Monday July 25, 2011

Swimming with Sharks- Not only a great cautionary tale about the dangers of the film industry within the film, but also one from a meta perspective. Director George Huang has not received many great jobs after this interesting character piece, apparently because most producers were led to believe that Kevin Spacey's amazing selfish boss character was based on them. I guess this is the kind of movie that ought to teach filmmakers like myself not to makes films that bite the hands that feed you. After all, film is a business of pleasure. A business of pleasing everyone around you, from critics on a critical level, to producers on a money making level. Lesson learned, Huang.



- Jeff Bassin