Here we have a film that, at first glance, should be the perfect film for me, someone who detests the taxpayer (and satellite/cable) money thrown at Canadian filmmakers, just to get back a lot of stunningly bad films.
But, wouldn't you know, it was funded in part by NFB, CBC, City, and Rogers. Too many cooks. And too many of them should be the target of this satire. Not a good sign.
So we get a trudgingly slow film about how an art movie gets made mostly because the film funder wants to get laid.
This may be how a lot of films get made for all I know. But it completely ignores other significant problems in Canadian cinema, such as Canadian-content rules for broadcasters, the funding of make-work projects for Canadian filmmakers, and the notorious film classification boards that pretend to protect us from dangerous film. Art film isn't Canada's problem. It's assembly-line filler film, and a deep deep shame of Canada such that few Canadian films are actually set here, preferring to pretend (badly) to be some generic US city.
So, while the film did have a few laugh-out-loud moments, it was mostly a boring waste of time. Frankly, I don't understand the ending either, but that may be because I was so bored that I didn't care.
This subject is ripe for another go.
But, wouldn't you know, it was funded in part by NFB, CBC, City, and Rogers. Too many cooks. And too many of them should be the target of this satire. Not a good sign.
So we get a trudgingly slow film about how an art movie gets made mostly because the film funder wants to get laid.
This may be how a lot of films get made for all I know. But it completely ignores other significant problems in Canadian cinema, such as Canadian-content rules for broadcasters, the funding of make-work projects for Canadian filmmakers, and the notorious film classification boards that pretend to protect us from dangerous film. Art film isn't Canada's problem. It's assembly-line filler film, and a deep deep shame of Canada such that few Canadian films are actually set here, preferring to pretend (badly) to be some generic US city.
So, while the film did have a few laugh-out-loud moments, it was mostly a boring waste of time. Frankly, I don't understand the ending either, but that may be because I was so bored that I didn't care.
This subject is ripe for another go.