Just had to add in another review – since 'gavin' earlier already does it well - but having just seen this at our local 'Night Vision's event (yep, presumably named after W.Craven's film?), mainly to warn anyone reading before seeing first, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY: wait 'til somehow 'otherwise' available.
I rarely ever walk out of films, but eventually, when it came down to being more like merely a minor documentary on A. LaVey's bloody lion pets I'd had enough.
This is lazy, lazy doc making - almost worthy of the contemporaneous to JM's time, scurrilous based on nothing, 'Confidential' mag reporting: virtually only cut and paste newspaper articles throughout interspersed with various talking heads merely speculating - admittedly some of those interesting to see in themselves (e.g. Mamie van Doren - the third 'M' along with Jayne and Monroe to the period, so genuine observer to) - yet all with virtually zero - or less! - knowledge on JM herself, along with so short (presumably to circumvent credit fees?) blink and ya'll miss 'em clips of JM's films - and some others of somehow, forced associated relevance (just!).
Oh, and then padded out (further!) with some sort of second rate cabaret dance troupe dancing out the 'development' of JM's impending tragedy: Although, perhaps of passing interest, is a short sixties style (pastiche?) Hanna Barbara like cartoon animated sequence .. and that's about it!
A disservice and discredit to the lost Ms Mansfield's memory: shame on the compiler / makers: thoroughly disappointing bilge!
I rarely ever walk out of films, but eventually, when it came down to being more like merely a minor documentary on A. LaVey's bloody lion pets I'd had enough.
This is lazy, lazy doc making - almost worthy of the contemporaneous to JM's time, scurrilous based on nothing, 'Confidential' mag reporting: virtually only cut and paste newspaper articles throughout interspersed with various talking heads merely speculating - admittedly some of those interesting to see in themselves (e.g. Mamie van Doren - the third 'M' along with Jayne and Monroe to the period, so genuine observer to) - yet all with virtually zero - or less! - knowledge on JM herself, along with so short (presumably to circumvent credit fees?) blink and ya'll miss 'em clips of JM's films - and some others of somehow, forced associated relevance (just!).
Oh, and then padded out (further!) with some sort of second rate cabaret dance troupe dancing out the 'development' of JM's impending tragedy: Although, perhaps of passing interest, is a short sixties style (pastiche?) Hanna Barbara like cartoon animated sequence .. and that's about it!
A disservice and discredit to the lost Ms Mansfield's memory: shame on the compiler / makers: thoroughly disappointing bilge!