This pile of "merde" has got to be a joke. At first I was revolted by the sheer artifice and cliché, particularly the drug montage scenes which were about as realistic as the drug ravings in reefer madness. Then I thought that maybe the whole thing was some bizarre parody that only the filmmakers understand. Wide angle lenses, naked white people and bad lighting just screams cult movie to me, or porn, which has better production value and far more integrity than "The Manson Family".
I somehow saw a trailer for this at the New Beverly Cinema in Hollywood which normally plays my favorite classic films, plus the popcorn is only 2 bucks a bag. So I thought it would be a good bet when I saw it at the video store next to the release of "Manson" with Jeremy Davies, which by the look of the cover looked to be another Hollywood exploiter. The box for "The Manson Family " made the film seem like an honest documentary, plus I was bamboozled by some intoxicating film review quotes that must have been totally false.
Movies like this make me sad not only for the absurd waste of money and human energy, but for the lies... Oh God, the lies... the deception. I feel used and cheated.
I somehow saw a trailer for this at the New Beverly Cinema in Hollywood which normally plays my favorite classic films, plus the popcorn is only 2 bucks a bag. So I thought it would be a good bet when I saw it at the video store next to the release of "Manson" with Jeremy Davies, which by the look of the cover looked to be another Hollywood exploiter. The box for "The Manson Family " made the film seem like an honest documentary, plus I was bamboozled by some intoxicating film review quotes that must have been totally false.
Movies like this make me sad not only for the absurd waste of money and human energy, but for the lies... Oh God, the lies... the deception. I feel used and cheated.