Which upped the stakes on Russel to get the shot the first time. But it was Snow that thought that it should always be one take and done, or nothing. Apparently, Russel became the cameraman as the two contrived scenarios and situations for Snow and his friends to act out.
A reality TV show that is from a totally other planet.Īpparently, Snow reached out to Damon Russel (the creative genius behind the movie Cul-De-Sac I mentioned the other day) and pitched him on this idea of a true to life movie about his life. It’s as if Snow On Tha Bluff is a reality TV show. And from there on out, Snow has others video him, and his daily actions. When the meet Snow in the streets, and they drive him over to his place to pick up the drugs, Snow takes their purses, wallets, and most importantly? Their video camera. And as they go, they video along the way. It’s Impossible to describe Snow On Tha Bluffīasically the movie kicks off with a group of college students heads into The Bluff to buy drugs. Here, here is the Snow on Tha Bluff trailer. But from a reality standpoint I hadn’t seen anything like it until now. It’s a 130 minute bank heist movie shot in one take. Which if you haven’t seen, you have to check it out. (And no, Napolean Dynamite is NOT a legit example people.)) From a Cinéma Verité standpoint, it most reminds me of the German movie Victoria. I knew, as soon as I typed that, I was going to get 75 comments pointing out all the movies that have done this very thing. But I don’t recall a movie like this before. I know that authors have been doing these kinds of shenanigans for years. The film focuses on Atlanta’s neighborhood, The Bluff.ĭid you catch that? This movie is a fictional account, of the real life story of Curtis Snow.
He’s a legit crack dealer that sought out Damon Russell in order to make a film about his life.
Snow on Tha Bluff is the story of Curtis Snow, an Atlanta crack dealer whose livelihood centers on his armed robbery ability and his drug pushing skills. But today? Today I’m understating the details of this particular movie. Wait, what we are we talking about here Holmes? Culture Shock? You are definitely known for your hyperactive hyperbole symptomatic fits. So yeah, maybe this is a snow on tha bluff recommendation? But today? That is the film I have for you today – a movie that could just require an appointment with a counselor once you are finished. They won’t give you a full-on case of the howling fantods… it won’t literally give you culture shock just from watching it. But while those movies make you think, they don’t cause you heart palpitations. Or the recent fun we had over on Resolution and The Endless.
Or maybe some splinter universe wtf’ness like the movie Coherence. Movies like Crazy cult end of the world nut-jobness like The Invitation. Movies that we like to talk about here on THiNC skew generally in the Sci-Fi Mindjob direction.