Trapped in a place. Micro budgets, micro titles. Different takes on the immersion of Buried. Film making exercises. How anyone can make a 90 minute film. The Buried title sequence. Getting the audience to tell the story. The tools. What is the root of the cynicism? Questioning motives. Pontypool. Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy. Shock Jocks. Sydney Briar is alive. The love of memes. Rebecca Black and the power of exploitation. Missing cat. Alternate takes post-viewing. Things that could be clues. Are you meant to solve Pontypool? Practical skepticism in real time. Breaking down. It’s terrifying, and it has to get worse before it gets better. THE MORPHEOUS EFFECT. Language.
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Buried
Released: January 23, 2010
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Director: Rodrigo Cortes
Writer: Chris Sparling
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Smantha Mathis
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Pontypool
Released: March 6, 2009
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Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: Tony Burgess
Starring: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly, Hrant Alianak
A psychological thriller in which a deadly virus infects a small Ontario town.
