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Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick

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From Guy Kawasaki, the bestselling author of The Art of the Start and Enchantment, The Art of Social...

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Surrealism began as a movement in poetry and visual art, but it turned out to have its widest impact...

Sarah (7798 KP) rated Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) in Movies

Feb 2, 2019 (Updated Feb 3, 2019)

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

2019 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

6.1

(18 Ratings)

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A little confused

A little confused is definitely how I feel about this film. In parts it’s a darkly satirical take on the art world with some horror thrown in, but the rest is just plain old dull with a handful of characters you care little about. Jake Gyllenhaal is great as usual, but I feel the rest of the cast were a let down. Zawe Ashton especially seemed to put in a very deadpan and robot like performance - must have been how her character was intended but it just didn’t work. It also doesn’t help that despite Jake Gyllenhaal, there’s no real main character in this and this is where it falls done, bouncing between a lot of mostly conceited unliveable characters.

This film spends far too much time talking and poking fun at the art world, instead of focusing more on the horror aspect. The story of art killing people is an intriguing one that sounds like it’s been taken straight out of a Stephen King book, it’s just a shame the film didn’t capitalise on this until well over an hour in. Especially as a lot of the horror parts were well done and quite disturbing, although some of the special effects were a bit OTT.

I just find this entire film a little bit meh. It wasn’t terrible, but it’s not particularly memorable either. And whilst I’m sure there’s a message about the fake and judgemental art world, it doesn’t really make for a great film.