This week's entries on The Lot as a whole were just "okay." BTW, sorry I missed last week. I had a meeting that evening and didn't tape, expecting to just watch the episode online. Well, they never put the darn thing online until today! But, seems like there was some mild controversy over mean ol' Carrie's comments to Marty Martin (who ended up getting booted). I guess he got really defensive at her comments and snapped back. As she pointed out at the beginning of this week's show, he has to get a much thicker skin if he want to work in Holly-werid.
Anyway, of all the films that debuted this week, by far my favorite was Jason Epperson's, "Blood Born." I was actually surprised the judges didn't like it more. It was definitely visually the most "filmic" in look and feel. And I loved the concept. A young man (who, based on a flashback sequence appears to dabble in drug trafficking on the streets) discovers from his doctor that the blood he's donated to sick patiets has miraculously healed all of them. The doctor says he's a walking miracle. I won't say what happens at the end. You'll just have to watch it yourself. The judges (including guest judge Wes Craven) felt that it was a little confusing at times, and Wes said it would have been stronger if we saw the main character be forced to make a choice in the end. I sort of agree with that one. But still, based on the creative concept and striking visuals, it gets my vote.
The filmmaker who got blasted was Jess Brillhart. Her film, "The Orchard" was a "horror" story told from the point of the view of the tree. Hello? The tree! Given the fact you had an iconic horror film director on the panel, there's no way I would have tackled that genre unless I came out with somethiing really frightening. Although visually it was interesting, seeing the tree's POV of the man cutting it down and trying to make me feel "scared" just didn't cut it (pun intended). I'm pretty sure she'll be the one to go next week.
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