Joe
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Post by Joe on Dec 12, 2006 19:42:18 GMT -5
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Post by thecrawlingchaos on Dec 19, 2006 19:34:59 GMT -5
i'm having some problems downloading anything right now ... system running slow, probably got a virus. But it sounds great, can't wait to check it out!
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Joe
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Post by Joe on Jan 7, 2007 21:43:30 GMT -5
Give it another try youtube seems to be working better now. Before you do, however, check out this extremely positive review from pretty-scary.net
Heather Dixon's Bullets & Mascara
Directed & Edited by Heather Dixon
Produced by Heather Dixon and Joe Trione
Starring Heather Dixon, Tuesday Critz, Joe Trione, Travis Gibson, Lauren Ranney, Jake Trione and Elizabeth Alphonse
2006
BuffaClare/JMT Productions
Reviewed by Andrew Shearer
Give a young guy and his buddies a camcorder and some fake blood and chances are pretty good you'll end up with the kind of sh*tty cookie-cutter comedy/horror flick writers like me have seen dozens of times (and yes, I'm guilty of making one as well). If somehow despite the complete lack of lighting, incompetent camera work and garbled audio you do manage to be able to make out anything that's going on, what does come across is generally nothing that Troma hasn't done before, only less gooey and with one third the enthusiasm. However, from my experience I've noticed that if you give that same camcorder to a young girl, you'll get something a bit more interesting and original. Why? Girls are smarter. It's fucking scientific fact...
Heather Dixon's BULLETS & MASCARA takes all the familiar locations of the aforementioned backyard horror romps - the woods, the park, mom & dad's basement - and uses them to present a KILL BILL-inspired kung fu action comedy that's light on tired sub-references and heavy on low-budget filmmaking prowess. Dixon, whose hand was in every aspect of production from story to camera to editing, plays lead character Gwen opposite Tuesday Critz as Sophie (Critz also plays her own twin sister!) as a pair of assassins who steal a briefcase belonging to a freaked-out villain in drag named Jill (Joe Trione). The film is a non-stop parade of excellent fight scenes, fun performances, nimble editing and camera angles, and perhaps best of all: a kickass training montage set to Pat Benatar's "Invincible"!
What I enjoyed most about BULLETS & MASCARA was how much it ended up resembling the films of 70's cult hero Jack Hill (SWITCHBLADE SISTERS, COFFY, SPIDER BABY), one of Tarantino's main influences, instead of the films of ol' Q himself. Hill's signature is that his movies always start out kinda cheesy and fun, but by the finale you are biting the sh*t out of your nails. Dixon and friends really pulled one over on me, because just when I was getting comfortable with their humor and style, here comes a third act full of twists, gore, and intensity that I wasn't expecting at all. Just like in Jack Hill's movies. I was glued to the screen by the end. Seriously.
I've seen far worse films by people twice Heather's age with six-figure budgets. Her hard work as an editor really shows here, as well as the effort on the part of all participants to truly make something unusual and cool. There are no weak links and no padding of the running time, just wall-to-wall fun and one m*th*rf**k*r of an ending. Please Heather, don't be like other promising young female filmmakers we've seen disappear after one really awesome debut movie (Shasta Fairchild! DO YOU HEAR ME?). Keep showing the boys how it's done.
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Post by thecrawlingchaos on Jan 28, 2007 18:01:09 GMT -5
Really enjoyable! Funny, great fight scenes. Thanks for posting this. Good review too!
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Joe
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Post by Joe on Jan 30, 2007 16:11:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply! I'm glad you liked it.
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