Exploitation (2012)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Exploitation |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 70 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Edwin Brienen |
| script | Edwin Brienen |
| production | Edwin Brienen |
| music | Enfant Terrible Productions |
| camera | Matthias Tschiedel |
| cut | Martin Klimke Riccardo Borgosano |
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Exploitation is a film drama directed by Edwin Brienen in 2012. The film premiered at the Lausanne Underground and Music Festival in October 2012. The film is expected to be shown in Germany on February 21, 2013.
action
Eva (Eva Dorrepaal) auditioned for an obscure Arthaus film. The anonymous and masked director (played by British actor Tomas Sinclair Spencer) creates an eerie atmosphere for them. He dominates and humiliates Eva, even forcing her into prostitution. She sleeps with the Jewish film producer named Josh (played by Jaron Löwenberg). But when he refuses financial help, Eva blackmailed him with confessions from his wife.
Back at the film set, Eva is heading for her downfall. It is only a matter of time before their individuality and emotions are eliminated for the sake of art.
background
- Originally, the film was conceived as part of a trilogy (along with the 2009 film Phantom Party and the non-filmed Wrong Angle) that revolved around creating the independent film itself. Some parts of the film were shot at the same time with parts from Phantom Party. Both films use the same locations and actors. The insane film director, played by Spencer, appears in both films.
- Towards the end of the film there is a sequence called "Apocalypse 3". Even if it is not officially mentioned in the title, it seems to indicate that Brienen sees the film as the third part of his Apocalypse trilogy, along with Edwin Brienen's Hysteria (2006) and Revision - Apocalypse II (2009).
Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival
Exploitation celebrated its world premiere at the Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival on October 20, 2012. The LUFF website wrote about the film: “This gothic-noir satiric fresco transports us into the superficial world of film industry: a business without mercy that only seeks to copy itself without taking any risks. Very auto-reflexive, hilarious at moments, and very dark at others, the film does not hide its preoccupation with a society numbed by its own cliches that it exploits endlessly. Clairvoyant, provoking, and esthetically very interesting, the film is calmer and more easily accessible to a non initiated public than its predecessors. "
criticism
“In his new film, Edwin Brienen deals with his own profession. With bitter tragicomics he unfolds a puzzle with reality and levels of fiction that turns into an evil psycho trip for Eva, especially since here - according to the film's title - everyone tries to exploit everyone and creativity has been stifled in the reproduction of the same thing. Again the Dutch resident of Berlin has created a dark, enigmatic chamber play in which - in English - there is a lot of talk about art and life, politics and economy, appearance and reality, God and the world. "
“To appreciate a Brienen film, you need an open mind and a lot of imagination. And in the present case, a weakness for electronic music, since the images are consistently and loudly accompanied by a score that ranges from Ambient to Tekkno, rather than usurped. "
Web links
- Bread Factory Berlin
- Trailer for the film
- LUFF (English)
- Exploitation in the Internet Movie Database (English)