Hardcore Collection
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Movie Review: The Hardcore Collection
Summary: 2 Stars
There's one shot in the film "Fingered" which, for me, sums up my feelings about this whole collection. Here it is: a car drives down some winding road outside of Los Angeles, along or near the coast. The road is on the side of a steep mountain with dense vegetation growing through the cracks and on the outcroppings. In real life, it must have been an arresting scene, but the way it's shot, it comes across as gray, lifeless and undersaturated.
Looking at that shot, you realize how many people live their whole lives in that headspace, without a moment of reprieve. It conveys, without using sex or violence or music or even people, a species of endless bleakness.
Is this hardcore? Is this transgressive? I don't know or care. Beyond that one shot, I really didn't find anything else in this collection that gave me food for thought. Maybe this is some weakness inherent in me. Maybe this is the wrong era for these films, because there's probably not any possible fictional film you could make that is as shocking and horrifying as the nightly news. (Think about it!) But I couldn't help feeling like all the "obscenity" was designed to cover over their essential emptiness.
I realize that Kern was operating on a budget, and "perfection" was probably not an option. But even with a gargantuan budget, I'm not sure he'd have much to say, or if he would say it well. There's no way to know.
Movie Review: You've got to be kidding...
Summary: 2 Stars
I'll give Kern an A for effort, but anyone with the technical know how and a few friends could've created this junk.
It's a sad truism that those who have the know-how are usually the least suited to expressing themselves adequately or meaningfully.
That makes this pornography pure and simple - sewage covered eye candy.
If that is taken as a compliment (and it could be if Kern is honest with himself) it is one more sorry nail in the coffin of this struggling world.
Movie Review: do not mistake this for art film
Summary: 1 Stars
this is not avant-garde or experimental or anything of value. believe him when he calls it hardcore. this kind of [...] only happens in america. richard kern takes advantage of the fact that americans, in their schizo frenzy, will mistake this for some kind of offensive euro trash art, meanwhile exploiting your daughters at just the right moment. it is all the more offensive that he considers himself an artist. this is not what experimental film or any other kind of film is all about. the only reason to watch these films is to get off. richard kern is what's wrong with new york. if you like larry clark, well i don't want to encourage you because you are sick and evil and altogether tasteless, but you will like this.Movie Review: DULL AMATEUR WORTHLESS UNARTISTIC HOME MOVIES
Summary: 1 Stars
The entire collection looks like somebody had nothing else to do so they got high and made some films for a joke. This is by no means art . It being released gives a bad name to independent film. To call it cheap would express some sort of aura so i can't do that ! It's more booring than a backyard barbeque shot by uncle Bob . I wish with all it's violence, sex & F words it would be at least disturbing ,but it's not.Some films are soo bad the're funny-NOT these . To put a adjective to this collection I would put the word " NOTHING ". it should be retilted " THE NOTHING COLLECTION "