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Peter AllenCast:
Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, Julia Maxwell, Paula Lindberg, David Lovgren, Paul Anthony, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Anne Openshaw (more)VOD (1)
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After she is betrayed and brutalized by one of her professors, medical student Mary Mason’s life takes a surprising turn as she becomes a sawbones for the local mob after she stumbles into a seedy burlesque bar looking for work. Simultaneously ‘Bloody Mary’ becomes a hit in the body-modification underground after she helps a woman become the ultimate living doll. Before long Mary finds herself becoming increasingly unhinged as the operations pile up and the surgeries begin to leave more marks on her than her so-called freakish clientele. (Monster Pictures)
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The very obvious inspiration from the master of soulful nastiness, David Cronenberg, is of course easily identifiable here, but I daresay that on a purely intellectual level, the makers of American Mary distanced themselves from Cronenberg (which was probably the intention). If I were to evaluate the content of the film itself, I take a pretty much uniform stance towards all films about revenge of any kind – yes, revenge is morally justifiable, but I no longer completely identify with the idea that the original victim becomes something much worse during a process of retribution that makes the original rapist look like an amateur. And that the filmmakers pretty much pulled it off in this case! --- As the movie trailer would say: and a raging vortex of bloody retribution ensues. ---
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Ew :-D If there is something that I find really disgusting is when people voluntarily do weird things with their body. In that regard, I really “enjoyed” American Mary. Otherwise, it’s a very well made indie flick, and a great step forward after the insufferable grindhouse Dead Hooker in a Trunk. But I can’t say I’m ecstatic (I was expecting something a little better after the festival responses), though I’m not disappointed either. It’s something distinctive, sad, twisted and very well made. In any case, I’m sure I will watch it again at least once.
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