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DVD Review: NAILS

post #1 of 8
5/17/07 at 11:36am
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Patrick nails it. (Hurr hurr!)

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post #2 of 8
5/17/07 at 12:01pm
Nice review, kid. You really made me want to check this flick out, so now I'm off to Netflix to see if they have it.
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post #3 of 8
5/17/07 at 1:27pm
I didn't dig this as much as "Tetsuo: The Iron Man" but that is indeed it's closest comparison. Interesting from a visual aspect, but if you require some semblance of sanity (or a plot for that matter) it's best avoided.

Alex's note explains flowers of flesh and blood, so may I recommend the "Guinea Pig: Devil Doctor Woman" DVD whose extras contain all of the good stuff from the other DVDs in the Guinea Pig series, including the aforementioned samurai dismemberment vignette in it's entirety.
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post #4 of 8
5/17/07 at 1:39pm
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Personally I really hate experimental films, and thought I wouldn't like this one based on the bizarre trailer, but I ended up really digging it it. The funny thing is that I liked it because of the plot! It does have more of a narrative than most experimental/annoying films, even though it's all very dream-like and delusionary. And yeah, it's like Tetsuo in that the whole thing feels like a drug trip.

As far as the Guinea Pig series, I've only seen The Devil's Experiment, Flowers of Flesh and Blood and Mermaid in a Manhole, and dug them, but they are a little too much sometimes even for me. Mermaid is just... well, it's just fucking weird. How's Devil Doctor Woman, the film?

Interesting note- according to the Guinea Pig wikipedia page it's illegal for them to make any more films under the title in Japan anymore. Wow.
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post #5 of 8
5/17/07 at 1:50pm
Devil Doctor Woman's vignettes are more bizarre horror-comedy (with that Japanese pop-art perspective) than the fake snuff of the earlier films. There's supposedly a documentary on the whole Charlie Sheen debacle on there as well that I never got around to watching before returning it.
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post #6 of 8
5/17/07 at 8:33pm
Indeed, it was the plot, and the fact that the insane experimental style served it, that made this movie stand out for me.

As for the Guinea Pig series, I did look up and find out about that but I didn't have time to alter my review before I had to go to work. Regardless, going into that trailer not knowing any of this was quite an experience.
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post #7 of 8
5/17/07 at 10:32pm
[QUOTE=Death Surge] Interesting from a visual aspect, but if you require some semblance of sanity (or a plot for that matter) it's best avoided./QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly. Although the gruesome ending almost kinda sorta makes up for it. But at times, it really dragged. Like the borscht scene. . . could that have BEEN any longer? I was kinda psyched initially, before I saw this, to see "Visions of Suffering" too, because I have this interest in Eastern European horror as a concept. But after seeing the weird, WEIRD trailer on this disc and the film "Nails" itself, I think I'll pass.

BTW, Netflix does have it, Chris.
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post #8 of 8
5/18/07 at 9:44am
At the end of the making-of Doc, Andrey put up his e-mail address. I dropped him a line with a link to the review and he replied:

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Originally Posted by Andrey Iskanov
Thanks for your response.
There some mine corrections about Nails shooting:
actually, total cost of Nails was about 2000-2500$
because only tickets to Khabarovsk and back to Kiev
for Alex Shevchenko was cost 1000 dollars. About 1000
dollars more was for JVC Mini DV camera. And later, we
spend money on shooting about 300 dollars, because all
was pretty good planned and i`m already had all what
was needs for shooting (costumes, make up, properties
etc)

Metal sphere was not inspirired by Phantasm, its was
symbol of dead essence inside of living apple. Same
symbol was also a little skeleton which was inside of
egg.

Actually blood in film was very very good, BUT in some
scenes digital camera turn it to looks as PALE. Its
was defect of digital shooting and blue filters and
blue lighting.
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