Rogue Filmmaker (2012) Reviews

• A documentary about the mad film director Bazz Hancher

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  Review By Sex gore mutants: This is a 23-minute mockumentary about Hancher, intended for use as a featurette on any DVD that White Raven Films may produce in the future. In it, a host of Hancher's associates speak candidly to the camera about their experiences while working with him. His brother Ross is weary and droll, while his friend's wife and rival filmmaker Tom Rutter are flat-out insulting about the director's social skills. Hancher is painted as a bully and a psycho by almost all of his acquaintances, barring only those actors who appear to be as off their tits as much as he apparently is. An unfussy, QED-style approach lends the film an agreeably authentic vibe while the performances are pleasingly naturalistic. Even the faux American narration doesn't hamper the feel of this piece, which feels like something The Comic Strip Presents ... team would've done. It helps that the cast is free from youngsters (hope I'm not being unkind, but I'd guess the youngest person in this is in their late 30s?), which - alongside the smart script and assured deliveries - helps lend proceedings a definite, professional result. Chock-full of splatterific clips from Hancher's earlier shorts (JOEY'S GARAGE, LEON'S BROKEN MIND, THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER etc), and culminating with a tongue-in-cheek cameo from Hancher himself (as himself), THE ROGUE FILMMAKER