DVD
REVIEW:
BAGHEAD
12/26/08
SYNOPSIS: Explores
the minutiae of relationship dynamics among a group of
desperate actor friends and roasts a gamut of indie films in
the process.
REVIEW: After
watching this movie for the first time I had a quite few
mixed emotions. My first motion was annoyed, the movie just
did not satisfy me enough in what I was expecting, and it
seems as a waste of time, then I was relief it finished, but
then I thought about it, and I realize that the movie is not
as bad as it seems, first of all I realize it was a drama
instead of a horror, it has comedy, an enigmatic villain,
and there are parts where it keeps the audience intrigued,
of course the resolution let you with a sour taste in your
mouth, since it fools you in a wrong way. Baghead has just
one word to describe it: Cheap. Which is not necessary a
synonym for bad on the contrary you get a lot for what its
worth. Do not expect any special effects, or astonishing
performances, but you might get some suspense, and a lot of
laughs.
The movie flow is slow, most of the movie is the four main
characters talking in the cabin about writing a movie and
the situation they are facing emotionally and
professionally, which might upset the audience who expected
more action out of it. Nonetheless, as the movie advances
and the Baghead shows up the audience get to know the
characters, their fears, frustrations, goals, and ambitions.
Without knowing if Baghead is real or imaginary, he ends up
being a secondary character that the four of them get to
face in their own way, and it is in this confrontation where
their real selves comes out. This is what makes this movie
great, that it is not the bad guy itself, but the actions of
the characters to face their situations. This plus the
perfect timing the director have in showing us the Baghead,
and the used of conventional horror movies situations like
the Cell phone with no signal or the broken car keeps the
audience guessing and enjoying the flick.
As I stated before there is not much to say about special
effects or acting wise for this movie even the sound
everything is kept real, which is a good thing. The
performance by each actor is convincing in depicting real
people with real emotions, and believable reactions that
anybody could relate to anyone of them. Visually it looks
like it is shot with a regular camera, without the nauseated
feeling other films make, this adds a more real sensation to
the movie.
Baghead is a movie that have an exclusive audience, and has
to be appreciated for what it is. I think the purpose is not
to scare you with gore or meaningless killings nor to make
you laugh with pointless humor, but to show you a scary side
of people and real situations, so if you expect to see a
bloody or a classical horror movie this is not for you, even
if you want to see a horror parody full of crude humor like
Scary movie you will definitely not enjoy this one. This is
for people who think outside the box, who enjoy dramas, and
a special kind of suspense. The Duplass brothers shows us
that we do not need to see gore, sex scenes, or to make a
horror movie, sometimes you only need five people and a
paper bag to create a somehow scary movie. I recommend this
movie to people who enjoy independent films, with an open
mind and an exquisite sense of humor.
Review
By Milo
milo@smartcine.com
VIDEO:
1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
AUDIO:
English,
Mono
Subtitles - English, French
SPECIAL FEATURES: This
DVD’s special features are nothing special it has the
standard interview with the directors only that this time
they are interviewing themselves, which was kind of kool.
Also there is one with scares that are actually very funny.
A downside of this DVD is that it does not have English
subtitles.
Commentary With Mark
and Jay Duplass.
Mark and Jay Duplass
Answer Questions they’ve already answer: This is the
standard interview featuratte with the directors, the only
difference is that they interview themselves since they know
the top 10 questions interviewers always asked like Where
did you get your inspiration? What was the Budget? It is
pretty funny (15:15)
Baghead Scares:
Pranks of people scaring others wearing a paper bag on their
head. (1:51)
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