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Last Broadcast, The
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Please Note: This isn't going to be a comparison between "The Last Broadcast" and "The Blair Witch Project." And for anyone who wants to know, I disliked "The Blair Witch Project." Now let us proceed.
The hosts of cable TV show "Fact or Fiction," Steve Avkast and Locus Wheeler, had plans to go into the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and broadcast their search for the legendary Jersey Devil. Rein Clackin and Jim Suerd accompany them, and Jim is the only one to make it out of the Pine Barrens alive. Within a couple of days the brutalized bodies of the others were found. Eventually, Suerd is convicted of the murders and given a life sentence. A year after the ghastly events filmmaker David Leigh begins to make a documentary about the events, and in doing so views the footage that was shot by the "Fact or Fiction" team. That is all I'll say, because obviously what he finds is intended to scare and disturb the viewers. Does it work?
The approach in "The Last Broadcast" is its greatest strength. Made on a budget of $900 and done in a style that is true to many television newsmagazine programs and documentaries, it blends the "Fact or Fiction" footage with David's and creates a distinctive style. Audiences have been largely polarized in their reactions to it, but I'd recommend "The Last Broadcast" as a rental to the tentative viewer. If you saw it and liked it, or don't mind buying without having first seen it (it can be found online for less than $16.00), you'll probably have few reservations about picking up the DVD, which features some good extra features.
The transfer is somewhat hard to judge because of the budget and aging effects to give soom footage an authentic look, but the bottom line is that it does not look very good. The Pine Barrens scenes exhibit pixelation which is heavy at times and absent on the non-Barrens scenes. The stereo soundtrack is what you'd expect (static, distortion, etc. as it pertains to the Barrens footage), given what the film is about and the shooting locations. Theatrical trailers, a behind the scenes featurette, a director/cast commentary, the documentary "The Legend of the Jersey Devil," English subtitles and chapter selections are the bonus materials. Filmmakers with next-to-nothing budgets: take note of the commentary.
The hosts of cable TV show "Fact or Fiction," Steve Avkast and Locus Wheeler, had plans to go into the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and broadcast their search for the legendary Jersey Devil. Rein Clackin and Jim Suerd accompany them, and Jim is the only one to make it out of the Pine Barrens alive. Within a couple of days the brutalized bodies of the others were found. Eventually, Suerd is convicted of the murders and given a life sentence. A year after the ghastly events filmmaker David Leigh begins to make a documentary about the events, and in doing so views the footage that was shot by the "Fact or Fiction" team. That is all I'll say, because obviously what he finds is intended to scare and disturb the viewers. Does it work?
The approach in "The Last Broadcast" is its greatest strength. Made on a budget of $900 and done in a style that is true to many television newsmagazine programs and documentaries, it blends the "Fact or Fiction" footage with David's and creates a distinctive style. Audiences have been largely polarized in their reactions to it, but I'd recommend "The Last Broadcast" as a rental to the tentative viewer. If you saw it and liked it, or don't mind buying without having first seen it (it can be found online for less than $16.00), you'll probably have few reservations about picking up the DVD, which features some good extra features.
The transfer is somewhat hard to judge because of the budget and aging effects to give soom footage an authentic look, but the bottom line is that it does not look very good. The Pine Barrens scenes exhibit pixelation which is heavy at times and absent on the non-Barrens scenes. The stereo soundtrack is what you'd expect (static, distortion, etc. as it pertains to the Barrens footage), given what the film is about and the shooting locations. Theatrical trailers, a behind the scenes featurette, a director/cast commentary, the documentary "The Legend of the Jersey Devil," English subtitles and chapter selections are the bonus materials. Filmmakers with next-to-nothing budgets: take note of the commentary.
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