Not exact matches
Our discussion covers the
fake documentary mode, school shooting
films, the
film's reception in the U.S., and a candid take on the reality of making independent
films in Canada.
District 9 is an interesting concept (borrowed from other «
fake»
documentary genre
films), but the script was a mess and the
film needed better structuring and themes.
Next we had cinema's first zombie, then serial killers, «based on a true story» stories, which led to the
fake documentary horror movies, followed by Olympic athlete zombies and, in the last few years, we got the torture porn
films.
The
film, which also scored Best Horror against the likes of Let Me In and Paranormal Activity 2 at our own awards ceremony, was a found footage gem that saw troubled evangelical preacher Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) inviting a
documentary crew along to his final exorcism to finally reveal that the practice is
fake.
In the weeks leading up to the
film's premiere on Sunday, Wiseau has been releasing
fake - explosion - laden videos that seem to respond without context or irony to a few of the claims made in Harper's
documentary.