There are indie films and then there are “indie” films…and then there is BAGHEAD, the new indie film from writer/director partners Jay & Mark Duplass. This film tells the story of Matt, Chad, Michelle, and Catherine (Ross Partidge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, and Elise Muller, respectfully) who are all aspiring actors who just can’t seem to get a big break into the industry. While at the premiere of a local filmmaker’s “art film” the four are inspired into their own adventure.
When they learn that the director of the said “art film” had almost no budget and that he filmed his actors sometimes without them even knowing it, the four decide to finally take their own destinies into their hands and craft a screenplay in which they will all star. This is easier said then done as the four go out to Chad’s family cabin to be isolated in order to come up with a screenplay. Finding very little inspiration the four go to bed that first night with no ideas on what direction their story will take.
That night Michelle inadvertently thinks she sees someone in the woods wearing a bag over his head and thus the inspiration for their film is born. Matt has decided that their film will be a horror film about four people who are terrorized by a man with a paper bag of his head. As Matt’s inspiration gets the better of him emotions and the isolation in the middle of nowhere starts to get to everyone and several of them start to think that they really do see a man with a bag over his head in the woods. As there situation that’s an ever more serious turn the four must learn to work with one another in order to live through the night in order to escape the person after them.
If I reveal any more I will be giving away half the fun that is the movie. The film is a very clever twist on not only horror films but comedy as well since there is a lot of revealing comedy in the film. There are many twists and turns and the film cleverly goes from one genre to the next effortlessly. It is a true testament to the “indie” spirit from which it is trying to evoke. The Duplass brothers have banded together a great cast that work well together and deliver a great film in the tradition of low budget indie filmmaking.
When they learn that the director of the said “art film” had almost no budget and that he filmed his actors sometimes without them even knowing it, the four decide to finally take their own destinies into their hands and craft a screenplay in which they will all star. This is easier said then done as the four go out to Chad’s family cabin to be isolated in order to come up with a screenplay. Finding very little inspiration the four go to bed that first night with no ideas on what direction their story will take.
That night Michelle inadvertently thinks she sees someone in the woods wearing a bag over his head and thus the inspiration for their film is born. Matt has decided that their film will be a horror film about four people who are terrorized by a man with a paper bag of his head. As Matt’s inspiration gets the better of him emotions and the isolation in the middle of nowhere starts to get to everyone and several of them start to think that they really do see a man with a bag over his head in the woods. As there situation that’s an ever more serious turn the four must learn to work with one another in order to live through the night in order to escape the person after them.
If I reveal any more I will be giving away half the fun that is the movie. The film is a very clever twist on not only horror films but comedy as well since there is a lot of revealing comedy in the film. There are many twists and turns and the film cleverly goes from one genre to the next effortlessly. It is a true testament to the “indie” spirit from which it is trying to evoke. The Duplass brothers have banded together a great cast that work well together and deliver a great film in the tradition of low budget indie filmmaking.
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