Director: Evan Oppenheimer
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 77 Mins
Tagline: "They all wanted final cut -- until they got it "
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I have said time and time again that I am extremely picky when it comes to comedies. I like my comedies to be smart and witty, to have something fresh on the table, and overall- to entertain me. Now, that is not to say that I don’t like goofy comedies. I actually have seen and liked some really bad comedies (Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, Freddy Got Fingered) But most of the time I like intelligent comedies. The Auteur Theory is a rare delight, that actually when beyond my expectations; I didn’t expect this independent film to be so remarkable.
The Auteur Theory is about George Sand: a documentary filmmaker that is hoping to make it big in the American film industry. But he needs a budget to make his dream in film a reality. For that he goes to BBC to get approval from a group of judges, who will hear his story, and decide whether to grant him the money he needs for his project. The film he has in mind is about a filmmaker making a film in a film festival, where other contestants are competing for the award of “best filmmaker of the year”. So in essence it’s a film within a film. The mystery thickens when each of the contestants gets killed one by one after their film is screened. Sand narrates and stars in his own film, investigating the murders, emphasizing that only he knows the mind of a true filmmaker, that it takes a filmmaker to trap another filmmaker...Ok you get the picture.
What makes this movie funny is how it borrows and makes homage’s to other filmmakers. Such filmmakers like: Quentin Tarrantino, Spike Lee, and even BATMAN (I know he’s not a filmmaker, but they make references to the bat). Each of the contestants films are actually funny and cheesy, but are made so on purpose, to demonstrate how much of an amateur the filmmakers really are. For someone like me (who loves filmmaking) I was pleased with this film from start to finish. The only complaint is that I wish it wasn’t so short (running at 77 min)
I literally recommend this movie to anyone who is getting into filmmaking. While it isn’t a serious movie, nor it isn’t a film that teaches about filmmaking per se…it does however show a comedic side to the struggles of beginners in the film industry. Now, if you want to see the movie I would suggest buying it off Amazon or EBay. I had a hard time finding this in stores, for many years I only owned a copy I recorded of Showtime (The channel where I first saw the movie) I don’t think Showtime airs this movie anymore, I am not even sure the channel still exist, I wouldn’t know I don’t have cable. But anyhow, buy the movie, you will not be disappointed, I promise, if I am wrong you can leave a comment below with all the love.
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