Experimenting with the Belko Experiment:
Everyone has the unborn thought of going on a rampage. Questioning perhaps how close their limit is to the threshold of chaos and violence. Man is there always, despite our most honorable opinions of our nature. The most common of us and even the most exceptional can be pushed to the brink. Some narratives experiment as to how hard or soft we would actually have to be pushed. “The Belko Experiment” unleashes the answers to these questions and more. Helmed by Australian horror director Glen Mclean, who brought to life the true story behind “Wolf Creek,” and consistently contributed to it’s mythos in film and literature. Mclean pairs fittingly with a script by James Gunn, written and forgotten before, after, and during his divorce from his first marriage. The project was left askance, mainly because Gunn didn’t want to watch friends and loved ones kill each other for the months after splitting from his then spouse, Jenna Fischer. …show more content…
Gunn, an underdog from an alternative film world, found his roots in schlock. But one might say, good schlock. It is my belief that his sardonic wit and gaze found its focus in a twisted world nurtured by Lloyd Kaufman and his Troma films. The Troma Team once did production management for “My Dinner with Andre” but exploded into the B-movie horror world with the gory and comical film “The Toxic Avenger.” If you watch that movie along with the slippery slope of sequels you’ll understand, perhaps, where a writer like Gunn harnessed his craft. These are filmmakers on the outside of the industry, and well outside the norm. The outcasts who are blacklisted from Cannes for parading around the Riviera and the red carpet, spewing fake blood, and loving every
Everyone has the unborn thought of going on a rampage. Questioning perhaps how close their limit is to the threshold of chaos and violence. Man is there always, despite our most honorable opinions of our nature. The most common of us and even the most exceptional can be pushed to the brink. Some narratives experiment as to how hard or soft we would actually have to be pushed. “The Belko Experiment” unleashes the answers to these questions and more. Helmed by Australian horror director Glen Mclean, who brought to life the true story behind “Wolf Creek,” and consistently contributed to it’s mythos in film and literature. Mclean pairs fittingly with a script by James Gunn, written and forgotten before, after, and during his divorce from his first marriage. The project was left askance, mainly because Gunn didn’t want to watch friends and loved ones kill each other for the months after splitting from his then spouse, Jenna Fischer. …show more content…
Gunn, an underdog from an alternative film world, found his roots in schlock. But one might say, good schlock. It is my belief that his sardonic wit and gaze found its focus in a twisted world nurtured by Lloyd Kaufman and his Troma films. The Troma Team once did production management for “My Dinner with Andre” but exploded into the B-movie horror world with the gory and comical film “The Toxic Avenger.” If you watch that movie along with the slippery slope of sequels you’ll understand, perhaps, where a writer like Gunn harnessed his craft. These are filmmakers on the outside of the industry, and well outside the norm. The outcasts who are blacklisted from Cannes for parading around the Riviera and the red carpet, spewing fake blood, and loving every