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The Art of Dying

  • 19911991
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  • 1h 30m
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4.8/10
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The Art of Dying (1991)
CrimeThriller
A cinematographer and his assistant are attracting aspiring young actors and actresses by getting them to try out for their movie. Once filming, the evil cameraman actually kills them. The d... Read allA cinematographer and his assistant are attracting aspiring young actors and actresses by getting them to try out for their movie. Once filming, the evil cameraman actually kills them. The detective on the case has his hands full trying to help out runaways with stars in their ey... Read allA cinematographer and his assistant are attracting aspiring young actors and actresses by getting them to try out for their movie. Once filming, the evil cameraman actually kills them. The detective on the case has his hands full trying to help out runaways with stars in their eyes. When some of the people he knows turn up dead, he takes it personally, and as he gets ... Read all
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
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    • Wings Hauser
    • Joseph Merhi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Wings Hauser
    • Kathleen Kinmont
    • Gary Werntz
    • Wings Hauser
    • Joseph Merhi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Wings Hauser
    • Kathleen Kinmont
    • Gary Werntz
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    • 5User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Wings Hauser
    Wings Hauser
    • Jack
    Kathleen Kinmont
    Kathleen Kinmont
    • Holly
    Gary Werntz
    • Roscoe
    Mitch Hara
    Mitch Hara
    • Latin Jerry
    Sarah Douglas
    Sarah Douglas
    • Sara
    Michael J. Pollard
    Michael J. Pollard
    • Delbert
    Sydney Lassick
    Sydney Lassick
    • Wallie
    Angela Rae
    • Summer
    T.C. Warner
    • Janet
    Jean Levine
    • Rita
    Henry Brown
    Henry Brown
    • Captain
    Tony Longo
    Tony Longo
    • Victor
    Pamela Dixon
    • Wilma
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    Mary Bond Davis
    • Jessie
    Michael Easton
    Michael Easton
    • Bobby
    Bill Frenzer
    Bill Frenzer
    • Man on Phone
    Chuck Lacey
    Chuck Lacey
    • Man with Whip
    Jorge Alvarez
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      • Wings Hauser
      • Joseph Merhi(screenplay)
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    6/10
    Sleaze and sickness in L.A
    You gotta love Mr Hauser. He's one of my favorite actors, and now he's turn to directing, it would seem, while he also co wrote the ambitious violent flick, No Safe Haven, years earlier, which wasn't a bad flick either. Here, he's experimented and dabbled in an excitingly violent and sleazy manner with this film, that sees some budding and aspiring actors/actresses, some real beauties, die at the hands of two homosexual sicko's, parading as film makers in the city of broken dreams. The would be actors, re enact death/murder scenes from classic movies, whether Deer Hunter, Psycho, Scarface (one sickeningly violent chainsaw scene here), of course, unaware, it's for real. Hauser plays a cop with a soft heart, dating one sexy woman, where we're granted some real tasty making out/sex scenes, where the viewer can't help feel envious. One early sex scene, of course, seems spawned by 9 And A Half Weeks. Sexy Kinmont (Hauser's girlfriend here) another actress used as eye candy, is not the only beauty in this either. Hauser becomes a one man vendetta, unleashing a personal hatred for one of the lowlife, pimp/pornographers, named Latin Jerry, stylish huh. It's after a budding beauty, very close to him, who he tried to get out of the city, returns and becomes as what he terms, just another statistic on the homicide bureau. TAOD is classy, original, and slick, but one can't overlook, not just the sleaziness, but the sickening themes in it, violence a strong attribute. Hauser is Hauser, who sometimes had me laughing the lines he was given. He delivers a human and very real performance, where he had me truly believing him. More so the performance that really struck (the older head sicko was good) but was that of Michael J Pollard as the veteran social worker/pscyhe cop, Delbert. I really couldn't narrow it down to one occupation, it was really hard to pinpoint who he was. It's just the one performance that stays with me. TAOD is entertaining all through, with an explosive, if shocking start, where a partner squabble doesn't go the way you think. Hauser has an ambitious vehicle, and I like the originality of the film, as much as I like the film itself, with some classic and admirable touches and attachments. But as you know, with quality in film, sleaze, and sickening themes, aren't real positives. One unpredictable moment, I loved and was impressed by, was Hauser's sexy home invasion, that first return home, by a disgruntled and avenging party of a brother, Hauser killed.
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      • August 8, 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Los Angeles, California, USA
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