Nature Morte
by Paul Burrows
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Actor: Nature MorteDirector: Paul Burrows
Brand: RYKODISC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 000101
Studio: Redemption Films
Product features:
- Marseille, Southern France: Suspected serial killer John Stephensen is found dead next to the body of his final victim. Stephensen's legacy is one of ten gruesome murders and ten extraordinary paintings. But when new paintings begin to surface, apparently by the same hand, art expert Oliver Davenport is asked by French Police to assist as they investigate their creator, the mysterious Lec.
DVD Reviews of Nature Morte
DVD Review: Disappointing film... Terrible photography... Rent at most
Summary: 2 Stars
This was disappointing on several fronts. From the DVD cover and Amazon reviews, I was happily expecting a horror-gore-exploitation film. It wasn't. If it was meant to be, then it fell far short. There is too little horror, gore, nudity or sex. My biggest bugbear however is the photography. It is too self-consciously "arty", filmed with dark filters throughout. Most of the film is unwatchably black. Visually, it looks ugly. People's faces are practically always in shadow. There seemed to be no lighting technician on the set. You can hardly see anything. Even the "action" sequences are filmed in near blackness. How can you enjoy horror, gore or sex when everything is black? It's exasperating to watch. To add to the steadily building frustration, is the stilted acting. Especially of the main character Oliver. I'm not sure if he intentionally meant to parody bad acting or if he was really just a bad actor. To top it all of, there is the loud throbbing, syntho-pop music which I presume is meant to be menacing but is just downright annoying.
I actually liked the story itself. A series of apparent copy-cat serial killings take place in France and Thailand. An American art expert and a French cop go over to investigate. It is a variation of the classic novel, "Picture of Dorian Gray". In the movie, the central painting, purportedly a self-portrait of the killer, keeps changing, not to mirror the change in one man's twisted soul as in the book, but to indicate the identity of the person whose body has been taken over by the roving "evil" spirit that is the cause of all the killings. This "evil" flits from person to person turning the one it possesses into serial killers all with the same modus operandi. They torture and kill their victims while immortalising their death throes on canvas. Very promising material. Sadly not realised.
The only gore I could make out through the gloom were a few skin-deep slash marks on a victim's arm. There is a bit of nudity but you won't see much through all those filters. The victim with the bit-gag and blinkers (shown on the cover) was cute but her scene ended all too quickly and I couldn't make out what actually happened to her. All I know is that she died.
The film is also a sad waste of location shooting. After spending all that money travelling to France and Thailand, the cameraman slaps on so many weird filters that you can barely tell where you are through all the murk. Thailand is a land of brilliant sunshine and this film was supposedly shot on the famous Koh Samui resort island. I could not recognise it at all. I have never seen Thailand look so grey, drab and dull. Might as well have shot it in a studio decorated with a few palm trees. And just where in Thailand is there a French colony with people speaking French? The producers seem to mix up Thailand with French Indochina. All the French portions come with English subtitles burnt onto the print. No way to remove them.
The film is shot in 1.85:1 widescreen, letterboxed into a 4:3 standard frame (Non-Anamorphic). The picture quality is mediocre. All those artsy filters make the picture look flat and dead. I was squinting and straining to see what was happening all throughout. Totally annoying. There are 20 minutes worth of deleted scenes with director commentary. Those were pretty good. The bloopers reel was also fun. With hindsight I shouldn't have bought it. Worth a rental at most.
Description of Nature Morte
Marseille Southern France: Suspected serial killer John Stephensen is found dead next to the body of his final victim. Stephensen's legacy is one of ten gruesome murders and ten extraordinary paintings. But when new paintings begin to surface apparently by the same hand art expert Oliver Davenport is asked by French Police to assist as they investigate their creator the mysterious Lec.Davenport's life spirals out of control as he attempts to establish whether Lec is an expert forger a brilliant new artist or the true architect of the Marseille murders.Sell Points / Extras Nature Morte has an original soundtrack by Steven Severin [of Souxsie & The Banshees] Deleted Scenes A Selection of Redemption USA Trailers Blooper Reel Blood & Dishonour Book Teaser Stills GalleryFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/KILLER UPC: 844015000101 Manufacturer No: 000101Bestsellers in DVD
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