Talk Show
2011·Drama·26m
7.0
★
A sinister talk show host interrogates and psychologically abuses a captive family for the entertainment of a live studio audience.
Directed by David Bruckner
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Cast
Nicholas Tecosky
The Man
Crew
David Bruckner
Director
David Bruckner
Writer
Nicholas Tecosky
Writer
David Bruckner
Editor
David Bruckner
Producer
Harold Pinter
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Emo Philips
3.0★ · 08/09/22
Besides The Night House, which is excellent, I haven't cared all that much for David Bruckner's work. This early short of his certainly shows his penchant for making dark psychological horror films with overtures of physical violence, but never really settles into something thematically substantial.
The host, a mix of Tucker Carlson and Pete Holmes, confusingly flipflops between righteousness and depression, all with overly-written monologues designed to instill menace. And it does, sorta, but the premise feels so artificial, and so little context about the situation is given, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be getting out of it. I assume I should root for the prisoner, but then the whole movie is just watching a sociopath grandstand for 20 minutes, which never really entices me to care or look forward to the outcome.
The camerawork is nicely intentional and shows a strong competence over capturing the scene, but this is too early for it to really be enjoyable or a foreshadowing for his future better works.
It's free on YouTube!
Directed by David Bruckner, Ranked!
The host, a mix of Tucker Carlson and Pete Holmes, confusingly flipflops between righteousness and depression, all with overly-written monologues designed to instill menace. And it does, sorta, but the premise feels so artificial, and so little context about the situation is given, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be getting out of it. I assume I should root for the prisoner, but then the whole movie is just watching a sociopath grandstand for 20 minutes, which never really entices me to care or look forward to the outcome.
The camerawork is nicely intentional and shows a strong competence over capturing the scene, but this is too early for it to really be enjoyable or a foreshadowing for his future better works.
It's free on YouTube!
Directed by David Bruckner, Ranked!
Besides The Night House, which is excellent, I haven't cared all that much for David Bruckner's work. This early short of his certainly shows his penchant for making dark psychological horror films with overtures of physical violence, but never really settles into something thematically substantial.
The host, a mix of Tucker Carlson and Pete Holmes, confusingly flipflops between righteousness and depression, all with overly-written monologues designed to instill menace. And it does, sorta, but the premise feels so artificial, and so little context about the situation is given, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be getting out of it. I assume I should root for the prisoner, but then the whole movie is just watching a sociopath grandstand for 20 minutes, which never really entices me to care or look forward to the outcome.
The camerawork is nicely intentional and shows a strong competence over capturing the scene, but this is too early for it to really be enjoyable or a foreshadowing for his future better works.
It's free on YouTube!
Directed by David Bruckner, Ranked!
The host, a mix of Tucker Carlson and Pete Holmes, confusingly flipflops between righteousness and depression, all with overly-written monologues designed to instill menace. And it does, sorta, but the premise feels so artificial, and so little context about the situation is given, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be getting out of it. I assume I should root for the prisoner, but then the whole movie is just watching a sociopath grandstand for 20 minutes, which never really entices me to care or look forward to the outcome.
The camerawork is nicely intentional and shows a strong competence over capturing the scene, but this is too early for it to really be enjoyable or a foreshadowing for his future better works.
It's free on YouTube!
Directed by David Bruckner, Ranked!
arbaletgod
3.0★ · 08/15/23