fedora is a 1978 west german-french drama film directed by billy wilder .

the screenplay by wilder and i. a. l. diamond is based on a novella by tom tryon included in his collection crowned heads , published in 1976 .

the film stars william holden and marthe keller .

fedora ( film )

fedora ( film ) <EOT> fedora film is an independent film production company that produces films and documentaries for the international market .

fedora plays in a new dcp restoration at film forum in new york september 5–11 .

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fedora is not the match of either classic , but in its own right , it is a very fine film .

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a shamefully underrated film , fedora is wilder ' s testament and one of the most sublime achievements of the ' 70s .

billy wilder , fedora , 1978 , 35 mm , color , sound , 114 minutes .

down - on - his - luck hollywood producer barry ' dutch ' detweiler attempts to lure fedora , a famous but reclusive film actress , out of retirement .

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" fedora " opens today at cinema studio , where it is liable to have a very short run . preview audiences have been laughing in the wrong places - - understandable , perhaps , in light of he plot & apos ; s outlandishness . a woman throws herself in front of a train in the first scene , and we learn that she was fedora , a great foreign - born movie queen who has long been in seclusion . then we see fedora & apos ; s body lying in state , as weeping fans file through her mansion in paris . one of the mourners is dutch detweiler , played by william holden . mr . holden narrates " fedora " just as he narrated " sunset boulevard , " the wilder film that " fedora " most eloquently recalls .

fedora - sortie le 21 août 2013 un film de billy wilder avec marthe keller , william holden , hildegard knef fedora , grande star hollywoodienne désormais retirée en europe , met fin à sa vie en se jetant sous un train . deux semaines auparavant , le producteur barry detweiler était parti à sa recherche dans l ' espoir de la faire revenir sur le devant de la scène . mais la mystérieuse fedora vit désormais recluse auprès de gens étranges et s ' avère difficile à approcher . . .

rarely screened , billy wilder ’s penultimate film , fedora ( 1978 ) , may be a wan companion to one of his most celebrated , sunset boulevard ( 1950 ) . but several of its tawdry observations about stardom and vanity give it a kicky kind of sordidness , suggesting a squarer version of hollywood babylon , republished just three years before fedora ’s release .

wilder may have been a genius , but not everything a genius does is a work of genius . fedora is a curiosity , not a lost masterpiece .

in a dark , featureless frame , a woman sprints toward an incoming train and hurls herself in front of it , pausing briefly only to disregard a spine - tingling “fedora ! ” shouted from off screen . that’s the remarkably curt , brutal opening scene of billy wilder’s fedora , which concludes with the image paralyzed in shock . when the freeze frame fades out , the first image to fade up is a shot of a newscaster intoning , “fedora is dead . ”

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oft described as alternatively billy wilder ' s vertigo , or as billy wilder ' s follow - up to his own classic sunset blvd . neither fully capture what a strange , but satisfying film fedora is , nor are they wholly wrong .

fedora is old - fashioned with a vengeance , a proud , passionate remembrance of the way movies used to be , and a bitter smile at what they have become .

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mikel j . koven is senior lecturer and course leader in film studies at the university of worcester . he is the author of la dolce morte : vernacular cinema and the italian giallo film ( 2006 ) and film , folklore and urban legends ( 2008 ) .

this is a wonderful , wonderful movie . it ' s of course best viewed in the context of its creator , the great billy wilder , for whom fedora marked a fitting bookend at the end of his career . it would be hard to miss the meta commentary , but what makes fedora special is the man we know telling it behind the camera . for billy wilder was really there in the days of titular fedora - back when movie stars had a majesty that eclipsed even the biggest of contemporary hollywood ' s ; when the movies had a glory and prestige now but a distant dream .

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there ' s a lot of awkwardness to fedora , from a sluggish pace to an awful bit of last - minute overdubbing that mars two performances , but there ' s a lot of fascination in it .

this wearying nostalgia for golden - age moviemaking aside , fedora exposes , through a major plot twist i won ' t give away , the off - screen pathologies that constitute the nightmares of the dream factory .

illy wilder & apos ; s " fedora " is a fabulous relic , a grand old villa fallen slightly into disrepair . and if it seems outmoded , well , that is very much mr . wilder & apos ; s intention . " fedora " is old - fashioned with a vengeance , a proud , passionate remembrance of the way movies used to be , and a bitter smile at what they have become .

i was expecting witty dialogue and a strong plot from wilder and diamond . not only is the dialogue bland but the the sequence of events the story presents is so boring that i wish i was fedora .

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i hired flying fedora film to make a fundraiser video promo for my new business . the resulting video conveyed my heart , vision , and goals creatively and beautifully with absolute accuracy and passion . it was the perfect big - picture communication i needed ; it’s precise , funky , and fun to watch . i’m very pleased !

while peary’s assertion may have been true in the early 1980s , hollywood has quickly coopted the cult film , and marketed it back on itself , thereby destroying the specific film’s own cultishness . to own a copy of a particular cult film , on video or dvd , makes fans collectors , but simple ownership of the text breaks down the social significance of groupness that predicates , if not defines , a film’s cult status .

you can see echoes of sunset blvd throughout fedora . william holden reprising his lead role in a wilder film of a failing hollywood presence . the grand dame storyline , where fame and madness intersect . while , wilder takes his muse further towards the hitchcockian , with the oddly unsettling central mystery and the series of reveals that just uncover more questions .

" fedora " is full of references to hollywood personages , not just for the sake of bitchiness but for purposes of scale . it ranges from california to greece , from dutch and fedora & apos ; s golden youth ( the young dutch is played by stephen collins , who imitates mr . holden to a t ) to times less full of promise , as it demonstrates the kind of scope we don & apos ; t readily see from " the kids with the beards , " as dutch describes hollywood & apos ; s new generation . the compactness and symmetry evident in " fedora " aren & apos ; t easily achieved these days without a good deal of self - consciousness . mr . wilder achieves them naturally .

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frank sinatra and shelley winters star in " meet danny wilson , " sinatra ' s last film before his comeback .

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the cult film is a film that occupies an asymptotic relationship with mainstream film by virtue of identifiable textual divergences . always in dialog with conventional mainstream cinema , the cult film , through unconventional textual elements including plot , dialog , cinematography , editing , and special effects , presents itself on the surface as mainstream’s foil . however , all pretense ( and pretentiousness ) aside , it is mainstream cinema with a twist ( or several twists ) rather than a wholly separate animal .

leapt at the role of her father . though the film flopped commercially in the u . s . , it was a financial success in europe under the title “ariane . ” it’s hard to watch this film without thinking of the influence of

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latter day hidden gem in the billy wilder catalog that seems more than missed among his films . wonderfully shot using natural light and long takes , fedora is a sort of sideways sunset blvd . , but imagined in a completely different manner . william holden is excellent , as is jose ferrer , but the weak female leads hold the film back a bit . the story will knock your socks off .

the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .

to adapt timothy corrigan’s language from a cinema without walls , the cult film is not completely foreign but neither can it be easily domesticated . or shifting j . p . telotte’s language slightly , what cultists embrace is an uncomfortable difference that is transformed with some effort into a comfortable one . what defines the cult film therefore is the challenge it presents to spectators . by virtue of its unconventional textual elements , it forces viewers to reconcile their assumptions and expectations about film in general with the cult film’s obvious differences .

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paul henreid and joan bennett star in " hollow triumph , " opening the arthur lyons film noir festival thursday at the camelot theatres .

i . q . hunter is principal lecturer and subject leader in film studies at de montfort university , leicester . he edited british science fiction cinema ( routledge , 1999 ) and co - edited pulping fictions ( 1996 ) , trash esthetics ( 1997 ) , sisterhoods ( 1998 ) , alien identities ( 1999 ) , classics ( 2000 ) , retrovisions ( 2001 ) and brit - invaders ! ( 2005 ) . he has published widely on exploitation , horror and cult films and is currently writing a british film guide to a clockwork orange and cult film as a guide to life , a collection of articles on cult film , and coediting the wild eye : experimental film studies .

director billy wilder refused to allow anymore cuts to this film . united artists had already cut 12 minutes prior to a preview in santa barbara , and the screening had gone poorly with the audience , who were laughing during the wrong parts of the film . see more »

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washed - up producer barry ‘dutch’ detweiler ( william holden ) attempts to lure the iconic but reclusive actress fedora ( marthe keller ) out of retirement in a bid to revive both their careers . but her privacy is hard won , and with good reason , and opening up the secrets surrounding her could spell disaster .

viewing the cult film in terms of its definition as an object , our contributors have confronted questions about cult esthetics : whether they are distinctly different from the esthetics of mainstream film ; the independence of cult creators ; whether there is a distinctive cult esthetic ; whether the cult film ( or only some cult films ) is marked by a defamiliarized attitude toward the body , gender , society , the family , and human identity .

i just don ' t know what to make of this movie . fedora was a movie i had wanted to see for the longest time and had never been able to find a copy of it anywhere . it was not easy since it had never been released on dvd until only very recently . it was the only billy wilder film i had not seen and had such high hopes for the film . maybe it did not help that i thought that this was a comedy , which this movie is not , because i was certainly disappointed in the final result . maybe i was just expecting too much and i should give it another chance a few years from now . this was billy wilder ' s second to last film before retiring from directing .

i would disagree that cult film share any particular esthetic features . as i noted above , what some scholars call cult are erroneously so labeled .

i remember mad max fairly well , though not the two sequels that followed . gibson made quite an impact when the film was released in india .

if the 1980s and ‘90s was the era of alternative music , the 1940s and ‘50s was prime time for an alternative cinema style called film noir .

fedora , a hollywood screen goddess , retires at the height of her fame and beauty to live in seclusion on a greek island . barry detweiler , american producer , tries to persuade her to make a comeback in his new movie , thereby reviving his own failing career and fortunes . told in flashback , after the actress ' s suicide .

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

this is to suggest that , contra bruce kawin , it is not primarily the audience that defines a cult film . while obviously an audience is required for a film to become a cult film , i argue that there is something intrinsic to the “cinematic substrate” itself , some recognizably transgressive element of the film’s esthetics or thematics ranging from obvious bad taste to self - conscious artiness , that marks it as ripe for cultdom . this goes beyond umberto eco’s speculation that cult movies must display “organic imperfections , ” because all movies display organic imperfections and may be “unhinged” ( 4 ) —and this is precisely what cult films make evident .

" billy wilder maakte met ‘fedora’ een film waarin hij enerzijds met warmte en weemoed terugkijkt op die goede ouwe tijd in het klassieke hollywood , en anderzijds met een verbitterde glimlach toeziet op wat er van die wereld is terechtgekomen . ondanks een gebrek aan scherpte , een traag tempo en de merkwaardige vertelstructuur , weet wilder onze aandacht vast te houden . dit komt voor een belangrijk deel op het conto van veteraan william holden , die zonder al te veel moeite zijn legendarische rol uit ‘sunset boulevard’ nog eens dunnetjes overdoet . "

marthe keller , in the highly demanding leading role , is particularly resourceful , and mr . ferrer reads his lines with a witty understanding of the screenplay & apos ; s intentional corniness ( " to pump out the stomach , that is easy . the mind , that is another thing " ) . michael york appears , playing himself , the actor fedora hardly knows but has fallen hopelessly in love with . ( this perhaps provides some indication of how improbable things become . ) henry fonda arrives to present fedora with an oscar , in his supposed capacity as president of the academy , and to tell her how much he always envied fredric march , charles boyer , ronald colman and all of her other co - stars .

the offhand jabs at the dissolution of orthodox craftsmanship in 1970s cinema are overwhelmed by a deeper core of autocritique played out in the film ' s downward trajectory .

continuing the exploration of themes first examined in sunset boulevard , now decades later through the prism of new hollywood , fedora is a great filmmaker’s testament , and a masterful , stirring exploration of cinema’s power . the masters of cinema series is proud to present a new dual - format special edition for the first time on dvd and blu - ray in the uk .

ernest mathijs is coeditor of the cult film reader , and of the book series cultographies . he runs the centre for cinema studies at the university of british columbia .

austin , bruce a . “portrait of a cult film audience : the rocky horror picture show . ” journal of communications ( spring 1981 ) : 43 - 54 .

to the extent that the cult film makes a spectacle of itself through its self - conscious foregrounding of its differences from mainstream film , cult films are always metafilms , films that foreground the conventions of and expectations surrounding mainstream cinema . by virtue of “pushing the boundaries , ” they highlight the existence of those boundaries that circumscribe conventional cinema .

billy wilder and william holden self - consciously returning to the subject matter of sunset boulevard sounds much more intriguing than it turns out to be . in reality , fedora is a chore to get through , only belatedly getting to the real meat of its story . it gets better then , but is still only so effective at expounding on its undertones of vicious satire and psychological horror .

thanks for that todd – evidently not - so - forgotten after all ! the one thing i would say is that the kennaway book is in fact a novelisation . the earliest documentation extant on it appears to be kennaway’s treatment for the film dated january 1960 while the film was completed in 1962 and the novel published in hardback in 1963 .

“the evolution of the arthur lyons film noir festival into a showcase event is attributable to the loyalty of our core audience , word of mouth within the classic film community and the increased use of social media to promote the festival , ” rode said . “the enhanced identity of palm springs as a desired tourist destination certainly doesn’t hurt either . ”

why it’s worth watching : a superb neo - noir from the 1970s is eminently worthy of rediscovery . if you like “the bank job” and “ocean’s eleven , ” you’ll like “charlie varrick” because it’s a well - crafted heist film of the same ilk . co - star andy robinson will discuss the film in a post - screening q & a .

those willing to perform this work reap the rewards of their efforts—the smugness of presumed elite or outsider status . the appreciative spectator of the art - house film has her intellectual credentials validated , the slasher film fan has his intestinal fortitude verified—and each can then look down his or her nose at the assumed banality of mainstream cinema and its vanilla patrons .

keep your comments focused on the film . don ' t post randomness / off - topic comments . jokes are fine , but don ' t post tactless / inappropriate ones .

the deliberate and sometimes dismaying anachronisms are signs of a deep , unshakable commitment to a personal aesthetic - - a commitment that is sometimes more moving than anything in the film itself .

so how will all the time in the world affect spy kids ? it ' s receiving the widest release of any film this weekend , with 3 , 000 theaters , and is the only new family - friendly film coming out . it should enjoy a healthy box office return because of that ( not to mention intrigue over the aroma scope technology that will allow audiences to smell the film ) . early reviews for the film have yet to be released , but the star power has piled on for this sequel—including antonio banderas , ricky gervais , joel mchale , and jeremy piven—hinting that , at the very least , critics will find it diverting summer fare . in the end , the spy kids ranking could improve after this release .

when lyons died in 2008 , his associate , film historian alan k . rode , took over hosting and producing duties while also continuing to find guest speakers after paige died in 2013 .

local connections : sinatra was divorcing current part - time rancho mirage resident nancy sinatra sr . while escaping to his palm springs home with ava gardner at the time this film came out .

, ” especially with the casting of lubitsch regulars cooper and chevallier , and the gypsy musicians that seem to follow cooper everywhere in the film . but in contrast to the works it sometimes evokes , everything about this film falls a little flat , from the romance to the jokes , and at 130 minutes , well , seriously , how long should it take a pushing - 60 playboy to fall in love with audrey hepburn ? this film is no one’s best , but no one’s worst either . still , we’d hope for a lot more from wilder . [ c ]

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why it’s worth watching : the final hollywood film by blacklisted director jules dassin ( rififi , never on sunday , topkapi ) is an overlooked classic with gene tierney and a brilliant ensemble cast .

, and watching that screen test , found on the dvd , it’s hard not to imagine what might have been ) . but there’s one great trump card up the film’s sleeve , and that’s

that does sound rather good , doesn’t it ? i’d love to get victim especially on blu - ray eventually . frustratingly , the perfectly good dvd releases of the film seem all bereft of any contextual extras , of which you would think there would be an abundance . a decent book came out on the film recently by the way by john coldstream – you can download a sample chapter here :

jamie sexton is lecturer in film studies at aberystwyth universuty , uk . he is author of alternative film culture in inter - war britain ( exeter university press , 2008 ) and coauthor ( with ernest mathijs ) of the forthcoming cult cinema : an introduction ( blackwell , 2009 ) . he also coedits ( also with ernest mathijs ) the book series on cult films entitled cultographies for wallflower press .

billy wilder ' s " fedora " grows on you . it is , to begin with , a seemingly unnecessary movie based on a surprise ending that you can figure out within the first 15 minutes . it is , to end with , a movie that spends its last hour revealing the surprise . anybody watching this movie for the pleasure of discovering the surprise is , therefore , doomed to boredom at the worst and mild astonishment at the best .

why it’s worth watching : an insightful look at a post bobby sox crooner and pre - “from here to eternity” version of ol’ blue eyes in a overlooked and underappreciated film that is not on dvd .

kawin , bruce . “after midnight . ” the cult film experience : beyond all reason . ed . j . p . telotte . austin : university of texas press , 1991 . 18 - 25 .

read a fuller analysis , posted when the seventh harry potter film hit theaters : " the greatest movie franchises of all time . " the gallery in the post has been updated to reflect current rankings .

should you see it ? i dunno . if you do , go with a clear mind and a slight grin on your face and a memory for the , movies of the 1940s . accept the dumb parts , and the unsurprising revelations , as part of the film ' s style instead of as weaknesses . trust wilder to know what he ' s doing , even during the deliberate clichés . see it like that , and i bet you ' ll like it . see it with a straight face , and you ' ll think it ' s boring and obvious . " fedora ' s " odd that way : it leaves itself up to the audience .

" fedora " is a movie worth seeing for those last reasons . it has a surprise ending that ' s no surprise ( even though i won ' t give it away - you ' ll be able to give it away yourselves single - handedly ) . it has characters who turn out to be exactly as we think they ' ll be , and it has instant insights into human nature that turn out to be worth about the instants they ' re allotted .

why it’s worth watching : one of the great val lewton rko films is highlighted by what is arguably karloff’s finest screen performance . it’s his eighth and final film collaboration with " dracula " icon bela lugosi .

the social function of the cult film is difficult to define succinctly . what may be true for some cult audiences may not be true for others , and any kind of speculation would be superficial . so while there may be a film which brings a group together—for example , those people who love the texas chain saw massacre or mamma mia ! —may not have the same reasons for loving the film as other fans , or the same level of engagement to it . sociological ( or worse , psycho - sociological ) speculation cannot grasp the actual and lived reasons for such cultish devotion . neither can lazy audience research methodologies like questionnaires or focus groups . the only way to properly understand the social function of the cult film is by proper participant - observation ethnography , and even that needs to recognize the temporal and special limitations of any conclusions .

chuck kleinhans coedits jump cut : a review of contemporary media ( urltoken ) and teaches in the radio / tv / film department at northwestern university . his current research covers asian extreme cinema and women warrior films .

the following review is offered as part of the tuesday’s overlooked film meme hosted by todd mason over at his sweet freedom blog and you should head over there to see the many other fascinating titles that have been selected .

mystery novelist and palm springs city councilman arthur lyons launched the palm springs film noir festival with former palm springs international film festival executive director craig prater in 2000 as a celebration and exploration of the noir form . he delighted in finding obscure , out - of - print noirs and became known for getting actors from these black - and - white relics to do post - screening q & as , with the help of casting director marvin paige .

last may , the harry potter films were declared by box office mojo to be the most successful film franchise of all time . it ' s true that the first seven films in the series—the eight installment , the deathly hallows : part 2 hits theaters friday—grossed a mammoth $ 2 billion in the u . s . critics have been particularly kind to the series as well , with some even arguing that the most recent film was better than the book .

when scream 4 was released , the series placed a respectable number 30 on our list . but the film ' s poor box office and mixed reviews caused scream ' s ranking to drop seven spots to number 37 . comparatively , the surprise box office and critical success of fast five , by far the best - reviewed film in the fast and the furious series , helped the franchise leap seven spots from number 50 , barely on the list , to number 43 .

so how will on stranger tides affect the number 13 ranking of pirates of the caribbean ? the film is set to open on a record number of screens this weekend , and is already doing gangbusters business internationally ( we only consider domestic receipts for these rankings ) . early reviews still haven ' t been particularly glowing - - typical for the franchise - - but they indicate that this fourth film is much better than the two previous sequels . we ' ll see how things change .

i really had forgotten about this film sergio . i saw it a long time ago and didn’t particularly like it . i think you’re right about it being unsure of what kind of movie it wanted to be and falling between stools as a consequence .

the espionage element in the script seems like an attempt to cash in on the burgeoning spy boom of the early 60s . the one time that i saw it , many years ago , it came across as a fascinating mess . it reminded me , in a strange way , of the film version of doomwatch . that movie was basically a bit of environmentally aware sci - fi that sold itself as a horror film because horror movies were the only ones being made by british studios at the time . the horror element was dropped halfway through the doomwatch movie , making it seem slightly pointless . the mind benders really needed to dump the espionage angle and concentrate on the psychological elements . if only they had it might have been a better remembered film .

telotte , j . p . “beyond all reason : the nature of the cult . ” the cult film experience : beyond all reason . ed . j . p . telotte . austin : university of texas press , 1991 . 5 - 17 .

the following review ( updated from a previous post ) is offered as part of the tuesday’s overlooked film meme hosted by todd mason over at his sweet freedom blog and you should head over there to see the many other fascinating titles that have been selected .

sergio , that’s a knockout list of films by dearden and relph ( pun intended ) for here are two filmmakers and their films what are entirely new to me . of course , i am familiar with dick bogarde and i am sure i have seen him on screen before — just don’t ask me where ! i like the way you take a film “apart” and , obviously , it’s not enough to understand the finer nuances of a film and its making but the reviewing of it as well . your professional expertise with bfi screenonline reflects in all your reviews here . i read your profiles of kenneth branagh , edgar wallace and richard attenborough and was impressed by the site content . the guide to british and irish film directors is as entertaining as it’s enriching . terrific stuff , sergio !

thoroughly enjoyed this review . it’s a film i first sought out because pauline kael gave it a rave review on its release and i really liked it at the time . i must watch it again – kurt russell is something of a favourite actor of mine .

we approached a number of leading scholars , journalists , and critics—authors of classics in the field , editors of journals devoted to cult film , and new scholars of the subject—and invited them to contribute to our critical symposium . in the following pages , and continuing on our web site , we offer a wide range of critical interpretations and strategies—emanating from the united states , england , and australia—that we believe will contribute to a new clarity about cult film , but leave abundant breathing room for the stimulating clash of differing considered opinions .

ticket sales continue to grow , said rode , although films only screen at the camelot theatres . rode prefers to measure the festival’s growth by its attention from the national film noir community and by the fact that turner classic movies has come aboard this year as a sponsor .

i remember pulling this dvd off the shelves from my parents’ dvd collection and not really expecting much of the movie . instead , i got a really good bit of entertainment . but you’ve covered it far better than i have already . great review of a sorely underappreciated film !

our contributors differ in emphasis , which has created a trio of interrogational repertoires . their three major focus points can be itemized as : the cult fan ; the cult object ; and the relationship between the cult film and the marketplace . viewing the phenomenon of cult film through the lens of the fan elicits questions about what distinguishes cult interest from the more general category of cinephilia ; differences between the opportunities for cult fans now and cult fans back in the day of pre - home - viewing technologies ; and the motives and cultural roles of the cult fan .

matt hills is a reader in media and cultural studies at cardiff university . he is the author of fan cultures ( 2002 ) and the pleasures of horror ( 2005 ) and has written widely on cult media , most recently for the sage handbook of film studies ( 2008 ) .

for his penultimate film , billy wilder created this elegiac , potent and richly entertaining mystery . reuniting with one of his greatest actors william holden , and co - written with his longtime collaborator i . a . l . diamond , this is an exquisitely crafted tale of romance and intrigue .

what initially drew our attention was that not only did cult film turn up in our conversations with great frequency , it also arrived in numerous guises . cult as shock and schlock ; cult as nostalgia ; cult as marginality ; cult as intensity and passion ; cult as marketing hype ; cult as fad and fashion ; cult as subversion ; cult as historical era marker . too many things to too many people , cult film seemed to us to be stretching so thinly before our eyes as to potentially lose its meaning in a dizzying vortex . it seemed an untenable situation ripe for critical investigation .

the harry potter films have been a magical success at the box office , which makes it easy to see why warner brothers and the film ' s creative team made the decision to split j . k . rowling ' s final 784 - page book into two movies—at least from a financial standpoint .

cult status is tied to the social situation of film reception , and this implies fans . for example , fifty years ago , marx brothers films could be considered cult films since screenings brought out dedicated enthusiasts who often knew many of the lines , their favorite scenes and gags , etc . in the 1960s the orson welles cinema in cambridge , ma . , ran a humphrey bogart film festival during the exam period every semester at harvard . freshmen were initiated into the ritual viewing , and , by the time they were juniors , could call out their favorite lines , anticipate every plot point , etc .

and then it has something else . style . figure this out : if you can see " fedora " and not get hung up on what it ' s about and who the characters are , which is admittedly a large order , there ' s a real pleasure to be had in sitting there and letting it happen to you . it is not a great movie , but it has the form and feel of a great movie . the movie it feels like is " sunset boulevard " ( 1950 ) , which was also directed by wilder and also starred william holden , and cast gloria swanson as a greta garbo type actress who had retreated into her legend and her memories .

finally , where our contributors set their sights on the commodification of cult film , they ran up against the overwhelming question of whether cult film is possible any longer , given a marketplace that omnivorously coopts whatever it catches in the cross hairs of its profit motive in order to produce a standardized product . under this heading , we find consideration of whether and how there can still be the kind of search for the unknown , obscure object of filmgoing desire that marked the cult adventure in the long - ago days of the midnight movie , screened in the kind of independently owned movie theatre that barely exists today .

back in september , for the seventh harry potter film ' s release , we used a formula that took both box office and critics score into account to rank the 50 greatest movie franchises of all time . here ' s an abbreviated explanation of the process we used to come up with those rankings :

it is typical of the morally ambivalent tone of the film that it is left to the putative villain of the piece , the leader of a drug cartel , to sum up the core of the story . this last part of the film has several major twists and there is plenty of plot and incident to get through , but ultimately it is guided by the emotional demands of the characters : will the dea make nick arrest his friend ? will jo ann decide which man she truly loves ? will the opera - loving , ping - pong playing carlos let mac truly get out of the drug trafficking business ?

cult film has actually been a subject of intermittent , serious study for almost thirty years , and the object of “gee - whiz , ” hyperemotional expostulations for longer than that . but cineaste is also aware that the past ten years has seen a surge of scrutiny of the cult film phenomenon by well - informed scholars , journalists , and critics armed with something more than the pleasure , curiosity , and wonder of the initial wave of critics . this “new wave” of cult criticism , so to speak , carries with it the intention of winnowing the wheat of rigorous understanding from the chaff of spurious and digressive chatter .

there are as many social functions as there are discourses of cult . for some , it can be a badge of distinction as a marker of difference or transgression . for others , it might be a badge of distinction linked to bids for the philosophical and artistic value of “genre” film ; or for others again , the reclaiming of kitsch and trash film via paracinema . i suppose what these things share is the sense of cult film as a type of “othering” : filmic and audience identities being constructed against cultural norms or normativity ; against the devaluation of “genre” cinema ; against the manners of “appropriate” and “tutored” cinematic taste . cult is about being “for” and “against . ” as such , it can build and reinforce interpretive and affective communities , but it can also be a classification felt as having very intense , personalized value . so cult movies , i think , can have a rather paradoxical social function—simultaneously individuating and community - building .

i quite agree , sergio . kurt russell is “more grounded and stable” and if i were to compare him with anybody ( though i don’t see why i should ) then it would have to be someone like russell crowe , not gladiator or a beautiful mind , but perhaps proof of life alongside meg ryan and david morse . that’s more his kind of film — rescuing someone from hell , so to say . he was certainly “impressive” in tombstone — in spite of the superb cast , he walks away with the film , doesn’t he ? he is a very intense actor and , yes , underrated , as you rightly say .

they were certainly very varied in their output but one see that with this film they were perhapos falling foul of that perception that many had of them that there is something perhaps a bit stolid about their desire to tackle important subjects in an ‘accessible’ manner which , you could argue , is either a mark of commercial savvy or a certain loftiness with regard to the intelligence of general audiences . this one os perhaps too self conciously trying tobe ‘different’ or maybe it just wasn’t a pressing enough subject for them . deep down one suspects they would raher have made a film about the more conventional clements agent rather than the more diaphanous bogarde scientist .

this year’s lineup , he said , will “push the envelope on conventional characterizations of film noir . ” but , it’s also loaded with local connections . to explore every component , i’ve pointed out the local ties of most of those films while rode explains why you need to see each one . here’s the whole bill :

why it’s worth watching : if you want to know where the term , “it’s a bitter little world” came from , you need to see this movie . restored 35 mm print by the ucla film and television archive . also , henreid’s daughter , monika henreid , will participate in a post - screening q & a .

but that ' s not to say that a well - done , well - marketed series revival can ' t be lucrative . a surprisingly rapturous critical reception and breakout box - office performance by rise of the planet of the apes earlier this month helped raise the planet of the apes ranking from 46 to 43 on the list , and could get higher as the film continues to make money in wide release . the surprise box office and critical success of fast five —by far the best - reviewed film in the fast and the furious series—launched its ranking from a barely - on - the - list no . 50 to no . 45 .

. ariane , suddenly finding herself in love , decides to hide her innocence beneath a veneer of worldliness and countless affairs , in order to play the player into falling in love with her too ( nope it doesn’t make a lot of sense here , and it doesn’t in the film either ) . again , wilder wanted

completely fascinating but at the same time it really depressed me . it ' s a cynical view of hollywood without any love for it . in sunset blvd , it does have a certain cynicism but it ' s also filled with humor and a love of movies . i don ' t really think you can bring fedora up without also mentioning sunset blvd . i think this movie works primarily because billy wilder made it . although i ' m in an uneasy mood after watching it , the story is great and i was always interested in what was happening . even though it ' s only at the beginning and end of this , i ' m convinced william holden narration is one of the three best things in movies .

when doctor vando and dutch meet in the bar at approximately 30 minutes into the film , there is a closeup of vando ' s earring . at the end of the scene as doctor vando leaves the bar ( approximately 34 minutes ) , vando points at his earring . this time , the earring is considerably thinner and smaller .

even adjusted for inflation , the average box office across the pirates series is higher then lord of the rings and harry potter . but its critical reception has been less impressive . while the first film was largely praised by the critics , the subsequent ones were panned . after the third film , newsweek ' s dave ansen proclaimed , " more is not merrier . " the atlantic ' s christopher orr wrote in his review that on stranger tides " has the feel of a tv drama renewed for one season too many . " since our methodology weighs box office success and critical reception equally , how do pirates ' mixed reviews affect its standing on the list ?

cult films are still shown in public venues—the sing - along screenings of mamma mia ! are cult events in that sense , since they encourage not only repeat viewings but pleasure in the film experience “beyond all reason” ( as j . p . telotte called it ) . and of course rocky horror still does the rounds . but the experience of cult seems , paradoxically , to have become at once more privatized , more global , and more disembodied . one is now certain via the internet that whatever film one adores , whether it is the big lebowski , black snake moan , or scatwork orange , that someone somewhere shares one’s peculiar taste—but i’m not sure it matters anymore .

when doctor vando and dutch meet in the bar at approximately 30 minutes into the film , there is a closeup of vando ' s earring . at the end of the scene as doctor vando leaves the bar ( approximately 34 minutes ) , vando points at his earring . this time , the earring is considerably thinner and smaller . see more »

btw – finally caught up with paranoiac a few weeks ago . strange is an understatement , isn’t it ? i loved every minute of it ! i figured out the identity of the masked choir boy but never saw the entombed body gimmick coming . such a mix of genre tropes in that flick – kind of like a gothic suspense goulash on film .

melville returned to the policier model seven years later with le doulos . less well known than his other work in the genre , this film rewards attention with more elaborate characterizations than its predecessor . if you are never in doubt as to where bob or his cohorts stand , the motivations of the figures in this film seem as transitory as the weather . the title refers to the french expression for stool pigeon , for duplicity is as commonplace as trench coats in this environment . as melville stated , " the characters are all double , they are all false . " furthermore , the criminals and the police lack the kind of brotherly bonhomie of the earlier picture . a character can never be sure when he might be shot or betrayed or arrested in le doulos .


the bunny game is a 2010 low budget exploitation horror film directed by adam rehmeier and is loosely based upon the exploits of serial killer , robert ben rhoades .

set in the desert , the film is about a prostitute who is abducted by a truck driver and subjected to extreme and abusive sex .

the screenplay was co-written by rehmeier and the film 's lead female actress , rodleen getsic in the united states , the film had a limited theatrical release ; it was later released on dvd and blu-ray disc on july 31 , 2012 by autonomy pictures .

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the bunny game <EOT> can you find the easter bunny ? play this fun spot the difference game .

the british board of film classification ( bbfc ) has rejected the sexually violent dvd the bunny game .

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autonomy pictures presents the second of four teaser posters for the upcoming us release of adam rehmeier’s relentless horror film the bunny game . the unflinching indie . . .

autonomy pictures presents the first of four teaser posters for the upcoming us release of adam rehmeier’s relentless horror film the bunny game , along with the . . .

annie riordan , a writer for the horror blog brutal as hell , described watching “the bunny game” as “devastating in a good way . ”

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the bunny game is a well shot and expertly edited work , but it’s not a film in the conventional sense . it’s more of a vicious visceral experience . because of the style and the wholesale devotion of getsic and refro , the bunny game is captivating , but ultimately not an experience worth having .

last year bloody disgusting came across an insane looking new indepenednt horror flick by the title the bunny game . after watching the insanely intense trailer for . . .

reviewed by james a . janisse the bunny game is not a film in the conventional sense of the word . when director adam rehmeier and actress radleen . . .

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double g has two assistants , including bunny . the other one is ruthless .

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when we last heard any news about adam rehmeier’s the bunny game , it had been rejected for home video release by the bbfc who stated , “it . . .

the production of project apricot , an open game , started in february 2008 and was published in september 2008 . this time , the target was to improve blender as a tool in the game creation pipeline , using blender as a level editor for the crystal space game engine . game creation and prototyping in blender were also important targets .

it was announced back in june that trinity acquired uk rights to adam rehmeier’s highly controversial film the bunny game and will be releasing it through . . .

yo frankie ! was also created in the amsterdam studio of the blender institute . the game was delivered in versions for both the blender game engine and for crystal space . the player controls frankie , one of big buck bunny’s tormentors , and runs around the forest looking for animals to harass .

this early access game is not complete and may or may not change further . if you are not excited to play this game in its current state , then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development .

- 75 % of the 2 , 654 user reviews for this game are positive .

rodleen getsic endured tremendous physical pain in her portrayal of an abused captive in the straight - to - video horror film “the bunny game , ” directed by adam rehmeier .

autonomy pictures has announced a july 17 date for their dvd and blu - ray release of adam rehmeier’s relentless horror film the bunny game . the unflinching indie . . .

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bunny madness anarchy will be priced at $ 14 . 99 usd during early access . as the game matures and new content is added the price of the game will be reviewed and likely go up . players who purchase the early access will not be charged additionally when the full version is released .

aliens have swiped all of the bunny’s precious carrots . help him get ' em back .

you bet your bunny is the tenth episode in season 1 of game shakers . it premiered on november 21 , 2015 to an audience of 1 . 66 million viewers .

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follow the easter bunny on his egg hunt ! use focus and concentration to spot the differences between seemingly identical scenes .

trailers : the trailers for the bunny game are just stripped - down , condensed versions of the film itself . both include the eponymous line about playing “the bunny game” ( which never amounted to more than putting on a bunny mask and tripping around the desert naked ) . both trailers feature hardcore metal music and rapidly flashing words such as ‘black’ , ‘evil’ , ‘jesus’ , ‘snuff’ , ‘rape’ , etc . the alt trailer is a little less explicit and probably geared toward more of a general audience , including blurbs from reviews that praise the film for its realism .

it is the carefully considered view of the bbfc that to issue a certificate to the bunny game , even if confined to adults , would be inconsistent with the guidelines , would risk potential harm within the terms of the video recordings act , and would accordingly be unacceptable to the public .

bunford " bunny " simmons is a recurring character in game shakers . like ruthless , he is an assistant to double g , but he isn ' t loud like ruthless .

an article on sept . 16 about the extreme horror movie “the bunny game” misidentified the actress who plays a pregnant woman in the film “inside , ” another film in the genre . she is alysson paradis , not béatrice dalle , who plays a different character in the movie .

sara ' s got the perfect treat for easter ! everybody’s favorite chef is baking some adorable bunny bread .

the bunny game is an us independent feature in which a female prostitute hitches a lift with a truck driver . the truck driver kidnaps the woman , restrains and forcibly strips her , and proceeds to physically and sexually abuse and humiliate her .

for the full version we are planning on including : two ( 2 ) extra maps ( where all game modes will be playable ) . improvements to the game infected madness mode . more weapon and character skins for customization .

i really hope game shakers gets a season 4 but the chances of that happening arent likely happening right now .

a toy company hires the gang to make a game on a toy that they are not allowed to see .

“once 9 / 11 happened , we seeped into this demoralizing sexuality , ” said mr . collum , who has not seen “the bunny game . ” “it’s almost as if the fanboys want their horror girls brutalized viciously . ”

two ( 2 ) new maps playable in all game modes : downtown & sequoia forest dam .

trip becomes depressed after losing a big video game battle to a 7 - year - old .

at game shakers , dub asks babe what time the tournament ends . dub then shows babe a bear zapper . dub shocks bunny . ruthless holds kenzie ' s pocket weasel while she makes an announcement . todd trash talks babe . at first , they bet kenzie ' s weasel but she is against this . dub bets bunny and if todd wins he gets bunny . dub said he did this because he thinks babe will beat todd . babe and kenzie tell dub that todd is one of the best gamers . babe and todd start playing skywhale and dub distracts babe . todd wins and he gets bunny . bunny is depressed that he lives with todd now . hudson tells dub that his uncle can be bunny ' s replacement .

the game also has a local multiplayer game modes for up to 4 - players , including deathmatch , basketball , and carrot grab . we are currently experimenting with new multiplayer levels and 4 - player and gamemodes . ”

the board considered whether its concerns could be dealt with through cuts . however , the pervasiveness of the abuse makes it very difficult to deal with the bunny game by means of cuts . â if the company would like to attempt to cut this work in order to submit it in a reduced form , they are entitled to do so , but the board can offer no assurances that such re - editing would be successful . the decision to reject the bunny game was taken by the director , david cooke and the presidential team of sir quentin thomas , alison hastings and gerard lemos .

bubba ganter also played bunny in the episode of sam & cat , # peezyb , where bunny was also kel mitchell ( who played peezy b ) ' s assistant . sam & cat is also created by dan schneider .

from the creator of the gundemonium collection comes a thrilling new 2d action - platformer ! help bunny escape the devils’ labyrinth and defeat the 7 devils in this hilariously over - the - top action - platformer game . battle through a large , connected map filled with unique enemies , traps , and puzzles .

honestly , i feel my review doesn ' t do " the bunny game " justice because it is such a wild and intense movie that feels more like an experience than entertainment . not just because of what the movie does and succeeds at , but because adam has an interesting vision . " the bunny game " is punk - anarchist filmmaking ; ( similar to early shinya tsukamoto and sogo ishii ) it ' s made adam ' s way and does things differently but pulls them off seamlessly . there isn ' t anything left to say other than see this movie . don ' t think about it ; just watch " the bunny game " as soon as it becomes available , which will be around easter .

although game development is usually unpredictable , we believe early access will last anywhere from 6 to 10 months .

part of me wants to call " the bunny game " a shock film , but honestly , i think that term would sell the movie and what it accomplishes short and how unique it is . yes , the movie is an unbelievably harsh viewing experience of a man breaking down a woman mentally . or rather , a man simply destroying another human , and because the focus is on the mind and not so much of the flesh , it feels far more devastating . " the bunny game " also features an amazing artistic direction that has the cinematography and the sound design compliment and almost matches the insanity of hog and the mental breakdown of bunny . once more , it doesn ' t cause the movie to ever lose that sense of realism that makes it stand out the way it does .

the abuse of the kidnapped woman takes up the greater part of the bunny game . the principal focus of the work is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman , as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derive from this . the emphasis on the woman ' s nudity tends to eroticise what is shown while aspects of the work such as the lack of explanation of the events depicted , and the stylistic treatment , may encourage some viewers to enjoy and share in the mans callousness and the pleasure he takes in the womans pain and humiliation .

positive things : - looks and feels less like a movie and more like reality - great performances . - it never feels exploitive . - artistically driven . - leaves you with one simple but important question : who won the bunny game ?

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how are you planning on involving the community in your development process ? working side by side the community to shape bunny madness anarchy is of great importance to us . we want to start a dialogue with the players so we can move the game in the right direction . with all your feedback and suggestions we will be able to make this game into a great experience for all of you . please join the conversation in the steam community forums , our facebook and our twitter .

the principal focus of the bunny game is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman , as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derives from this . the emphasis on the woman ' s nudity tends to eroticise what is shown , while aspects of the work such as the lack of explanation of the events depicted , and the stylistic treatment , may encourage some viewers to enjoy and share in the man ' s callousness and the pleasure he takes in the woman ' s pain and humiliation .

from the start , " the bunny game " throws you into bunny ' s world : a world where a woman turns to prostitution to feed her drug addiction and lives a life of degradation and misery . this leads her to meeting hog , an unknown truck driver who kidnaps bunny and psychological tortures her in order to , essentially , destroy a human being . " the bunny game " does not waste time and cater to the idea of what people believe is required to tell a story ; when the movie starts you are almost dropped into the middle of a story . or rather , one that is already in progress that we get to see only a portion of . with that we are not given traditional back stories or senseless exposition . there is nothing needlessly added here to try and make you feel one way or another about characters to generate false sympathy or give an explanation to justify why hog and bunny do what they do .

a sky whale christmas update was introduced in this episode . it shows the game being played in the end credits and in the following episode , which is a main christmas episode .

welcome to the official game shakers wiki , a collaborative encyclopedia for everything and anything related to the all new nickelodeon series , game shakers , created by dan schneider . today is the 9th of july and currently there are 20 , 708 edits to this wiki . to write a new article , just enter the title in the box below .

bunny and ruthless seem to be close friends , as both of them are double g ' s bodyguards / assistants .

put the traditional photo hunt aside as you claim your treasure of easter eggs ! in this game , your task is to locate all of the easter eggs hidden in the images within the given time limit .

help bunny escape the devils’ labyrinth and defeat the 7 devils in this hilariously over - the - top action - platformer game . battle through a large , connected map filled with unique enemies , traps , and puzzles . use magical items like the sylph shooter and the hyper heels to power up and defeat the 7 devils . manipulate the fabric of time to solve puzzles and survive . will bunny be rid of those new ears she so despises ? only with your assistance can she brave this dangerous maze . . .

the bunny game is far from artless , or pointless . shot in stark black and white—with extreme angles , intense close - ups , and jumpy editing—it means to have the quality of a nightmare , and at that it succeeds . the relentless , atonal electronic score makes the soundtrack thrum , matching getsic’s near - constant screams and renfro’s frequent high - pitched yelps . from the start , the bunny game pushes hard , practically demanding that its audience flee . meanwhile , rehmeier connects renfro’s punishment of getsic to her pre - abduction life of prostitution , when her regular customers also frequently treated her like a slab of meat .

at fooders , babe , kenzie , hudson , trip , dub and ruthless miss bunny . bunny is cleaning todd ' s toes . trip says that dub will be fine without bunny . at school , babe is telling todd to do a rematch . if todd wins , he gets kenzie ' s weasel . bunny then arrives in roller skates because todd told him to . bunny had bought todd a root beer . at game shakers , dub is tied up so he does not distract babe . todd doesn ' t want to play sky whale , he wants a chicken fight instead . because if she doesn ' t agree , bunny will be forced to continue working for todd so babe agrees to the chicken fight but this time , if she loses , it ' s kenzie ' s weasel . instead of a normal chicken fight , they also use bear zappers . todd picks bunny as his guard and babe gets dub . babe and todd start playing and shocking each other . todd shocks babe and babe almost falls and gets back up . babe shocks todd and she wins . bunny and ruthless scare todd and his friends away and babe , kenzie , hudson , trip , dub , and ruthless are happy to see they got bunny back .

this statement reveals much about the tension that the film exhibits between ‘real’ and ‘not real , ’ referring to renfro and getsic as actors whilst acknowledging the freedom they ( or perhaps just renfro ) had to choose what actions would be performed and how . the use of the word ‘play’ is a nod towards the vocabulary of the sm scene which describes consensual activities in this manner . for sadomasochists , ‘play’ signifies the acts as distinct from genuine , vindictive torture and emphasises them as ‘fun . ’ rehmeier’s use of the word in the film’s title is , then , intended as irony . the ‘game’ of the title has bunny placed in a ‘bunny’ gimp - mask and chased outside the truck by hog in a pig - mask . the game and play metaphors are disrupted , however , by the question over the alleged authentic torture that takes place , particularly the branding of getsic’s body .

the game design and development program at michigan state university was founded in 2005 , and has grown leaps and bounds into a top 10 ranked program by the princeton review .

in an interview ms . getsic described her participation in “the bunny game” as “more art than film . ” she fasted before shooting started and found herself in a meditative state during scenes . and for the more physical demands of the role she drew on a rape and other sexual abuses she endured when she was younger .

all of that ; the characters , the story , the violence , degradation - it all contributes to the movie ' s ability to cross the line of fiction into reality . other reviewers have commented on the voyeuristic nature of " the bunny game " and that ' s because it looks and feels like you are watching is real . even with the experimental editing and the general artistic nature of the movie , it still manages to blur that line between real and fake . even the smallest details manage to help sell this , such as bunny screaming for her life hoping that someone will hear her . quite frankly i ' ve never seen a movie that has managed to capture such a guttural and almost primitive scream from an actress . but that ' s why " the bunny game " is so powerful and terrifying , it ' s that it makes you feel like you are watching something you shouldn ' t be .

this bunny doesn ' t have time to hunt for eggs . she ' s too busy hunting for a totally awesome outfit !

the bbfc considered whether the issue could be dealt with through cuts . however , the pervasiveness of the abuse in the bunny game makes it very difficult to deal with . the work is therefore refused a certificate . if the company would like to attempt to cut this work in order to submit it in a reduced form , they are entitled to do so , but the board can offer no assurances that such re - editing would be successful .

in that , however , the bunny game becomes more performance art than horror movie . is the endurance test that actress getsic is put through for her own benefit or the audience’s ? perhaps a bit of both , but it appears that rehmeier and his actors have decided to explore the depths to which they’ll go for their art for whatever reason they’ve decided .

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but while the bunny game is unforgettable in its way , it also reveals the limitation of the “how hardcore can you get ? ” aesthetic . undoubtedly , rehmeier and getsic were serious about giving the audience a no - punches - pulled experience , and about exploring degrees of human degradation , the way that some performance artists have over the years . ( on the dvd / blu - ray commentary track , rehmeier and getsic say that every burn , cut , and punch literally happened . ) but the trick to a movie like this is to provide a hook and to vary the tone , to give people a reason to stick around besides pride in endurance . and after its first 20 minutes , the bunny game has done just about all it’s going to do—no matter how much rehmeier varies the compositions .

“to guide development with the support and feedback of players . we want to know what you find the most exciting , entertaining , and challenging in order to deliver the best improvements to super bunny man . ”

controllers now work in menus , and can be rebound inside the game instead of having to hand edit the config file . you can also rebind controls for each of the players , when using the local multiplayer or split screen support .

at a time when some horror fans consider the genre to be stagnating with “why bother ? ” remakes and found - footage rehashes , “the bunny game” has a precedent in reality - based horror of the 1970s , said jason paul collum , the director of “screaming in high heels , ” a 2011 documentary about horror - movie actresses that came out on dvd last month .

condemned to a miserable life of prostitution , addiction and abuse , young streetwalker , bunny , spends her days fishing for customers in exchange for drugs and alcohol . inevitably , bunny in desperate need of feeding her immeasurable addictions , she finds herself hopelessly trapped in a bleak world of self - degradation , while at the same time , she is stuck in a loop of dependency . this vicious cycle will eventually lead her to hog , a brutal semi - truck driver , who will kidnap bunny , and then , chain her up in the back of his truck . from this point on , hog will submit his helpless subject to unfathomable physical and mental tortures with the intention to break bunny ' s will , dehumanize her , and finally , destroy her . in the end , when the " bunny games " are over , the body will be stripped of the soul .

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“the bunny game” counts women among its defenders . although the film is “disgusting and hard to watch , ” it’s a “brave piece , ” said jen soska , whose new horror film , “american mary” ( which she directed with her twin sister , sylvia ) features performers from the body - modification and underground - surgery scenes . it has been acquired by universal .

the bunny game is cited as a horror film by director / writer adam rehmeier . its stark black and white presentaion and kinetically introresting editing makes it stnd out among its peers . in fact its a bit of an oddity . it’s painful , hardcore , suffered and yet naturally progressive ( also cited as being unscripted ) . though for horror fans you should know it’s not your usaul cup of tea . actress rodleen getsic plays the highly abusive role of bunny in this culty feeling film .

the decision means that the film cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the uk .

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the nameless prostitute ( rodleen getsic ) at the center of adam rehmeier ‘s the bunny game subverts the heroine’s role in entirely different ways . first of all , she’s a prostitute , not the typical chaste leading lady we are to expect . when we first see her , she is being debased and dominated by an overly aggressive client in graphic detail , in a way not unlike one might see in an amateur adult video .

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taking the term “torture porn” more literally than usual , director adam rehmeier’s brutal , repellent the bunny game stars rodleen getsic ( who also “co - wrote” the film with rehmeier ) as a street hooker who gets shackled , stripped , and beaten by weathered trucker jeff renfro . and that’s pretty much the entire movie . renfro takes getsic to the desert , shaves her head , gags her , scars her , and jerks her around on a chain . the only thing like a twist in the bunny game comes nearly an hour into the 75 - minute film , when getsic regains consciousness and discovers that renfro has encased her head in a tight , white leather rabbit mask , while he wears a similar “hog” mask . but even that development only adds a little visual variety , before rehmeier gets back to the grind of assault and dissonance .

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“we decided to make a horror film but keep the action real , ” said mr . rehmeier , 36 , a nebraska native and son of a judge , who has a background in documentaries . he shot “the bunny game , ” his first feature , in about two weeks in 2008 for $ 13 , 000 . the script was not much more than an outline , with most of the scenes improvised .

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. but , trangressive ? disturbing ? really ? well , see , here ' s the thing : all of the violence inflicted on the bunny by the hog is unsimulated . the bunny really is getting the shit kicked out of her , getting asphyxiated , getting dragged naked through the desert , getting branded . none of that is fake , and that ' s where people are up in arms about this movie . if you ' re watching this , you ' re watching someone being tortured , full stop .

mr . rehmeier , who cites jean - luc godard and dario argento as influences , said “the bunny game” was intended less as entertainment than as a feminist take on “a cautionary tale about drug abuse and taking rides with strangers . ” having never aimed for the mainstream , he knows his primary audience will be mostly fans of extreme horror and “the strong at heart . ” for that he sounds almost apologetic .

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as strange as it sounds , the ( supposed ) lack of explanation of story or characters makes it feel more real . since , frankly , all of it would have been unnecessary and it would have all felt forced . adam and rodleen let the events that unfold and the characters themselves dictate the emotional level of " the bunny game " . when you watch bunny sell herself so she can do drugs , you don ' t want to and shouldn ' t care for her or her plight . yet you do . all simply because you watch the character and how she behaves in her world between being violated and the substance abuse . such a person could and would be easily brushed off yet as we watch , you certainly begin to feel for bunny as even her lifestyle takes an emotional toll on her . and much like bunny ' s character , we are never told who hog is or why he is doing this to her or any of his past victims . but once again , do we need to ? the answer is no .

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just as there’s no emotional negotiation going on between victim and attacker in the bunny game , there is no similar negotiation between film and viewer like there is with horror films with a strong heroine . the film becomes frightening not because of manufactured scares , but out of a sense of wondering how far filmmaker and actors are going to push themselves . it is not the prostitute we end up fearing for , but getsic herself .

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i do find it funny though that when i first started talking to adam about " the bunny game " , he essentially warned me that there would be no blood or general special effects used . it ' s interesting to see that because of our current situation in the cinematic world of where movies are trying to out gore one another . a filmmaker actually felt the need to give a disclaimer that their movie doesn ' t feature any blood or gore because that ' s what people expect to get these days . what makes " the bunny game " more frightening and more shocking is it ' s complete lack of red corn syrup ; all the violence is real and the mental torture feels real . when hog man handles and abuses these women , he is actually doing it . you feel every slap , you wince and cringe when he throws them around , spits in their face , suffocates them with plastic bags . and you most certainly hear and shudder at the crackling of skin being burned when bunny and another nameless victim are actually branded with hot metal .

we start the film seeing bunny being suffocated in a dreadful way . this scene then cuts right into the action of the film which at first i thought was the director just being “artsy” . now what you are seeing is a foreshadowing , but you tend to forget after running thru the whole movie and its gritty premise .

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there’s no digital or prosthetic abracadabra at work in “the bunny game , ” unlike that in “hostel , ” “saw” and other so - called torture porn films . adam rehmeier , the director , said that other than drug and alcohol use , nothing in the film is simulated , and ms . getsic has the branding scars to prove it . in a making - of documentary on the dvd , released in july by autonomy pictures , ms . getsic says , “part of my soul did die in making this film . ”

plot : bunny is a young girl who lives on the streets and sells her body in order to pay for drugs and alcohol . when she propositions a semi - truck driver , she soon finds herself chained up in the back of his truck where the games will begin .

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despite what rehmeier and getsic assert ( and they do it often ) , the bunny game is nothing more than a show of force . it’s a recording of controlled abuse with a vague message of “this can and does happen . ” no motivation or reason is ever given for hog’s masochism . he’s merely the unknown stranger that could do this to you . conversely , getsic is the indescript victim . she leads a tough life full of rough sex and drug use and has no chance of escape , no power against her tormentor . it’s essentially an allegory of the most graphic and violent kind , but too self - indulgent with the torture it depicts . bunny’s fate is shown in two apparent endings , neither of which restore her with any power or dignity .

the bunny game might also earn the distinction of being a snuff film . everything onscreen , aside from the drug use , is entirely real and unscripted . renfro and getsic didn’t quite “act” as much as become their roles . getsic fasted for 40 days prior to shooting and is mentally and physically fragile because of it . she’s absolutely powerless against the brute might of renfro , whose maniacal taunting is often as unsettling as his physical abuse . the movie blurs the line between fiction and reality and will be repellant to many people . that’d be fine , even valuable , if it had any purpose or meaning behind it .

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, i was given pause . it ' s the story of a prostitute who is abducted by a truck driver and tortured for five days . there ' s almost no dialogue , it ' s shot in stark black and white , and consists almost entirely of the victimization of the prostitute ( referred to only as " the bunny " ) at the hands of her johns and the truck driver . there ' s some interstitial footage of the bunny at some other unspecified time and of the truck driver ( referred to as " the hog " ) torturing and eventually killing another victim . that ' s it . no story of which to speak , just scenes of violence and degradation punctuated by abrasive noises and equally abrasive music .

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the bunny game is not a film in the conventional sense of the word . when director adam rehmeier and actress radleen getsic set out to make a horror film in 2008 , they didn’t have a crew or a script . all they had was a goal : to make a film that never held back . to that end , they succeeded . over thirteen days in hollywood and a nearby desert , rehmeier formed a one - man crew as he shot getsic and non - actor jeff renfro with the singular condition that “anything goes” . the resulting 76 - minute film is so graphic and independent that it’s basically a giant middle finger to the film “establishment” , best articulated by the lengthy unsimulated blowjob that begins the film .

is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman , as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derives from this . the emphasis on the woman’s nudity tends to eroticise what is shown , while aspects of the work such as the lack of explanation of the events depicted , and the stylistic treatment , may encourage some viewers to enjoy and share in the man’s callousness and the pleasure he takes in the woman’s pain and humiliation . [ 34 ]

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despite the lewd and violent subject matter , rehmeier’s gritty black and white cinematography actually attains a kind of beauty . jittery close - ups are balanced by carefully - composed long shots , creating a nightmarish rollicking pace . appropriate enough ; getsic’s prostitute character ( “bunny” ) is abducted by renfro as a trucker ( “hog” ) who takes her out into the desert and tortures her for 5 days in the back of his truck . his sadistic “games” , most of which involve bunny stripped of her clothing , make up more than 75 % of the film . there has never been a film more deserving of the label “torture porn . ”

the film gets darker folks…somewhere between a lynchian kind of approach and a psycho - trucker - movie . the title , i presumed referred to our lead hopping from one screw to the next in the interest of making it into the next day ( though i found that the title is more literal even though that metaphor could be made ) bunny can’t even get “that” straight as she is seen passing out during a session and then robbed of her valuables .

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the film follows a female prostitute who hitches a lift with a truck driver . the truck driver kidnaps the woman , restrains and forcibly strips her , and proceeds to physically and sexually abuse and humiliate her . the abuse of the kidnapped woman takes up the greater part of the film .

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posters / picture gallery : the posters for the film are visually striking , each featuring either bunny or hog and a singular directive such as “run” or “scream . ” there are also plenty of stills . some are captivating compositions that reflect the film’s striking cinematography . others are more mundane and seem like random screencaps . a simple slideshow feature allows you to view all the images with minimal effort .

but rodleen getsic — who endured unspeakable acts while shooting the film “the bunny game” — is no mere scream queen . ms . getsic , 37 , plays a prostitute abducted by a crazed truck driver ( jeff renfro ) , who drugs and strips her and chains her inside his rig . for the rest of the film’s 76 - minute running time he sexually assaults her ; slaps and spits on her ; shaves her head ; and drags her , in a grotesque rabbit - shaped hood that gives the film its title , on a leash through the desert . there are other indignities as well , but in the film’s most brutal scene the actress is actually branded on her back . shooting digitally in black and white in an aggressively shaky style , the camera unflinchingly captures it all , while an assaultive metal soundtrack underscores ms . getsic’s screams .

the movie opens cold , hard , and ugly , with the bunny fellating someone in a back alley . it ' s unsimulated and violent , with the bunny gagging on the john ' s penis as he forces it further and further down her throat . she is a victim from the first frame . the first half of the movie is pretty much a cycle of degradation , grief , rage , and drug abuse . the bunny wanders around los angeles , teetering on impossibly high platform shoes which seem less like a way to make her taller than a way to keep her perpetually off balance , to keep her from standing her ground . she fucks dirty strangers in cheap motel rooms . some of them beat her . others take advantage of her being unconscious to rape her and steal her possessions . in between , she cleans herself off , sobbing , and snorts line after line of either cocaine or speed , it ' s never made clear which . as if it matters . snort , fuck , cry , rinse , repeat .

“the bunny game” is just the latest horror film in which actresses have delivered extreme physical performances . french cinema has been particularly bold : alysson paradis playing a woman trying to save her unborn baby from a deranged home intruder in “inside” ( 2007 ) ; morjana alaoui , pummeled to a pulp in the revenge fantasy “martyrs” ( 2008 ) ; and karina testa as a pregnant woman menaced by a torture - happy brood in “frontier ( s ) ” ( 2008 ) . for tom six’s notorious 2009 gross - out , “the human centipede ( first sequence ) , ” the american actress ashlynn yennie spent a lot of time on all fours in tears while her character was grafted to another person’s anus . she also appeared in the 2011 sequel . ( the final part of the trilogy is expected next year . )

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the second half of the movie is primarily concerned with her captivity and torture . the hog is an older man , a truck driver . the bunny shares some drugs with him , offers him a blow job . he responds by chloroforming her . he puts her in the trailer of his semi , chains her to the wall , and drives his truck out into the desert , where nobody can hear them . what follows is scene after scene of the hog terrorizing either the bunny or an earlier victim ( listed in the credits as , surprise , " martyr " ) . he cuts their clothes away , asphyxiates them , brands them . plays with their bodies , forces himself on them while they lie bound and gagged . sometimes we see this directly , sometimes we see it recorded and played back for the bunny . point of view is less important than just seeing it . it ' s just there , people getting hurt by this man . it ' s often accompanied by loud , harsh music and primitive editing tricks , looping scenes over and over again . pretty much all this accomplishes is taking us out of whatever drama builds up . with one hand it refuses us the comfort of it just being a movie , and with the other it pushes its artificiality in your face .