12/20/2023 0 Comments Cutting moments torrent![]() ![]() "If David Cronenberg had directed "Diary of a Mad Housewife", ![]() Harrowing descent into incest, self-mutilation and murder. with Nicca Ray, Gary Betsworth and Jared Barsky)Įqual parts Ingmar Bergman chamber piece and B-movie exploitation gorefest,ĭouglas Buck's acclaimed breakthough follows a troubled family's "Home" maintains the emotional claustrophobia of "Cutting Moments". "Director/writer Douglas Buck approaches the theme of the male psyche disintegrating. " ('Home') is well-shot, full of uneasy pauses, and highlighted by edgy performancesįrom both Gary Betsworth and Christine Caleo." Ramsey Campbell, bestselling author, 'The Nameless'/'Nazareth Hill' "Extremely powerful.I admired "Home" as much as "Cutting Moments" - a great deal, that's to say." Slowly envelopes the audience in the emotional vacuum of the characters" "'Home', shot reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick, Eschews explicit violence for a more psychological approach, to a no less harrowing result. with Gary Betsworth, Christine Caleo and Ray Bland)Īcting as both pseudo-sequel to, and remake of, Cutting Moments, Buck's follow-upĬhanges the focus from the matriarch to the father. "Without question, PROLOGUE is an absolutely brilliant film." Schnitt (German quarterly movie magazine, nationwide) The atmosphere in his films, the performances and the brutally torn bodiesĪre thought-provoking metaphors for life in suburban America." "Buck's violence is manifest to a daring and consequent filmmaker's conscience. "Buck's trilogy is unbearably intense and enormously moving."įilmecho/Filmwoche (German nationwide weekly cinema/industrial magazine) ![]() "With his latest short-film "Prologue" his "Trilogy of America" comes to a close."īlickpunkt Film (German nationwide weekly cinema/industrial magazine) In painfully long takes, Buck unfolds a family nighmare that forces its way into the audience's brain slowly, but therefore much more lastingly."įrank Arnold, Filmdienst (Monthly Nationwide German Cinema Magazine) "If Mike Leigh would like splatter-movies, his films might look like Douglas Buck's. This trilogy is a daring and authentic critique of American double standards and bigotry." "Cold and analytical he dissects the roots and consequences of violence without sparing the audience. with William Stone Mahoney, Sally Conway and David Thornton)īuck's reflective and somber denouement to the trilogy tells the tale of a young teenage girl,īrutally attacked just one year before, returning to her hometown where she will confront her attacker. ![]()
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