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XCU: Extreme Close Up

  • 2001
  • 1h 27min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
5,3/10
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XCU: Extreme Close Up (2001)
Thriller

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaFrom the producer of Friday the 13th and Freddy vs.Jason comes the next terrifying step in reality TV. An unpredictable and irresistible thriller about instant celebrity, primetime morality ... Leggi tuttoFrom the producer of Friday the 13th and Freddy vs.Jason comes the next terrifying step in reality TV. An unpredictable and irresistible thriller about instant celebrity, primetime morality and America's endless appetite for junk food TV. Television producer Karen Webber has buil... Leggi tuttoFrom the producer of Friday the 13th and Freddy vs.Jason comes the next terrifying step in reality TV. An unpredictable and irresistible thriller about instant celebrity, primetime morality and America's endless appetite for junk food TV. Television producer Karen Webber has built her career on her ability to create top-rated primetime TV. But as housemates and crew s... Leggi tutto

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    • Sean S. Cunningham
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Tim Schlattmann
    • Marc Alexander
    • John Vorhaus
  • Star
    • Susan Egan
    • Sarah Chalke
    • Jay Michael Ferguson
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    5,3/10
    113
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Sean S. Cunningham
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Tim Schlattmann
      • Marc Alexander
      • John Vorhaus
    • Star
      • Susan Egan
      • Sarah Chalke
      • Jay Michael Ferguson
    • 2Recensioni degli utenti
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    Susan Egan
    Susan Egan
    • Karen Webber
    Sarah Chalke
    Sarah Chalke
    • Jane Bennett
    Jay Michael Ferguson
    Jay Michael Ferguson
    • Dylan Dean
    Reggie Lee
    Reggie Lee
    • Nuey Phan
    Danica McKellar
    Danica McKellar
    • Sarah
    Ellina McCormick
    Ellina McCormick
    • Cody Ironwood
    A.J. Buckley
    A.J. Buckley
    • Terrance 'T-Bone' Tucker
    Careena Melia
    • Parker Eastman Clarke
    Richard Stay
    • Matthias Van Blaarderin
    Essence Atkins
    Essence Atkins
    • Tamikah Jones
    C. Thomas Howell
    C. Thomas Howell
    • Geoffrey Liddy
    Dylan Neal
    Dylan Neal
    • Lew Constant
    Stephon Fuller
    Stephon Fuller
    • Jamaal
    Damon Williams
    Damon Williams
    • Paramedic
    Jeffrey Pritz
    Jeffrey Pritz
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    Peter Holden
    Peter Holden
      Ivan Kraljevic
      • Marko
      Rob Mathes
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      • Regia
        • Sean S. Cunningham
      • Sceneggiatura
        • Tim Schlattmann
        • Marc Alexander
        • John Vorhaus
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      8bigtopsparky

      Caught in the Camera's Eye

      How was Sean Cunningham's little-seen XCU, aka Extreme Close-Up, managed to slip through the cracks? News of this film had been circulating through the genre press for quite a while, and expectations were high that it would at last prove to be Cunningham's return to form, the kind of effective, straight-ahead shocker that initially cemented his reputation as one of horror's leading shockmeisters. Then while on vacation in Sun Valley, I was lucky enough to find myself at a benefit screening held by Cunningham himself to show off a newly re-edited and re-scored cut of the film. Although such tinkering is usually a sign of trouble, I was surprised to find that the final product defied any dire predictions. In an age when people actually tune in by the millions to watch shows like "The Surreal Life" without irony, XCU's melding of the prototypical reality show conceit (seven teenage contestants, one house, one week) with a classic slasher film plot (who will survive, and what will be left of them?) feels even more eerily prescient than ever before. A nifty, often clever skewering of that errant cockroach known as "Reality TV," XCU seems tailor-made for "The Real World" crowd, an audience that still confuses celebrity with notoriety, and fame with infamy.

      I didn't know what to make of this film at first. It initially seems to be pandering the same exploitative elements it is rallying against. But if the let's-kill-them-off-one-by-one setup is initially predictable, especially coming from Cunningham (best known, of course, for launching the slasher craze with Friday the 13th), at last we have a film that dares to take its high concept all the way through to its bloody end. The script by John Vorhaus and Tim Schlattmann is surprisingly sharp and biting, and doesn't pull punches. Much of the fun of XCU is in the pleasurable uncertainty of never quite knowing who is or are the villains. Is it the producers, the contestants, or the audience itself? Are we ultimately to blame for today's cult of narcissism when we are the ones who won't turn the channel? XCU asks some tough, heady questions, but wraps it up in such a seemingly innocuous thriller-parody that it is more than just fun, but deliciously subversive.

      Shot on digital video, XCU isn't always slick, and maybe even cheap. But it does have a you- are-there immediacy to its staged antics that is more authentic than the past three seasons of "Survivor" combined. It is nothing new to say that today's wanna-be reality TV celebrities don't so much act like themselves as mug for the camera. Which makes them prime fodder for satire. But here, a surprisingly strong cast delivers something important than just effective quasi-documentary, improv style performances: they refuse to condescend to stereotypes. Most impressive is Sarah Chalke, now enjoying a hit with TV's "Scrubs." I won't spoil any of the film's twists, but let's just say she gives the story its heart and soul and a nice little reversal. And genre fans will also get a kick out of seeing C. Thomas Howell revel in an atypical role as a slimy producer, and an all grown up Danica ("The Wonder Years") Kellar as an obsessive lesbian. Now, that's inspired casting!

      Many critics have lamented that Cunningham has never truly staked a claim for himself in the genre pantheon alongside such contemporaries as Craven and Carpenter. Maybe XCU will change that. This may be the only film he has ever made where it actually seems like he cares about what happens to his characters. Blame him for Friday the 13th if you want, but in a strange way, XCU allows Cunningham to bring it full circle. Because the ultimate irony in XCU is that, if the teenagers of today's Camp Crystal Lake were to find themselves on the wrong end of Jason's machete, they wouldn't flee in terror. Instead, they would try to push him out of the way to get more screen time. Because all that the teenagers in Friday the 13th had to do was to try to stay alive. In XCU, they have to do something far more difficult: they have to try to become famous.
      10matalo

      A Sean S. Cunningham Must See

      I can't believe, this movie only has been reviewed once before. Apparently it never got released. I stumbled over it in a DVD bargain bin in Italy (Milano Centrale I believe) and grabbed it immediately. With a production date in 2001 it looks pretty dated by now, but at the same time it's a time capsule of that era (the first 90s boom of Reality TV with shows like Real World, Big Brother and Survivor). The low DV quality definitely helps and is used very well. Sean S. Cunningham did a great job and it's a real shame, that nearly no one had the chance to see it. For me it's one of his best efforts (I only liked New Kids more than XCU). I especially liked to see the influence of Mario Bavas masterpiece Reazione a Catena (Twitch of the Death Nerve) again (as in Friday 13th). It's a very welcome return to his roots, although not as gory. The very authentic reality TV angle makes up for that. It's a great horror/slasher film as well as an intelligent media satire, even by todays standards. All the actors turn in good performances. I especially liked C. Thomas Howell (never thought of that remembering some of his more recent films of the last decade. Hunt this movie down and see for yourself.

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      • Data di uscita
        • 28 maggio 2001 (Stati Uniti)
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      • Luoghi delle riprese
        • Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti
      • Aziende produttrici
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