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"Masters of Horror" John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (2005)
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Original Air Date:
November 2005
(Season 1, Episode 8)
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With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie-theater director is hired to hunt for the only known print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane. full summary | add synopsis
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La Fin Absolue Du Monde...The Absolute End of the World.
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| Norman Reedus | ... | Kirby | |
| Udo Kier | ... | Bellinger | |
| Gary Hetherington | ... | Walter | |
| Christopher Britton | ... | Meyers (as Chris Britton) | |
| Zara Taylor | ... | Annie | |
| Chris Gauthier | ... | Timpson (as Christopher Gauthier) | |
| Douglas Arthurs | ... | Dalibor (as Douglas H. Arthurs) | |
| Colin Foo | ... | Fung | |
| Gwynyth Walsh | ... | Katja | |
| Christopher Redman | ... | Willowy Being | |
| Julius Chapple | ... | Henri Cotillard | |
| Taras Kostyuk | ... | Kaspar (as Taras) | |
| Brad Kelly | ... | Horst | |
| Lynn Wahl | ... | Cab Driver | |
| Brahm Taylor | ... | Protagonist |
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59 min | Germany:56 min (cut)
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1.78 : 1 more
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Germany:18 (cut) |
USA:TV-MA |
Argentina:18 |
Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) |
Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007)
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The newspaper columnist lives in a secluded house in Carthage, New York. John Carpenter, who directed the movie, was born in Carthage, New York.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Kirby is confronted by Walter about the money he owes, Walter tells Kirby he's got one week to come up with it. Kirby towards the end of the movie gets the money and finds the theater chained up. When on the phone with one of the employees from the theater he says that he was given *two* weeks to get the money.
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References "Twin Peaks" (1990)
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This is the first "Masters of Horror" episode that I've watched and I thought it was a fairly cool and creepy little story. It reminded me of The Ninth Gate, only this time, instead of books, the search was for a very rare movie called La Fin Absolue Du Monde, or The Absolute End of the World. The movie was said to be so powerful, so evil, that anyone who watched it turned violently insane. The man who wants this notorious film is played by Udo Kier, who is always fun to watch and has great expressions. The rest of the cast is adequate and Carpenter's direction is mostly solid, though it doesn't really feel like a Carpenter picture. His son, Cody, composed the music, which fit the short quite well; it was like the Halloween theme with a touch of Goblin.
Cigarette Burns was a TV production and unfortunately, it felt like one. I think it would've been better suited as a full length feature, where the characterization and plot could be fleshed out further and fine tuned, instead of trying to cram everything into under an hour. Still, it was an admirable effort and the material is definitely interesting (I especially liked the angel subplot). And with the gore, crazy scenes, and several nods to horror fans, collectors, and cinema itself, Cigarette Burns turned out to be a pretty entertaining little picture.
The DVD has many extras (and Easter Eggs), including a commentary with the director and one with the writers. Carpenter's has a few fun moments but going by it and his interviews on the disc, he just doesn't seem to care much anymore. The writers, Scott Swan and Drew McWeeny (McWeeny hehe), were a lot more excited and hopefully we'll see good things from them in the future. I see they're currently writing the script for the remake of Race with the Devil.