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The Big Shave

  • 19671967
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The Big Shave (1967)
ShortDramaHorror
In the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.In the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.In the process of shaving, a young man cuts himself. A lot.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Martin Scorsese
  • Writer
    • Martin Scorsese
  • Star
    • Peter Bernuth
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  • Director
    • Martin Scorsese
  • Writer
    • Martin Scorsese
  • Star
    • Peter Bernuth
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    • 26User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    The Big Shave (1967)
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    Peter Bernuth in The Big Shave (1967)
    The Big Shave (1967)
    Peter Bernuth in The Big Shave (1967)
    Peter Bernuth in The Big Shave (1967)
    Peter Bernuth in The Big Shave (1967)
    Peter Bernuth in The Big Shave (1967)
    Peter Bernuth in The Big Shave (1967)
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    The Big Shave (1967)
    The Big Shave (1967)

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    Peter Bernuth
    Peter Bernuth
    • Young Man
    • Director
      • Martin Scorsese
    • Writer
      • Martin Scorsese
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    • Trivia
      Scorsese thought of it as a film about the effects of the Vietnam war and considered it at one point ending it with stock footage from that war.
    • Crazy credits
      Whiteness - Herman Melville
    • Alternate versions
      Some prints allegedly contain a final title card connecting the film to the Vietnam War, though such prints are no longer in circulation, nor is it on the videocassette version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Scene by Scene: Martin Scorsese (1998)

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    6/10
    Scorsese's bloodiest film
    The ritual of shaving and it's risks is explored by a young Scorsese. Surely every man has felt the fear/temptation of cutting one's self with a razor. A typical outlet for his self-loathing Catholic guilt, the gore is contrapuntally balanced by incongruous music on the soundtrack. Bunny Berigan's "I Can't Get Started" recalls the blackly comic ending to "Dr. Strangelove" with "We'll Meet Again" accompanying images of nuclear holocaust. Strangely, the young man in the feature is not in need of a shave in the slightest. And he shaves a second time in a row, the second time with bloody consequences. As other reviewers have posted, there may be some symbolic significance to this short film. Knowing Scorsese, it undoubtedly operates on many levels. It is to his credit as a filmmaker that he is able to make a solitary, mundane task so attention-grabbing.
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    • Release date
      • December 1967 (Belgium)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • La gran afaitada
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
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    • Runtime
      6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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