B-Movie Entry: Rezwan Shahriar Sumit

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Rezwan Shahriar Sumit is entered in the “B-Movie” update: View Challenge Page

Latest Update: Final Image: THE HEART LOCKER FINAL

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When asked to rediscover a B movie, the first genre that came to my mind was an exploitation movie. These were mostly sleazy, true. But beyond that, these used to have strong undercurrents pointing to some of the society’s injustices. Here’s the Pre-Vis. The cliched Damsel in Distress.

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The pre-vis has taken tangible shape in this W-I-P version. Clear sign of brutal oppression and pain. The character here additionally shows a silent acceptance, that’s what did the magic for me. Saw the model in hegre-art once. The next step would be turning this digitally retouched image into a B movie poster. Requirement - a binding theme.

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I have a theme. Now it just needs the pulpiness of a B movie poster.

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(opted to do a bit of more seasoning on the last one)

The final image is a movie poster that not only recaptures the lost glory of B movies but also carries a message like any art should do.

Clearly, our movie ‘The Heart Locker’ is a spoof of the probable Best Picture Academy Award winner ‘The Hurt Locker’. It is based on a bomb neutralizing squad operating in Iraq. Like any exploitation B movies do, instead of the heroics our movie reveals the oppression that has been terrorizing the war torn country since 20 MAR 2003 when the first missile was launched. Interestingly, our movie is scheduled to launch on some 20 Mar.

The term Hurt Locker is used in the original movie as a slang referring to injury suffered by a soldier. On a similar note, the poster mocks ‘They sent her to the Heart Locker’. The film’s punch line was ‘Cut the Red one’. Here it says - ‘Cut the Right one’. Right drawn in Red of course. Notice, the female figure still has the right nipple.

Apologies to Mr. Ebert. I am his greatest fan. So, couldn’t stop myself from putting up his trademark stars, wait a sec, do I see Weapon of Mass Destruction Signs instead? Finally, a cherry to top it all, I put the director’s credit right on the bosom. Every B movie Director’s dream come true… :slight_smile:

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Disturbing to say the least
Notwithstanding the politics, you have captured well the sleaziness and rawness of the grindhouse exploitation poster-art of the seventies. I seriously doubt that this movie would have pass any country’s film rating board.

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Thanks for your kind words :slight_smile:
I also agree with you about the censorship committee’s probable scissoring. Then I guess this movie would have to wait for two more decades till the dawn of new media and digital distribution. I can already imagine the cult following it would have generated by then !

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