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VELVET BUZZSAW REVIEW 7.5/10 (Tumblr exclusive!)

This movie is not one for the casual watcher. On the surface, it is a pretentious art film, but with deeper analysis, it is a pretentious art film about pretentious art being pretentious. Capitalizing and abusing art is at the heart of this film, acting as both a parody and a serious critique. This includes the killing of the morally corrupt people--who stole and sold art--that was overly gory and violent to engage audience members who may have otherwise fallen asleep. 

I could see how people might find this movie quite boring, but I am a firm believer that they had a vision and decided to promote their message about artistic integrity in an unusual medium. I didn’t expect to have to think so hard about what it meant that each person was killed by different forms of art and definitely didn’t expect to question the entire commercialization of art. 

Jake Gylenhall really stood out in this film, he was relentlessly in character as an important art critic, and his character arc added an extra layer to the film. Not only was it about the potential dangers of mixing capitalism with art, but it was also about the judgment of others. He judged people and impacted them in ways he had never stopped to consider. With art being an extension of the artist, the play of having a horror-like artist punishing the people who took his art is an interesting way to play the internal moral conflicts these people should have felt, to begin with. 

There was also the message that everyone is complicit in this abandonment of the true meaning of art. No matter what they tried to do to get rid of the paintings or how little they actually knew about them/were involved with the controversy, they were still punished. Every step of the process contributed to the problem. This is an interesting take when you look at the online art community and the issues surrounding the stealing of content and the refusal to give artists credit or payment for their work. This goes just beyond respecting artists, this film is a commentary on the entirety of society and our treatment of art. 

I think this film is quite brilliant, but I will admit it was a bit too long (a trend I have noticed a lot in movies recently). If you want to think and are ready to appreciate a creative approach to tackling an abstract social issue, then this movie is calling your name. 

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Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

I want to say I’ve seen a movie with a murderous painting done right somewhere but nothing springs to mind immediately. The formula hasn’t been cracked in Velvet Buzzsaw, which probably would’ve been significantly more effective if its scares relied on your imagination rather than visceral visuals. Look at everything surrounding these scenes and we find a film with a lot to say about art appreciation, professional artists, art itself and the tried-and-true horror of madness.

Art critic Morf Vandewalt (Jake Gyllenhaal) has the power to make an artist or condemn them to the dark oblivion of obscurity. He is shown a number of paintings by undiscovered artist Vetril Dease and becomes obsessed with them. Morf doesn’t know Dease is dead and his paintings were ordered destroyed. Stolen from their creator's apartment by Morf’s friend Josephina (Zawe Ashton) and being carefully promoted by gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo), it appears a curse surrounds them. The more people profit from the works, the higher the body count gets.

A mad painter whose works entrance the viewers and prove deadly? It’s a great foundation. I criticize Velvet Buzzsaw for showing too much of the deaths - seeing a humanoid sculpture shamble around and try to kill someone inspires exactly 0 scares - but the film makes the wise choice to show the paintings. They’re masterpieces but not in a way which screams “evil”! Actually, many of them seem perfectly innocuous at first.

The film's keystone is Jake Gyllenhaal’s character. He has a penchant for using extraneous words when diminutive ones would suffice and when he dismisses someone, he becomes overly cruel. Calling a sculpture the biggest waste of steel since the Titanic? That’s someone finding ways to amuse themselves; he’s not even talking about the piece anymore. When you think you can categorize him as an all-out cartoon, however, you see his passion for the Dease pieces. The way he speaks, the way he looks when he thinks about them. You cut through the frou-frou exterior he’s built over the years and recognize what made him get into the business in the first place. Velvet Buzzsaw is a satire. Everything is exaggerated but I couldn’t help wonder if writer-director Dan Gilroy doesn’t maybe resent the way galleries are run today and how pieces can no longer simply be pleasing to the eye, instead relying on shock or gimmicks to be noticed.

There’s a lot of subtext in Velvet Buzzsaw and more than once, what’s beneath the surface becomes more interesting than what the movie’s “about”. If only it were truly terrifying, then it’d be great. Oh well, there’s still plenty to enjoy. Good performances, cool ideas and biting commentary about fine art. It’s a horror film for those who don’t usually call themselves fans of the genre. Those are the ones who'll like it best. (February 10, 2019)

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Velvet Buzzsaw (Reseña) Todo el arte es peligroso!

Desde la secuencia de inició esta película ya me tenía confundido, igual que ver a Toni Collette con una peluca rubia platinada que contrastaba enormemente con su personaje en la última película donde la vi, Hereditary. Me arrojé a verla sin saber su trama, solamente con la opinión de un compañero de trabajo que es un sabiondo del arte. Me recomendó verla porque la sensualidad de Jake Gyllenhaal estaría presente en algunas escenas y en verdad que si lo está. La sensualidad en cada uno de los personajes es cautivante, pero sin exagerar, pero donde si siento que fue un poco de más es en su forma de actuar. No conozco muchas personas dentro del medio de las artes plásticas, pero estoy seguro de que fueron un poco caricaturizados en esta película, lo cual no esta del todo mal. Velvet Buzzsaw cuenta la historia de amantes y comercializadores del arte. Un grupo en particular descubre una colección de pinturas que venían del departamento de un hombre que apareció muerto en el edificio de una de las protagonistas, desencadenando una trama donde muchos temas comenzaron a desarrollarse y que para mí opinión ninguno se completó al cien por ciento. La competitividad por tener a los mejores artistas en sus museos, el drama en las relaciones sentimentales de los protagonistas y el misterio de las pinturas se mezclan en una trama que me pareció un poco lenta, pero que me cautivó y me mantuvo atento hasta el final. Nunca había visto algo así, me pareció original, pero sin llegar a llenar del todo mis ojos. Fue como estar en una dieta y comer una deliciosa galleta después de mucho tiempo sin probarla, pero sin poder acabarme el paquete completo.  El vestuario de los personajes esta lleno de estilo, que seguramente intentare copiar, pero nunca una camisa blanca, Morf Vandewalt es el único que podría lucir una camisa así. Los escenarios me adentraban en ese mundo que es tan desconocido para mí y que me mantuvieron con ganas de más, como mi parte favorita, que fue cuando Gretchen se queda sola en un museo con una obra llamada esfera, ojalá su rostro de pánico hubiera permanecido más en la pantalla. Se agradece el muy buen intento de presentar una historia fresca, con un poco de misterio y de duda, pero siento que era necesario que se hubieran podido enfocar mas en la historia principal, en las obras y el misterio del artista muerto. El arte es interpretado de forma diferente por cada mente, y creo que esta película es lo que trata de hacer sin ser demasiado obvia.

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Velvet Buzzsaw. 2019. Быстрый обзор. Хоррор-триллер из мира богемы. Есть Джейк Джилленхол, Тони Коллетт, Джон Малкович. Явно есть какая-то сатира и куча аллегорий о мире искусства. По сюжету всё варится в обществе крутых арт-диллеров, критиков, галеристов, артистов и их помощников. Интриги, большие деньги и амбиции. И вот случайно находят картины умершего художника, который их хотел уничтожить. Картины оказываются хитом и пользуются огромным спросом. Но тут же начинается и разная дичь с мистикой, чертовщиной и ужасными смертями. Смотреть интересно, хотя я и не уловил какого-то чёткого метафоричного смысла. Напрашивается вывод, типа что деньги разрушают истинную суть искусства и убивают художника в художнике. Наверное как-то так. Кино своеобразное. Рекомендую любителям арт-хорроров и тонкой сатиры. #VelvetBuzzsaw #kinopreview #cinema #movie #film #быстрыйобзор #sergejbiohazardov #sergejbiohazardovMovie https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnLT13MFB5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Zawe Ashton set to play villain in Captain Marvel 2. – #ZaweAshton is all set to join the next instalment of the Marvel franchise, Captain Marvel 2. Zawe is confirmed to play the new female antagonist in Brie Larson starrer movie. The film, to be directed by Nia DaCosta, and screenwriter Megan McDonnell is to pen the script of the sequel to Larson's 2019 blockbuster of the same name. – Ashton is probably best known to audiences for playing Josephina in 2019's art-horror satire #VelvetBuzzsaw, along with starring roles in Netflix’s Wanderlust and British comedy series Fresh Meat. – Nia DaCosta is directing the film, which will be a follow-up to the 2019 blockbuster #CaptainMarvel. Megan McDonnell, a story editor on the series #WandaVision, has written the script. it is unclear as to what role Ashton will play in the film, but several sources state that she has been roped in as the main villain. – #CaptainMarvel2 is currently scheduled for November of 2022, with DaCosta directing from a script penned by WandaVision story editor Megan McDonnell. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLQs0KWnS3T/?igshid=1dl0c4jx9ucmv