Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here. I talked to a lot of people, Harry included, who really liked LA CRÈME, which I did not get a chance to see. I’m stunned at that $8000 pricetag on the film, though. Nicely done. I did see REPO, and I’ll have my review in the next few days. It’s going to divide audiences, clearly, but I’m curious to see where the very cool Augustus Gloop (one of many readers and reviewers I met at the fest) falls on this potential cult classic:
La Creme -------- Reynald Bertrand has created a fun little film about an out-of-work salesman who receives a dangerous gift for Christmas. When he applies this facial creme, people think that he's someone famous and begin to act accordingly, swooning, asking for his autograph, for charity endorsements, etc. Hoping to use this to his advantage to improve his career prospects, he learns that fame is not all it's cracked up to be. Made for a budget of around 8,000 Euros, La Creme succeeds in being an excellent science fiction story without the use of special effects as it demonstrates the cost and sacrifice that one must make in the pursuit of fame. I look forward to more great work from Bertrand. Repo! The Genetic Opera ----------------------- I had hopes before seeing this that I would enjoy it. I had no idea how much I would completely love it. The sights, the sounds, the over-the-top performances brought a rockin circus to the screen. People have been comparing this to Rocky Horror, as they well should. Repo is, however, a much more musical and higher-budget piece. Though the lyrics for some of the songs are very simplistic, they generally fit the characters, and one piece with Sarah Brightman literally projecting video from her eyes was my favorite in the film. Who knew Paul Sorvino could sing? He was amazing, and Paris Hilton managed to pull off a role I completely did not hate her in. A few months ago, people were talking about the market scene in Hellboy II. Repo is an entire movie of that, turned up to 11. One friend said he expected I would like it, since I loved Southland Tales. I replied that this movie takes place at the same time and on the same planet as Southland Tales just on the opposite hemisphere. You will love it, or you will hate it, but Repo is not to be ignored. My only disappointment is that it appears the film was cut down to half the number of songs that were originally written. I couldn't help but want more. -Augustus Gloop
