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The ABCs of Death (2013)
Directed by Xavier Gens, Angela Bettis, Jake West, Noboru Iguchi, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Andrew Traucki, Anders Morgenthaler, Marcel Sarmiento, Adam Wingard, Ti West, Adrián García Bogliano, Yudai Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Nacho Vigalondo, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Simon Rumley, Ben Wheatley, Kaare Andrews, Jason Eisener, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jon Schnepp, Timo Tjahjanto, Jorge Michel Grau, Srđan Spasojević, Lee Hardcastle
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Overview
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.
Rated NR | Length 129 minutes
Actors
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal | Erik Aude | Iván González | Kyra Zagorsky | Peter Pedrero | Dallas Malloy | Lee Hardcastle | Lucy Clements | Darenzia | Arisa Nakamura | Matías Oviedo | Chems Dahmani | Takashi Nishina | Hiroko Yashiki | Demo Tanaka | Fraser Corbett | Miguel Insua | Sarah Bonrepaux | Je$$ica | Arata Yamanaka | Eva Llorach | Greg De Cuir | Seminosuke Murasugi | Hozake Yamada | Xavier Magot | Yoshio Komatsu | Manon Beuchot | Joshua Diolosa | Honoka Murakami | Kurumi Ochiai | Sadashi Matsubayashi | Katsuyuki Miyake | Tomomi Sugai | Atsushi Hiroki | Match | Kim Richardson | Johanna Katharina Riebesam | Jon Øigarden | Juanita Ringeling | Gary M. Iskak | Epy Kusnandar | Kelly Tandiono | Wiwat Kongrasri | Johnson Phan | Michael Rogers | Adam Wingard | Hiroaki Murakami | Orn-Arnin Peerachakajornpatt | Adriana Paz | Harold Torres | Simon Barrett | Alex McAulay
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/22/2012 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
12th feature of FF2012, 4th “film” of Day 3. I say “film” because it’s really just a collection of short films covering all the letters of the alphabet. And it’s an endurance test. We didn’t get the cut that was shown at TIFF; we were presented a slightly longer cut. Not sure it would’ve made much difference because only half of the 26 horror shorts worked for me. Maybe less. It becomes more painful when a bad short is shown (“G” and “W” both come to mind). Some truly great shorts sandwiched between lackluster outings by some excellent directors. Wanted to see more boundary pushing material than stuff we’ve seen before. Look forward to seeing again at home when it’s easier to digest in chunks. Xavier Gens and Jason Eisener were a couple of favorites.
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