VIDEO NASTIES DOCUMENTARY / DISCUSSION
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:15 am
Writing this a little hungover from The Imperial !!
I've been told my reviews are rather long (!) so here's the edit -
Great documentary.
Marc Morris did us proud!
Great clips. Loved the montage at the start. That MP was a right character. Mad as a hatter, but we love characters.
Still, what an idiot for what he did. But with the passing of years...
Mary Whitehouse didn't even watch the damn movies.
The academic was a star - as he said;; the government line and the research presented; all lies. Mostly. OK then - many lies!
Good talking heads - Kim Newman, Marc Morris, Alan Bryce, BBFC boffin (kill, kill, kill - no not really). Tobe Hooper. Said little.
Nicely directed. Jake West, legend! A member of the audience said this is his best movie (!). He told her there could be a sequel.
lol
Best bit of Q&A - academic man V bbfc man ; academic man won! He tells us to beware the new BBFC and the 'public consultations', and we must; the British Board of Film Cutting is snipping again, a new government, a new/ old BBFC. They will regret pissing off an army of smart and clued-up horror fans at the UK's main horror festival. What a place to start cutting and ruining our time.
We won't forgive - they are stupid, we are not. Be afraid, be very afraid....
Good to see politicians, police, BBFC, directors etc all featured in the wonderfully produced and slyly subversive documentary that treated everyone with respect. Oh boy do I want to check my DVD and VHS collection again to make sure I have all the nasties present and complete. But I don't think I have Nightmares In a Damaged Brain. Maybe that's a good thing? Snuff clip - hilarious. Saw this on telly a while back. Hilarious then too. But as the documentary showed, they often believed it was real.
And we found out that dogs are at risk from horror films. The BBFC need that for their public consultation. Or should that be their public lavatory? Probably the same place. So much information, I can't remember everything!!
That documentary was loud, fun, informative, shocking, uplifting, clip-heaven and sad - very sad, the speech right at the end brought a real tear to my eye. Do the others involved - all those talking heads - also have passion or is it just a job? Nearly all I think are for real. A couple of talking heads were there for the ride perhaps. Or were a bit boring. But the ones I really liked; Bryce, Newman, Morris, were brilliant. I love Marc Morris in a purely platonic kind of way; I think he's the best horror expert we have in the UK. Maybe now the chapter is closed. This is definitive. We can still debate and talk and let's please have another Video Nasty festival like last year. But for now - the book is closed.
Oh and I bumped into Norman J Warren on the way to the toilets - nobody mentioned on stage that he was in the audience, he's more of a living legend to be than Tobe Hooper; he's also a great talker. He should have been on stage. Never mind. We did get a (censored censored censored censored) person from the BBFC instead!!!!
LONG LIVE UNCUT HORROR!!!!!!
dt
I've been told my reviews are rather long (!) so here's the edit -
Great documentary.
Marc Morris did us proud!
Great clips. Loved the montage at the start. That MP was a right character. Mad as a hatter, but we love characters.
Still, what an idiot for what he did. But with the passing of years...
Mary Whitehouse didn't even watch the damn movies.
The academic was a star - as he said;; the government line and the research presented; all lies. Mostly. OK then - many lies!
Good talking heads - Kim Newman, Marc Morris, Alan Bryce, BBFC boffin (kill, kill, kill - no not really). Tobe Hooper. Said little.
Nicely directed. Jake West, legend! A member of the audience said this is his best movie (!). He told her there could be a sequel.
lol
Best bit of Q&A - academic man V bbfc man ; academic man won! He tells us to beware the new BBFC and the 'public consultations', and we must; the British Board of Film Cutting is snipping again, a new government, a new/ old BBFC. They will regret pissing off an army of smart and clued-up horror fans at the UK's main horror festival. What a place to start cutting and ruining our time.
We won't forgive - they are stupid, we are not. Be afraid, be very afraid....
Good to see politicians, police, BBFC, directors etc all featured in the wonderfully produced and slyly subversive documentary that treated everyone with respect. Oh boy do I want to check my DVD and VHS collection again to make sure I have all the nasties present and complete. But I don't think I have Nightmares In a Damaged Brain. Maybe that's a good thing? Snuff clip - hilarious. Saw this on telly a while back. Hilarious then too. But as the documentary showed, they often believed it was real.
And we found out that dogs are at risk from horror films. The BBFC need that for their public consultation. Or should that be their public lavatory? Probably the same place. So much information, I can't remember everything!!
That documentary was loud, fun, informative, shocking, uplifting, clip-heaven and sad - very sad, the speech right at the end brought a real tear to my eye. Do the others involved - all those talking heads - also have passion or is it just a job? Nearly all I think are for real. A couple of talking heads were there for the ride perhaps. Or were a bit boring. But the ones I really liked; Bryce, Newman, Morris, were brilliant. I love Marc Morris in a purely platonic kind of way; I think he's the best horror expert we have in the UK. Maybe now the chapter is closed. This is definitive. We can still debate and talk and let's please have another Video Nasty festival like last year. But for now - the book is closed.
Oh and I bumped into Norman J Warren on the way to the toilets - nobody mentioned on stage that he was in the audience, he's more of a living legend to be than Tobe Hooper; he's also a great talker. He should have been on stage. Never mind. We did get a (censored censored censored censored) person from the BBFC instead!!!!
LONG LIVE UNCUT HORROR!!!!!!
dt