Bastards

Pointlessly shot in first person, this is an utter waste of film that for some reason has been appearing extremely regularly on Movie Central recently. The awful acting, mood-killing lighting, fade-happy editing and DOA script certainly do their best to pull the viewer completely out of this piece.

I was surprised to learn this film was directed by Mort Ransen, who was 70 years old at the time this film was made and directed the somewhat acclaimed "Margaret's Museum". The rampant self-indulgence in this film seems to suggest a young, inexperienced director trying to make a name for himself but the harsh reality is that it's an older, experienced director who somewhere along the line---probably around the time he said 'Okay, time to write Bastards'---forgot how to make a quality film.

So bad it's worth watching, but SO bad it's not worth watching for long.