously witty and charming film plays on the current craze of watching everything that anyone does in life - all delivered up on television, making stars of us all. The film owes something to films like Ed-TV and The Truman Show but also tips its hat at the reality television shows such as Pop Idol and does this all in the grandest tradition of 'fly-on-the-wall' documentaries. However if that's all you expect of a film you'll be surprised and delighted as this serves up much, much more. It's a film that has its tongue firmly placed in its cheek and as such allows for some serious themes to come through as the pastiches and the issues of media and voyeurism and celebrity come thick and fast. We have the cult of the celebrity and the power and corruption of people via the media and finally the idea of a voyeuristic society to deal with and then to round things off we're hit with the theme of whether ultimately we wouldn't be better off doing something with out lives rather than watching someone else's! The look and feel of this film is perfectly suited to the subject matter and the DV guerrilla style cinematography, like the improvised script is sharp and incisive. It is very funny and has moments of mystery and confusion that hold the attention but its also a very humanistic film and the desperation and despair of the characters is well captured. The film's stars (and subjects and filmmakers!) are all extremely well cast and the writing is spot on as they all play out a storyline that centres on the warped and dark sense of the ridiculous. The filmmakers have really captured the essence of a modern phenomenon very well and even give the audience something to think about with a deliciously ambiguous ending. Is Richard Veed dead? The story continues... |
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