Visual Artillery

bosindy said:
Art should make people think not faint. Technically well done, not my cup of tea.
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Art should cause a reaction. Art isn't safe. Safe is for graphic design and corporations. And though it may appear this film is purely exploitational, there really is motivation behind the madness.

Now whether I am good enough to get the message out in the final edit... well that is to be seen. As of right now it's neither art nor garbage, it's a bunch of clips on my hard drive. With some luck and some talent maybe it will become art. More luck I am sure.
 
El Gato Negro said:
anybody who says that the lines are cliché, obviously have never been really in love. that was intense and the visuals were vivid and beautiful in their own sick way. awesome job man.
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Thank you. Hopefully more will come to see it your way.

I am still cutting the film so the final is not out yet.
 
holditnowfilms said:
And though it may appear this film is purely exploitational, there really is motivation behind the madness.
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I take you at your word. I don't mean to come off as the arbiter of what is art, too subjective.

I commented on your specific quote because it reminded me of a similar thing Eli Roth had been saying while promoting "Hostel." He wanted someone to faint so word would get out and it would increase the box office. He was, I think, less concerned with art and more concerned with commercialism. (which is fine, we all like money). In my view though, it has recently motivated more and more gratuitous violence in film to appeal to our most base level. I find this philosophy cynical, and at it's worst nihilistic.

Good luck with your film and I hope you realize your vision.
 
wowie... Certainly has a lot of style and impact and I like all of that. I've done industry stuff like this and you certainly nailed two aspects: gore and sex appeal. Can't believe no one else amid this sea of guys.. mentioned the chicks. So nice to do a horror flick with hot chicks in skimpy panties... naked.. covered in blood. So basically you have two marketable elements... Gore and chicks. I think that is a big thing that distributors look for... and certainly drives quite a few sales.

People can't get enough psycho biotches...
 
KCFilms said:
It's far easier to produce a worm-eating segment on "Fear Factor" than say "2001: A Space Odyssey," Ghandi," etc.
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That is the truth there.. but what about eating 12 inches of horse rectum video.. Personally I'd rather watch that than a movie like that Failure to launch... sisterhood of the traveling pants, or pretty much anything that involves some type of dance competition... etc.
 
KCFilms said:
It's far easier to produce a worm-eating segment on "Fear Factor" than say "2001: A Space Odyssey," Ghandi," etc.
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That is assuming 2001 was illuminating and not boring. It had some great visuals but for me was just a pretentious episode of star trek and to be quite honest I like the latter better.

Don't make the mistake of associating hard to do with better.

Now A Clockwork Orange, that was both illuminating and offensive. It also had some great visuals and more static camera shots than most people would be willing to accept today. Since Speilberg showed up nobody could make a film like that again.

Oh and thanks Justyn I was beginning to wonder if anyone would notice the hottie factor. We had a beautiful cast of talented actors. Blood, sweat and tears.
 
Glad to have eyeballs to watch those hotties.... Also like the Clockwork Orange reference.... That one was also so offensive and so ground-breaking that it actually had a different reaction than Kubrick wanted... and when gangs started going about like droogies... it was Kubrick that banned it in England....

Personally ACO is still one of my favorite flicks of all time...
 
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