Director's Cut (2016)
Herbert Blount is a crowdfunding contributor for the new Adam Rifkin feature KNOCKED OFF. Unhappy with the film, he steals the footage and kidnaps actress Missi Pyle to star in his own "director's cut!"
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Others have already explained the plot so I won't go into that here. Let's just say that Director's Cut has a lot more layers than you might expect. The underlying cop drama is beautifully shot and Herbie's director's commentary is very funny.There are numerous throw-away one-liners and inside jokes and some of the special effects will have you laughing out loud.The car chase near the end was spectacular!
Okay. I, too, crowdfunded this movie and got to see it at the LA premier last month. But I can honestly say it is a wonderfully meta crowdfunded movie about a crowdfunded movie and a crazy crowdfunder who takes his crowdfunding duties a little (or a lot) too seriously. I rank Penn & Teller Get Killed amongst my all time favorite films, which I mention because I suspect you might need a particular sense of humor to appreciate that movie as well as Director's Cut, but if you get it, it's awesome. I am proud to have helped in my little way to get it made. If you like quirky, self-referential, fourth wall shattering, intelligent and irreverent art, this movie might just be for you in a big way.
Loved The Last Movie Star so I streamed this on Amazon. I came away underwhelmed. A little too much Penn Jillette for one movie and basically one joke about his character being obsessed with Missi Pyle.
Full disclosure I was part of the crowd funding for this movie. So understand also that the anticipation has been building for a very long time. Over the years we have been hearing how good the movie turned out but for a large part of us we have only just now got to see the final product. If I wasn't part of the crowd funding for this movie I would have still loved it. It had me laughing the whole way through. So often when trying to make a movie like this it comes across as trying too hard, however in this I think they managed to hit the right balance. Even though knowing so much about this movie going in didn't spoil it for us, I'm still going to give it some time before discussing some of the finer details. I will say this, you can't make a movie like this without an incredible group of talented people. Missi Pyle was simply phenomenal as always ;). I can't wait to watch this over and over again.