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- 2006
- PG-13
- Outsider Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Outsider Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Summary This documentary profiles legendary Hollywood screenwriter and acclaimed novelist A I 'Buzz' Bezzerides, who quickly became known as 'the King of Noir'.
Directed By: Spiro Taraviras
Written By: Spiro Taraviras
- 2006
- PG-13
- Outsider Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Outsider Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Buzz
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Summary This documentary profiles legendary Hollywood screenwriter and acclaimed novelist A I 'Buzz' Bezzerides, who quickly became known as 'the King of Noir'.
Directed By: Spiro Taraviras
Written By: Spiro Taraviras
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
66
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Fascinating as Buzz often is, the film obviously was made with limited resources, transferred to film from DV, with grainy clips from the trailers for Bezzerides-scripted movies rather than snippets of the movies themselves.
The result is an insightful look at a remarkable behind-the-scenes life and slice of American and Hollywood history. Told from an outsider's perspective, it sheds light on the workings of a glamorous but often treacherous business.
The film's power is undeniable, as a bittersweet valentine to Buzz and the many others who came to Hollywood and found a factory that produced dreams, yes, but nightmares too.
Film traverses Buzz's career with reasonable depth, helped by good-quality trailers from several pics. However, one suspects there are a lot more stories Buzz could tell in a more rigorous format.
While the film is made in English by a mostly Greek crew, Buzz"seems geared to foreign audiences. The film's "historians" spend too much time explaining things about Hollywood that are common knowledge to many Americans.
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Production Company
Atalante Pictures Spiro N. Taraviras Film Production,
CL Productions,
Greek Film Centre (GFC),
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT),
S.T.V. Studio
Release Date Aug 25, 2006
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating PG-13
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