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| title: |
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BAD REPUTATION |
| directed by: |
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Jim Hemphill |
| screenwriter: |
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Jim Hemphill |
| location: |
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Los Angeles, California, USA |
| official website: |
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www.badreputationmovie.com |
| synopsis: |
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A high school girl wrongly branded as the school slut after she is raped embraces her 'bad reputation' and takes revenge on the kids who made her life a living hell. |
| runtime: |
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89 min. |
| screening: |
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Film Program 3 [ refer to schedule ] |
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Dark Romance Review |
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Jim
Hemphill's homage to trashy
1970's high school sexploitation
and teen revenge films borrows
a big dose of contemporary
teen comedy to lighten the
impact of several disturbing
scenes portraying date-rape,
sadistic humiliation and
violent death.
It's the kind of mixed bag
that leaves audiences wondering
how to react, but the talents
of a young cast combined
with well written dialogue
go a long way toward making
the film continually engaging.
Angelique Hennessy as Michelle,
the shy but quirky/sexy
target of persecution is
quite good at changing like
a chameleon from one personna
to another. She creates
a memorable, sympathetic
character who unfortunately
falls victim to her own
obsession for revenge and
to the lurid necessities
of the pulp-fiction genre
she exists in. Bad Reputation
is a great 70's style B-movie. |
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| How
long did your project take
to create, from conception
to final completion? |
| I
started writing the screenplay
three years ago, and we're
going to be fine-tuning
the final product right
up until the Shriekfest
screening. |
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| Where
did your inspiration come
from? |
| I
wanted to emulate the great
directors who worked for
Roger Corman's New World
Pictures in the 1970's:
people like Jonathan Demme,
George Armitage, and Barbara
Peeters, who made smart
and stylish genre films
with limited resources. |
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Horror or Sci-Fi your primary
creative interest? |
| I
love all forms of cinema
without prejudice - I'm
as happy watching a Taiwanese
art film as I am checking
out SWAMP THING. But as
a filmmaker I'm undeniably
drawn to horror as a genre,
though I would love to make
a teen musical someday too.
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| Can
you describe a typical day
in the process of creating
your film? |
| A
typical shooting day would
begin with my cinematographer
Forrest and I planning out
our shots, then adapting
that plan to whatever the
actors come up with. Of
course, independent film
shoots are so crazy there's
really no such thing as
a "typical" day. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest horror writer? |
| Can
I have two? I really worship
both Stephen King and Peter
Straub. |
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| Can
you recall the first horror
film that left a lasting
impression on you? |
| No
question, it was HALLOWEEN,
which I still think is a
masterpiece. I've seen it
over forty times and I always
find something new in it. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest 'Masters of Horror'? |
| There
are so many, but certainly
David Cronenberg, John Carpenter
and Wes Craven form a sort
of holy trinity of horror
for me. I also love Argento,
Polanski, Hitchcock, Romero,
and many, many others. And
my very favorite director
in any genre is DePalma. |
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| How
many participants comprised
your crew? |
| We
had a very small crew -
often it was just me, my
cinematographer, and my
producer doubling as sound
person. On extremely luxurious
days we had a couple people
to help with craft services
and equipment. |
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| How
many castmembers? |
| Around
a dozen speaking parts. |
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| How
did you find your cast? |
| I
found almost everybody by
placing an ad in Backstage
West. |
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| Did
you re-edit your film after
the first cut? |
| Dear
God, yes. I'm still tinkering
with it as we speak. |
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| Did
you shoot on film or with
digital cameras? |
| DV |
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| If
you could choose any famous
actors to work with on future
projects, who would they
be? |
| That's
a great question. There
are tons, but I suppose
my dream cast would include
Jeff Bridges, Maria Bello,
Brian Cox, Kurt Russell
and Meryl Streep. |
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