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Livelihood (2005) |
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37.5 Productions delivers the goods with Livelihood. It may not be the best film ever and it probably could have been edited a bit better, but what's really important is that writer / director Ryan Graham along with his wife Tracey and a motley band of misfit cast and crew members manage to achieve what most movies these days fail to do; they came up with an original concept for a zombie film. That alone is worth giving Livelihood a chance. When you consider that this film was made for around $4,000, anyone who knows much about movie making can tell that there was also more than a little bit of talent and creative problem solving involved in making this movie come to life. As an additional bonus, it's actually a lot more enjoyable to watch than most films of similar budgets! |
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I mentioned before that the editing could have been better. The editing within each scene was fine, it's just the overall running time of the film could have been cut if the editing had been a little tighter. If they had been trying to stretch the film out to reach 60 minutes, I really wouldn't have thought much about the editing, but the total running time of the film is over 90 minutes. Although the flow is pretty good, I think it could have been edited down to 80 minutes or so and flowed even better. Overall, this is a small complaint considering how much the filmmakers achieved with almost no budget. I wouldn't say that this is the best movie I've seen all year, but I would say that this may be the best feature length film I've seen that cost so little to make. Just imagine what these guys could do if they had some money to work with! Livelihood is definitely worth checking out!
Skin-o-meter: 1 out of 5 (Two short topless shots)
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