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Desperate Visions
USA 2011
produced by Jason Rudy for Desperate Visions Productions, VChi Studios
directed by Jason Rudy
starring segment Chump Change: Will Robinson, Amy Scott, Bob Herron, Eric Whitwell; segment Lady M.: Kenyon Page, Tiffany Arscott, Stephanie Hyden, Lindsay Mallory, Bethanie John, Mallory Shaw, Chakira Parsons, Rebecca Knoblauch, Megan Trader, Stephy Wen, Jason Rudy, Bob Herron, David Ainsworth, Ginger Jamias, Mardi McSwain, Travis Owen, Matt Bingham
written by Jason Rudy, music by Larry "The Flower Vato" Rodriguez (Chump Change), Wild Eyes (Lady M.), special effects by Alchemy FX
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Chump Change: Willie (Will Robinson) is not exactly the man
you'd want to make friends with, he's not exactly handsome, drinks too
much, and some might find his predilection for porn and his
masturbation habit a bit offensive ... but then again, Willie has just
developed a new talent that will make you want to be freinds with him
after all: As of late, when cumming he doesn't squirt semen but coins
- no really. He soon demonstrates his talent to his friend Frogger
(Amy Scott) who soon sets him up with a porn company, so he can turn
the change he squirts into real money. Once he has demonstrated his
talent to the porn producer witht he help of his favourite pornstar,
he is promptly signed for a five picture deal, and he just couldn't be
happier ... When he is attacked by a group of Satanists who cut off
his penis, because of course Willie had his special talent only thanks
to some devillish curse ...
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Lady M.: Lady Midday (Kenyon Page) is an avenging demon
rooted in Slavic folklore who allegedly has been around since Adam,
Lilith and Eve. In modern times, she travels around the country in
various invariably white outfits, guided by a collection of polaroids
showing license plates, licence plates that belong to drivers involved
in deadly hit-and-run accidents, drives Lady Midday brutally killes
once she has tracked them down. The people Lady Midday is after come
from all walks of life, from drug pushers to stripclub owners to
wannabe Satanists, and they all have one thing in common, Lady Midday
gets them before the day is over ...
A nice low budget double feature made up of two films that have
remarkably little in common:
Chump Change is a intentionally sleazy and intentionally silly
comedy that refuses to make too much sense - and that's exactly the point
of the film, it doesn't need to make any sense, it's based on one joke
that's played to the hilt and comes to an end before the single punchline
has outstayed its welcome.
Lady M. on the other hand is a mood piece. There is very little
room for even a hint of irony in this story, and it's shot as a silent -
with narration though. It's heavy on atmorphere, carried by a strong and
otherworldly performance by Kenyon Page, and garnered with the occasional
outbreak of ultra-violence.
Each film in itself perfectly succeeds in what it's set out to do, but
in all honesty, two films as different as they are from one another should
not work well together - and yet, the combination works out just fine
anyhow.
Nice!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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