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CUTTING MOMENTS

(1998, USA)

DIRECTED BY: Douglas Buck.

A series of short films compilied in what would have to be a stylish no budget philosphical mind fuck.

Released through EI disturbution, these guys would put out just about anything. They finally found something to be proud of.

CUTTING MOMENTS doesnt happen until the end of the serials and its well worth the wait.

We open with CRACK DOG, a hilarious romp with a pizza guy and a dog hooked on crack. That's about as far as I can go without spoiling it.

DONT NAG ME is a silly OUTER LIMITS style short staring a man that bags his old lady and hence the title, very creative storyline here.

BOWL OF OATMEAL engulfs its auidence with shady gray overtones and, well, a bowl of oatmeal that orders his owner to buy him milk. In return the owner brings home stolen raw meat to a very predictable ending.

PRINCIPLES OF KARMA probably taken right out of an existenialism college course centers around two outcasts. Day by Day time passes as the real life beavis and butthead finally meet in reel time. Yes, reel time.

CUTTING MOMENTS...I have to assume the clever short films before this was only a reason to get this flick released. It's a very slow moving tale about a dysfunctional family. The father molests his son while the wife lays in bed asking herself "why?" as she listens to the growls of her son in the other room. The film takes a turn and really latches on in a blood soaked ending that dares you to even give thought to the matter of "red" lips and then some. What makes CUTTING MOMENTS so clever is the ending, instead of boring us with a tired cliche' it takes a differant twist and I promise you, it'll surprise ya'.

OVERALL RATING: *** ½

PUKE METER: ***

SHOCK: ****

GORE LEVEL: ***

Review by: John P. is your friend

Email: stypee@webtv.net

CUTTING MOMENTS

(1998, USA)

DIRECTED BY: Douglas Buck.

A short film which has a number of other short films before it probably tacked on to lengthen it or to get the actual Cutting Moments short released. Most of the shorts aren't very good but they will no doubt provide you with a chuckle especially Crack Dog.

After a number of other short films are shown the actual Cutting Moments short kicks in. Its a depressing and very slow moving tale of a family in severe crisis. The father molests his young son Joey and the mother wallows in her own despair all day long without any real communication with her husband.

The film is effective and not something to watch to help you get into a better frame of mind. The mother eventually snaps after looking at old wedding photos and trying to get a reaction out of her husband by dressing herself up.

There is a gruesome scene where she rubs her lips raw and bleeding with steel wool and then proceeds to cut her lips off with a pair of scissors. Her and her husband then engage in some sadistic acts as he cuts her breasts off with hedge clippers and then castrates himself (the castration is not shown). The conclusion is both spellbinding, ultra disturbing and perverse. Some seriously mind moving work which will make you think.

The only film where you can see Power Ranger toys engaging in sodomy as Joey plays outside and re-enacts what his father does to him. The make-up work was done by Tom Savini. This last short which is 29min is worth the whole film.

Rating: 3 ½ Skulls

Review by: Richard J. Taylor

Email: rtaylor@roadrunner.nf.net

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