Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut - Hölgyeim és uraim
When the Hungarian film subsidy system collapsed and there was no more money for director Pálfi to make his own film, he decided to do things differently. The result is a playful, dizzying film comprised of approximately 500 clips from other films, from Avatar to The Wizard of Oz.
In a superbly fluid edit, Pálfi recycled this material into a new film containing the essence of cinema: boy meets girl – looking and being looked at. He referred to it as ‘the ultimate film about the ultimate man and woman’.
The ultimate couple consists of dozens of actors and actresses who effortlessly transform into one another. When Rita Hayworth sings ‘Put the Blame on Mame’ from Gilda, we not only see her perform, but also other seductresses such as Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minnelli and Marlene Dietrich. Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen is a film quiz that simultaneously joyously analyses cinema’s basic ingredients.
Film details
- Country of production
- Hungary
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 85"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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