One cut of the dead
The single take concept works well in One Cut of the Dead, allowing a lot of amusing reaction shots to gory off-screen noises, and the handheld camera and sweeping movements help you feel more immersed in the action. One Cut of the Dead is an incredible film that even audiences who wouldn’t normally bite on a zombie film need to check out as it is a fantastic piece of filmmaking.The first part has everything you could want from a low-budget horror - fake gore everywhere, heads split from bodies and blood splattered over the camera. Controversy aside, One Cut is too amazing a film to spend much time worrying about who gets a cut of the royalties. Ueda said the play served as the inspiration for the film’s structure, but it’s not a complete rip-off. It’s probably worth noting Ueda has received some flak for similarities to Ryoichi Wada’s Ghost in the Box! play. It makes for a great contrast to the rest of the film with uses a much brighter visual scheme. The zombie sequence is appropriately washed out and has the look of an early 80s small scale action film. The action is paced easily enough for viewers who need the subtitles to follow along without missing anything important while reading. Unlike Higurashi, Director/Screenwriter Shin’ichirô Ueda gets tremendous performances from his cast. Everything else that follows it takes the film to an incredible higher level that’s filled with comedy, terrific character moments culminating in an emotional, heartfelt ending. Honestly after some of the trash I’ve watched lately, 37 minutes of a good zombie film would’ve been just fine.
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#ONE CUT OF THE DEAD MOVIE#
The nature of an old school zombie movie definitely supports that kind of shooting structure even though there’s some tedious repetition of some shots and the abandoned WWII Japanese facility starts to feel somewhat claustrophobic.
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Impressively, the film stays true to the title as all of the action is staged in one long 40-minute take. Finally getting kind of raw performances he wants, Higurashi keeps the camera rolling and hilariously pops up yelling ‘action!’ at random moments while his crew tries to stay alive. While Higurashi goes to blow off some steam, makeup artist Nao ( Harumi Shuhama) consoles the actors just as a real zombie emerges. But Higurashi is getting increasingly irritated with her lifeless performance and continually berates her much to the dismay of the rest of the crew. He’s down to the final girl, Chinatsu (Yuzuki Akiyama), who’s just watched her boyfriend Ken (Kazuaki Nagaya) become infected. Hard-charging and overly aggressive director Higurashi (Takayuki Hamatsu) is fed up with his actors as he’s trying to wrap the final scene of his big zombie movie. That’s even before factoring in that the majority of the cast actually paid to participate in the film, which was the final product of an acting and directing workshop. One Cut has become a massive hit in Japan and with its modest $25,000 budget, is one of the more profitable breakout hits in years.