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Synopsis: Another child star who fucked up.
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| Review by Rich Cline for Shadows on the Wall (Edited) It's impossible to describe this film, which blends and blends genres faster than you can define it. It begins as a documentary about a former child star Richard Veed (Richard Viede), who went through a drug overdose and now years later is trying to resurrect his career on the saucy soap I Can't Even Think Straight!. As the doc crew gets closer to him, we realise that this is actually a doc within a doc - because the crew itself gets into the story, examining and manipulating celebrity to get a sensational scoop. Soon one of the filmmakers Katrina Matters (Katrina Mathers) is so intricately involved in the story that she doesn't know where to turn. Because of the outrageous style of filmmaking, we quickly realise that most of this is fiction - a mock-doc wrapped in a documentary submerged in a comedy spoof. ..the people are eerily believable; some (most notably McDonald's TV producer) are comedy sketch characters, while others dip into Spinal Tap-like moments of inspired improvisational silliness. The layers of meaning are darkly clever.. looking at voyeurism and the whole concept of reality television. Viede is a terrific centrepiece - magnetic and hilariously camp. While Mathers' decent into virtual madness is both compelling and blackly funny. ..it looks terrific, copying the visual textured and kinetic editing of tabloid TV to bring us the real story in all its scadalous glory. And as it starts to dip into themes of privacy and addiction, it gets a little scary... Visit Site: www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rcline/swfes02c.htm |
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