Cut (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cut |
| Original title | Cut |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 ( indexed ) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kimble Rendall |
| script |
David Warner , Mark Lamprell |
| production |
Martin Fabinyi , Jennifer Bennet , Bill Bennet |
| music | Guy Gross |
| camera | David Foreman |
| cut | Henry Dangar |
| occupation | |
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Cut (with the addition Film ab ... and Schnitt! ) Is an Australian horror film by director Kimble Rendall from 2000. The leading roles are starring Molly Ringwald , Jessica Napier and Simon Bossell . Pop star Kylie Minogue can be seen in a supporting role in the prehistory of the film.
The actors and crew behind the camera in the horror film Hot Blooded experience firsthand what it is like to be chased by a masked killer. When the director is murdered, production is stopped and the film fragment is kept under lock and key, because every time the film is shown, someone dies ...
action
It's been 14 years since Brad, who played the masked killer in the horror film Hot Blooded, brutally killed the director Hilary Jacobs. This was preceded by the humiliation of Jacobs and Brad's dismissal. Hoping for another chance, he had visited her in her office, where the director humiliated him again. Brad got so furious that he mutilated himself, then cut out Jacobs' tongue with propeller scissors and killed her. His attempt to kill his then partner in the film Vanessa Turnbill failed. Before he could commit any more wrongdoing, he was electrocuted by Vanessa. At the moment of his death, Brad cursed the movie Hot Blooded! and all who had worked on it, because he saw in it the source of all calamity and for what had happened to him.
Now the young film student Raffy Carruthers, the daughter of Hilary Jacobs, wants to complete the film, which has become a legend among the students, together with her classmates. She can even get the then leading actress Vanessa to play her role again. Raffy is undoubtedly taking a risk, because every time the rudiments of the film have been shown, there have been deaths. With the team put together by Raffy, the creepy tale is now to be shot to the end on the original locations, against the will of Raffy's teacher Lossman, who had worked as an assistant director on Hot Blooded at the time and had witnessed the bloody acts. For example, a producer was electrocuted in an editing room or a director was found with a slit throat. Raffy can, however, count on a few students who are tempted to work on this film and who would like to include it in their grade as a thesis. Some also get in contact with Vanessa Turnbill in order to get a role in the film alongside her.
Turnhill is picked up at the airport by Raffy and Hester Ryan, the producer, and accompanied to a press conference to publicize the film. When asked by a reporter whether she's worried about her safety because of the curse that was pronounced in the film, she replied, trying to be funny, that if she actually died, she would be paid extra.
No sooner has filming started in a castle in the forest than the crew realizes that someone is hanging around who is actually killing them one by one. The stranger always attacks when someone from the crew is alone and hides the corpse. He also kills two police officers investigating the murders and the caretaker of the house where the crew is filming. In the end, only Raffy, Vanessa and Lossman of those involved in the film are still alive. Lossmann realizes that the Scarman is a supernatural monster and that only the complete destruction of the film fragments and the subsequently shot material can defeat this mythical creature. Raffy manages to let all the film roles go up in flames in a fire. The Scarman should now be exterminated.
Some time later, another copy of the film Hot Blooded! Is released in New York . found, whereupon a university professor decides to show the film to her students. As soon as the projection of the film has begun, the Scarman is also back.
production
Production notes, color design
Stunt coordinator Glenn Boswell and his team were thrilled to be able to work once again in their hometown of Adelaide and with producers they already knew from other productions. Boswell said Cut was one of the best films he'd ever worked on. The end credits of the film read: “Filmed at Raywood House, Bridgewater and on location in Adelaide , South Australia.” The film was shot between April 6 and May 28, 1999. MBP & Co KG, a German production company with Rainer Mockert as executive Producers who raised most of the money making the film.
The film was produced by MBP / Mushroom Pictures and Beyond Films. Cinematographer David Foreman said Cut was a pretty complicated film. the biggest challenge for him was the lighting, which had to be kept dark to intensify the horror. At the same time, however, it had to be ensured that the actions could be recognized on the screen. Although it is dark, the light must have a certain understanding of reality. For the later scenes in the 1980s, warmer colors and a tungsten-based look were chosen for the lighting. To get the right horror mood, the production team used dark colors, mostly dark green to show the blood. The amount of blood that flowed was a challenge, said Katie Graham, the film's costume designer. Some items of clothing should have remained bloodstained because they might have been needed for a later scene. She avoided the color red entirely and instead preferred light-colored clothing to show the blood more clearly. In addition, the respective lighting changed the color of the clothing, blue highlighted the blood, while yellow clouded it.
Murder weapons
As part of his research for the film, production designer Steven Jones-Evans searched libraries to find photos of old secateurs, which enabled him to design some very strange-looking devices for destruction. The main weapon in the film, scissors, had to be able to cut off heads as well as sever limbs. Peter Stubbs and his Filmtrix crew, who were responsible for the special effects, worked closely with Jones-Evans, they knew each other from previous productions. The scissors should look needle-sharp, as should the retractable knives. But you still had to be sure. That was one of the roles of Filmtrix, a company dedicated to the business of illusions. The masked murderer's murder weapon was a customized, modified, shiny metal secateurs.
mask
Make-up and hair designer Jen Lamphee loved working on the film, where she could push all the boundaries that other work wouldn't offer her. Lamphee worked closely with the prosthetics, props and art departments also on the actors' wounds and their duration and depth. More cruel makeup effects were requested from the MEG (Make-up Effects) team, Paul Katte and Nick Nicolaou. Even if the film was made out of fantasy, the effects still had to be believable. The cruelest mask developed took up to four and a half hours to put on the actor and also required different versions. Scarman's mask was shaped by the head of actor Frank Roberts and later detailed.
publication
The film was shown on March 2, 2000 in over a hundred Australian cinemas and was released in Germany on October 31 as an uncut DVD version, published by Sun Film.
Actor, director
Molly Ringwald
For leading actress Molly Ringwald this was her first Australian film. She played a double role once as Chloe and then as Vanessa Turnbill. As Vanessa, she portrays an American actress who starred in the film Hot Blooded . As Chloe, she embodies a 16-year-old student. For Ringwald it was interesting to see the different characters of these women and to make their differences clear. Ringwald said of her role as Vanessa that she was a lively, dynamic person with a sense of humor, but that she didn't compromise. She is a survivor who she loves, even if she is a little tough sometimes and a little spoiled. Vanessa has strong nerves and is allowed to say things that Molly Ringwald, the actress, would never say. The atmosphere on set was open-minded, and the collaboration took place in a pleasant working environment. For Ringwald, Cut was her second horror film after Office Killer from 1997. Ringwald, a fan of Australian music and films, enjoyed working in Australia. She said of the director Kimble Rendall that he was great. She thinks that has a lot to do with his musical background and the fact that they both have the same points of reference. Rendall has the most contagious laugh she has ever heard and is very open-minded, he is fun to work with.
Kylie Minogue
Playing the role of Hilary gave singer and actress Kylie Minogue an opportunity to revisit 1980s stretch denim and blue eyeliner, a throwback for herself as well as for co-star Molly Ringwald, with whom she briefed Scene divides. Minogue's role in the film is short, but it has great significance for the entire film. It is her second encounter with director Kimble Rendall, the first taking place in 1995 while working on the short film Hayride to Hell . Minogue made it a point to work with good actors and directors to improve their skills. There is so much she still has to learn, she said. Working with Rendall was a pleasure, he was a kind, lovable person. Very gentle, funny and with a dry sense of humor.
Jessica Napier
Jessica Napier, who can be seen in the film as Raffy, said that her role is not just about love scenes. Raffy is the driving force in the film, she has places to go, she is the leader. Napier went on to say that the film strongly imitates life and art and that it is a fact that you can think about something until you actually create it in reality. She and the character to be played by her are very different, Raffy is very determined and pushes to get things done and is ready to take a risk. You have a lot of passion and strength. Given the dangers of a movie with so much special effects, Napier said she made some people nervous when she got too close to a burning car.
Sarah Kants
For Sarah Kants, who embodies the character of Hester Ryan, the film was her debut in a feature film. Her character, a greedy producer, is ambitious, lively and intelligent. The character is also much more practical and pragmatic than she is. Hester knows what she wants and is also trying to get it. Your character is in love with Raffy played by Jessica Napier. The script appealed to her because she is not often offered roles in which young women can stand on their own two feet.
Kimble Rendall
Kimble Rendall said in March 2000 that when he and Martin Fabinyi, Dave Warner and he first discussed Cut , they noticed that the Australian cinema market had not produced a memorable horror film. Since all three of them were involved in popular culture through music, filmmaking and writing, they recognized the need to make a film for the youth audience, a segment that has been largely ignored by Australian filmmakers. Cut's young audience is exploratory and experimental and rebellious. They lived in a much more primitive world. While adults mostly live in a state of denial, young people are more willing to open up to the chaotic violence that prevails today. Horror films are a very original lecture and reflect early childhood situations and fears. Fear of the unknown, fear of the dark and the face behind the mask. Who can you trust Uncertainties caused by childhood for a variety of reasons. These fears haunted us through our adult lives as well. Horror films reduced many very strong emotions to their essential elements. His goal for this film was simple. He wanted to tell a good story, to offer entertainment. The cost of the finished film would have been around $ 3.5 million. The film was staged with the idea of a sequel, a trilogy would be desirable.
reception
criticism
In February 2000, the Australian daily newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald dealt with the film. Kimble Rendall hopes that his first feature film will reach the audience that his protagonist cuts and dices. Rendall is on a crusade to stir up the Australian film industry. With steel in his eyes, madness in his laughter and a group of like-minded filmmakers on his side, the director from Sydney wants to sink the pomposity and the pompous.
In the film service you could read that “director and screenwriter” “rested on the potential of this central idea and merely added genre standards”, “instead of addressing the dark side of the magical power of cinema”. It was also said: Imaginary and real attacks by the killer alternate until the ensemble is reduced to conventional popular figures and 'Cut' has reached the length of the entire evening. Only then can the evil be exorcised, of course without driving out the option of a sequel at the same time.
Greg King was partly taken with the movie, but he made one qualification : Cut is a lightweight and terrifying take on an Australian horror / comedy film in the style of Scream . It works great up to a point. | Greg King
The lexicon of international films stated: “An initially appealing thought game about the power of cinema to create its own reality, which however does not use its potential, but remains stuck to the genre conventions and the dark side of the magical powers of cinema loses sight of it. "
Cinema said: “A nightmare: Although a lot of blood splatters, nobody exudes esprit. The attemptto parodyhits like Scream fails due to sheer lack of imagination. After all, the actors justify the disaster themselves: 'No creative energy flowed into this film.' ”Later review:“ The film dies with pop star Kylie Minogue and that in the third minute! ”Conclusion:“ A bloody nightmare without claim and Idea."
On the Allmovie page , Buzz McClain dealt with the film, which he certified to be in principle a scream duplicate. Young adults with a satirical sense of cinema, besieged by a costumed murderous stalker with a secret motif. The film is not as unoriginal as it sounds here. The momentum with which the Australians make films is real, even if the horror is rather hokum. Molly Ringwald playfully goes to where countless 'scream queens' have been before her. The grainy, inferior film material was criticized, with which one apparently wanted to reduce the budget, the music was also predictable. Of course, there are the worst things to do in the next 80 minutes. If, however, when the film fades out, the presumably dead monster appears behind the next person watching the film, you might want to opt for something safer.
Almar Haflidason rated the film on the Movies page and said that the trend of putting one horror film into another was initially an interesting idea from the Australian director. The criticism followed on the foot: But as is typical for this unimaginative subgenre, the filmmakers quickly resorted to the safest and best-functioning shock agents. Cut then turns into a boring rip-off from Friday the 13th . The only twist is playing with two crazy people, once the originally crazy one and then the actor who is going crazy. Unfortunately, this potentially effective idea is not being properly exploited. What follows is a predictable and boring (if somewhat disgusting) series of gruesome murders. Although the tide of murders has impressive effects, it floods every tension, especially in the last ten minutes when director Kimble Rendall recreated the worst moments of the Freddy Krueger sequels .
On the side of Awasted Life , the film received a devastating criticism. As Kimble Rendall, a founding member of the Australian cult band Hoodoo Gurus , who had left the band, had ever come to make career as a music video producer and director to the second director of the Matrix - Continued films to be, was a Rästel, for his first film Cut reveal little or no talent for directing. The best thing this overly hyped and easily forgotten production has to offer is a brief appearance by Kylie Minogue as the first corpse. What she's doing in this mess of a career-killing celluloid, only God knows. Molly Ringwald didn't come off much better in this review than the director and the film, the reviewer found her optically unappealing in the past, but in this film she was particularly unattractive and slightly overweight. Here she plays one of the least convincing film divas of all time. Watching the film should be avoided at all costs.
Nathan Rabin from the AV Club also found little interest in the film. Situational comedy level jokes alternate with sluggishly orchestrated bloodshed as the killer works his way through the cast and crew. But Cut never works, neither as a slasher film nor as a film-inspiring comedy behind the scenes. Casting the teen film icon Molly Ringwald as a spirited American star is an inspiring move, but that's where the inspiration ends. Tension and originality are in short supply. Rabin was referring to the horror-hating film professor who advised his students early on not to waste their time scrapping, saying that advice could have prevented Cut's existence, and that the world would be a better place.
On the Danish website CinemaZone.dk , the film did not get a better rating either, it was neither scary nor funny, just a pointless repetition, there was the expected hopelessly flat dialogues, an unimaginative story and a predictable ending. Cut is unfortunately a bit too solemn and tries to convince us with the help of the skeptical teacher and the stubborn students that horror films are not just popular culture or idiot fodder for the rootless.
The negative criticism also continued on the page Cinerama.no , where it was said that Cut was a pathetic film. The actors are so bad that you have to advertise Kylie Minogue on the cover, even though she only appears in the film for two minutes. Molly Ringwald, who had her heyday in the 80s with films like The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink , could certainly play well on a good day, but here she seems completely uninspired and miserable. Still, you can't blame them, if you look at the rest of the actors. Cut is still so bad that all the other slasher films that we have seen in recent years could be considered pure Oscar candidates. The fact that a film company can give the green light to a director who produces such a script shows a great lack of judgment, because even the most optimistic among us would see that it could not go well. The plot is brilliant in its absence. The criticism then mocked the interviews with actors and directors on the DVD, all of whom reported how interesting they found the script and how brilliant the film had become.
Manuela Ortega began his review on cinestrenos.com with the sentence that he did not deserve it. He knows that he is inadequate in many ways. Yes, he knows that and hardly regrets it. But Cut , he continued, was too much of a punishment. Cut is not an insult to intelligence, the whole film is simply an insult. His criticism is a warning of a new virus that is harmless, but costs money that could be used much better. The film could also be the product of an ending course work by some oligophrenics. There are actually no characters because they would die before you could get to know them.
Keith Hennessey Brown rated the film on the Eye for Film page and agreed that it was bad, the actors were bad too. The only recognizable known name in the cast is next to a cameo from Kylie Minogue, that of Molly Ringwald, she shows a nice performance, even if she is far too old for the role of the teenager Chloe. Cut brings the self-reflexivity of the slasher film to a new level - or a new depth? In fact, there is hardly an original moment in the entire film. The students would act like idiots, almost looking to be killed, and the ketchup would flow freely.
The criticism on the Festivale Movie Reviews page was not entirely negative, after all, where it was said that the once famous Molly Ringwald had been cast with refreshing irony as a once famous actress who longed for a comeback. The director Kimble Rendall used his debut and used his talent as a former video clip maker precisely calculated for the timing. Unfortunately, he doesn't add anything remarkable to the teen slasher mode, and so the film sometimes feels as dated as the original '80s footage it is supposedly based on.
Markus Klingbeil asked on the filmfuchs de page whether this was "another superfluous slasher film in the wake of the scream films "? His answer was: "No." Although "the usual ingredients are in", this time the director added "a pinch of mystery". Also, do Cut about Scream funny. Even the opening sequence resembles that of Scream Part 1 - "apart from a few small variations, but the celebrity victim must be". It was also praised that the protagonists would be familiar with the various horror films. Both Wes Craven and Courteney Cox would also be mentioned. Also, "some would be added to the list of deaths again" - and it would then be "harder than the Scream model ". The “victims” would be “beheaded, clamped in a vice, slit open with secateurs or doused with gasoline and set on fire”. These "drastic shock scenes" would, however, "be caught again through many gags and allusions". The whole "looked like a wild mix of ' Friday the 13th ' , ' Halloween ' , ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' and the aforementioned 'Scream' films and their offshoots". In keeping with this, “the background music, which is made up of popular rock and pop pieces”.
Kino.de's criticism was not all negative either. There you can read: “With Cut , the Australian film dares to take the horror track and tries a colorful mix of 'Scream' and 'Friday the 13th'. to conjure up. However, he is rarely convincing, although the film shows very sarcastic tendencies towards the slasher genre, which unfortunately he never lives out. "The cast has" two highlights. Pop siren Kylie Minogue “was only a short but concise guest appearance”. For this, "the former Brat Pack queen of the 80s, Molly Ringwald, is allowed to take on the leading role". And literally: “She plays a parody of herself: a shabby teen star whose career seems to be over once the 30s mark is exceeded. Miss Ringwald takes it with humor, so she often plays her role skilfully covered with Hollywood-like divas. All other actors master their roles with average enthusiasm. You can't really complain about any of them, but you shouldn't praise them either. ”What a shame for the film is that“ the arc of suspense is kept pretty low from beginning to end ”and the film“ becomes boring very quickly despite its short playing time “Begin. Also "the individual film characters, not even the actually very personable Raffy" could "arouse interest, so that as a viewer you actually just wait for" one after the other to bite the grass as bloody as possible "," until finally everyone is dead " be. Cut is of course still a must for fans of the slasher wave, because good films also include bad and, in terms of Cut , average ".
Box office
Cut made $ 501,979 and $ 657,592 respectively at the box office in Australia.
Web links
- Cut in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 TV - FSK 18 , FSK 16 Tv - FSK 18 by Cut at Schnittberichte.com
- Cut in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Cut see page osmovies.com.au (English). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Cut. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 7, 2020 .
- ^ Greg King: "CUT is a lightweight and terribly cheesy Australian attempt to produce a slick horror / comedy in the same vein as Scream. It works beautifully - up to a point! "
- ↑ Cut. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 7, 2020 .
- ^ Cut , In: Cinema . Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Buzz McClain Cut (2000) see page allemovie.com (English). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Cut (2000) see page bbc.co.uk (English). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Cut (2000, Australia) see page bryininberlin.blogspot.com (English). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ Nathan Rabin: Cut see page film.avclub.com (English). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Gammelt splat på gamle flasker see page cinema zone.dk (Danish). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Cut (2000) Ikke bestått see page cinerama.no (Norwegian). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Manuel Ortega: ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? see page cinestrenos.com (Spanish). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Keith Hennessey Brown: Cut see page eyeforfilm.co.uk (English). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Cut: Mushroom Slasher Needs Second Cut see page festivale, info (English). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Markus Klingbeil: Cut. Kimble Rendall see page filmfuchs.de. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Cut see page kino.de (including trailer and film images). Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ Australian Films At the Australian Box Office see page web.archive.org.film.vic.gov.au (English, PDF document)