{"id":9584,"date":"2019-02-16T20:04:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T04:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2019-02-16T20:04:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T04:04:56","slug":"review-netflix-original-velvet-buzzsaw-breathes-life-back-into-the-slasher-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/review-netflix-original-velvet-buzzsaw-breathes-life-back-into-the-slasher-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Netflix original \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw\u201d breathes life back into the slasher genre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chrys Weedon<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you ready to be thrown back in time, to the age of slasher flicks with their dramatic cinematography and sense of impending doom? \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw,\u201d released on Jan 31, does just that. Featuring the talents of Jake Gyllenhaal, Toni Collette and Rene Russo, \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw\u201d brings old-school horror to a modern setting \u2014 the world of elite art.<\/span><\/p>\n

This film begins with the secretary for an artist manager, Josephina, finding a collection of mesmerizing paintings when her elderly upstairs neighbor, Vetril Dease, dies. After being revealed to her boss Rhodora, the paintings are sold and showed in galleries, and Vetril Dease becomes one of the most talked-about artists in the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the beginning, all the audience knows about Dease is that his final wish was for all of his art to be destroyed. As Dease\u2019s background is slowly revealed, he posthumously begins to take his revenge. Every person who used Dease\u2019s art for personal gain is killed in a new and gruesome way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVelvet Buzzsaw\u201d takes a satirical look at the world of the rich art elitist and adds in elements of suspense and murder, creating a slasher flick that was as nostalgic as it was unique. <\/span><\/p>\n

For a Netflix original, the CGI was impressive. The cinematography was great, with its combination of wide shots and close-ups, along with dramatic zooms.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sterile image of art galleries and the homes of the ultra-rich stood in stark contrast with the darkness and dirtiness of Dease\u2019s art. The art focused heavily on the eyes \u2014 all of the figures in his paintings had their eyes closed or blurred out, almost like they had been gouged. Images of fire and smoke throughout the film were also significant, seen through the destruction of Dease\u2019s pieces by fire and the abundance of smoking amongst the characters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dramatic imagery, obsession with revenge and satire within \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw\u201d made the movie an instant winner in my opinion. It had all the right qualities to make it a classically cheesy slasher film without seeming like just another sub-par remake. Also, It didn\u2019t hurt that Jake Gyllenhaal was in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall rating:<\/strong> I would recommend this film to horror fans and newbies alike.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the author at howlentertainment@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chrys Weedon | Entertainment Editor Are you ready to be thrown back in time, to the age of slasher flicks with their dramatic cinematography and sense of impending doom? \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw,\u201d released on Jan 31, does just that. Featuring the talents of Jake Gyllenhaal, Toni Collette and Rene Russo, \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw\u201d brings old-school horror to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":8951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":"The Western Howl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}