Be My Cat a Film for Anne Review
At that place seems to be a tradition in the constitute footage genre that dictates its films should brainstorm with a patently text disclaimer; y'all know, the standard, "This movie was assembled from 25 hours of footage recovered past police, and damn, it's horrifying…"Be MY Cat: A Moving picture FOR ANNE is no exception, adhering to this rule steadfastly, just the rest of the film is different from the usual found footage fare.This is not PARANORMAL Activity or another supernatural imitator;Be MY CAT focuses on the horror of obsession and the depths of depraved human fixation.
Romanian filmmaker Adrian Tofei plays a twisted version of himself, obsessed completely and utterly with the idea that he'll convince Oscar-winning extra Anne Hathaway to star in his film. He lures unsuspecting actresses to audition for him on camera, where he taunts, tortures and murders them to testify to Hathaway that he is worthy of her attention because of his incredible performance and willingness to go to extreme lengths for his art.
While being a Romanaian production, virtually every line inBE MY Cat is spoken in English. Ostensibly, this is because Tofei is making his film for Hathaway, and he spends a lot of the runtime speaking directly to her, simply I'd hazard a approximate information technology'southward to brand the actual moving-picture show more attractive in the international market. There aren't a great deal of Romanian horror movies (or at least non that I'm aware of) and so information technology'southward keen to meet something so dissimilar coming out of the state.
Exist MY Cat, like many institute footage films, is very low budget with non much in the way of action, relying more than on building suspense and dread leading up to horrible acts of violence. When they come up, they're unpleasant and realistic, sharing more in common withHENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER than the increasingly cartoonish torture scenes in theSAW series. There's a definite documentary realism here that'south rare in horror.
The film feels very raw, and mayhap that can be attributed partially to its Eastern European setting. There'southward something well-nigh horror films set in that part of the globe that makes you feel like anything could happen. It also helps that the performances from Tofei and the actresses he auditions are incredibly convincing. Tofei comes across equally authentically psychopathic. I couldn't help merely wonder what it was like filming some of these scenes, and whether the actual actresses felt they were in existent danger. It really is that convincing!
Tofei's character is completely disconnected from the reality of what he's doing because he's doing it through the lens of a camera. He laughs mischievously, excited by the prospect of showing his work to Hathaway. He doesn't see what he's doing equally existent, because he'south just a grapheme in his ain motion-picture show. Tofei IS the movie – it's all near him and his delusion. We're trapped within his head throughout the runtime. We're forced uncomfortably close to him – so close that nosotros can almost smell his jiff fuming through his grimy teeth – and treated to unflattering shots of his face that are nearly as unpleasant as the nasty scenes of torture.
Unfortunately, nosotros don't notice out much almost his motivations likewise some cliche explanations toward the end; which is disappointing considering we spend so much time with him and his thoughts. His programme makes less sense every bit time goes on, and the Anne Hathaway link becomes tenuous. The momentum fizzles out, strangled by a few long-winded sequences of dialogue that edge on interminable.
This is not a film I would recommend to full general audiences, but if you're a diehard fan of found footage and yous're interested to meet something a piffling more on the intense and experimental end of the scale,BE MY CAT offers an anarchistic approach. The performances are fantastic and the concept unique, merely the overall package is let down by lack of depth and brevity.
I can't help but wonder if Anne Hathaway knows this film exists, and if she'll ever come across information technology. I'd beloved to hear her thoughts!
Source: https://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/2016/12/28/movie-review-be-my-cat-a-film-for-anne-2015/
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