Final Cut
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
The opening night selection of last year’s Cannes Film Festival was this wacky horror comedy, a remake of Shin’ichirô Ueda’s cult hit One Cut of the Dead. It follows a director (Romain Duris, L’Auberge Espagnole) making a live, single-take, low-budget zombie flick in which the cast and crew, one by one, actually turn into zombies. Oscar® winner Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) milks the film’s hilarious and meta-to-the-max premise for all it’s worth, while also crafting a sly love letter to the art of filmmaking. What’s on screen unfolds in typical cheesy B-movie fashion, while the off-screen hijinks offer a celebration of the unpredictable and collaborative nature of film sets. Featuring a hysterically unhinged turn by Oscar® nominee Berenice Bejo (The Artist) and serving up blood-soaked high farce par excellence, Final Cut revels in its affectionate embrace of goofy genre fun.
Reviews More Reviews
"Cinema is not dead, the film says. But it may be undead, still shuffling around and finding 13th-hour ways to turn fake blood, real sweat, and honest-to-Godard tears into something like magic."
“Hazanavicius has made a movie that tests our ideas of creative genius… this trashy, goofy, giddy, sloppy gore-fest isn’t so different from ‘The Artist’ after all.”
“Hazanavicius forges his own path… a hilarious meta-commentary on the struggles of making a remake.”
"Chaotic, filled with bad language and blood. In other words, it’s a great deal of fun."
“Downright hilarious…a bloody good time”
“Uses the coarse language of B-movies to make one re-appreciate the magic of cinema.”
"A gory pleasure... Clever and giddily entertaining"
“Sparkling and funny…”
“Fun and self-reflexive, while also leaning into its remake status for a few added laughs.”
“In its own particular and seriously deranged way, Final Cut is as much a valentine to the act of filmmaking as Hazanavicius’ Oscar-winning film The Artist was.”
“A feel-good, highly entertaining comedy… You walk out of Final Cut with a smile on your face”
“Delightfully silly… a salute to cinema so goofy and goodhearted that it is hard to resist.’’
“An entertaining piece of work… [that] may yet have found a way to breathe new life into the zombie genre itself.”
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Technical Info
- Aspect Ratio: 2.39: 1
- Color: Color
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playdates
Venue | City | State | Date |
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AMC Aventura | Aventura | FL | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
AMC Flatiron Crossing | Broomfield | CO | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
AMC Gulf Pointe | Houston | TX | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
AMC Metreon | San Francisco | CA | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
AMC Seattle | Seattle | WA | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
AMC Sunset Place | South Miami | FL | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
AMC Willowbrook | Houston | TX | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
Angelika Film Center | New York | NY | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
Cleveland Cinematheque | Cleveland | OH | 1692244800August 17 - August 18, 2023 |
Denver Film / Sie FilmCenter | Denver | CO | 1689307200July 14 - July 23, 2023 |
Digital Gym Cinema | San Diego | CA | 1693540800September 1 - September 7, 2023 |
Eckerd College Film Series | St. Petersburg | FL | 1698206400October 25, 2023 |
Emagine Eagan | Eagan | MN | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
Emagine Willow Creek | Plymouth | MN | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
Gateway Film Center | Columbus | OH | 1690516800July 28 - August 3, 2023 |
Gold Town Nickelodeon | Juneau | AK | 1691121600August 4 - August 10, 2023 |
Laemmle Theatres | Los Angeles | CA | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
MSP Film Society | Minneapolis | MN | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
Nitehawk Cinema | Brooklyn | NY | 1688702400Sneak preview July 7, 2023! |
Plaza Theatre | Atlanta | GA | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
Savor Cinema | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 1695355200September 22 - September 26, 2023 |
Screen Door Microcinema | Tampa | FL | 1692849600August 24 - August 25, 2023 |
The Beverly Theater | Las Vegas | NV | 1692244800August 17 - August 20, 2023 |
The Cary Theater | Cary | NC | 1689998400July 22 - July 27, 2023 |
The Clairidge | Montclair | NJ | 1689912000July 21 - August 3, 2023 |
The Colonial Theatre | Bethlehem | NH | 1691812800August 12 - August 16, 2023 |
The Frida Cinema | Santa Ana | CA | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
The Loft Cinema | Tucson | AZ | 1689307200July 14 - July 20, 2023 |
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center | Westhampton Beach | NY | 1694145600September 8 - September 10, 2023 |