Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Hungry, cold and hunted

"In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkettsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found." Back in the day, how they advertised and prepared audience for the movie was more impressive than The Blair Witch Project film itself. Now, 20 years later, that effect is gone, the film hasn't stood the test of time and, in fact, the only legacy that remains is that they should be held accountable for the hundreds of shitty hand-held camera movies that followed in the wake of this project. 

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