The Cutting

I loved this campy short movie a lot. It tells the story about two men running away from each other, as they being tracked by a third character. You have to see it to believe it. This is one of those movies that get stuck on your retina. So try to find it where you can, you won't regret it. It is just a damn shame that this concept didn't fall in the hands of real directors.

The Cutting is not at all an easy movie to comment (or watch). It has a very experimental, weird and intelligent story. For example: the starting-point is as follows: 2 Guys are running away from the third who's trying to kill them. One runs to the north, the other to the south. All of a sudden they meet each other in the woods together with their killer. How is this possible since they were running in opposite directions ? Explanation ? Since the killer couldn't possibly know which way to go, he was in 'superposition' in relation to north and south, therefore he can reduce north and south to himself, ergo: both north and south will converge to him.

This movie is full of strange situations and explanations of the same sort : Einstein's theory of relativity, a sociological comparison of the Spice Girls with the Village People, ...

Or you find this kind of conversation extremely fake and far-fetched, or you will love, there is really no third way. I consider myself to be an enthusiast. But even the opponents have to admit that this Belgian (Flemish) movie excels in creativity and originality.