Bearskin

A dark revision of the Grimm Brothers' tale (Bearskin) in which a young man comes back from war and finds himself of no use to society. He enters a pact with the devil and must walk in a sort of hell on earth until his pact is complete. He meets a girl and falls in love. She shows him kindness but he cannot be with her until he has bested the devil.

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[ledhed1488]

Studloven, actually I didn't want to use a tripod for most of this movie because it is supposed to have a gritty faux documentary feel as it is a gritty story. But thank you for the other comments

[studioven]

Don't get me wrong though: 4/5 stars, but everything I mentioned could use improvement. Though I know you wanted gritty faux, there were a few instances where attention is lost due to camera direction, maybe medium shots would have fixed it instead of a tripod.

[ledhed1488]

Yea, I can see that. Again, thank you very much for the comments.

[JakobDailes]

Where's the devil?

[TotalDefenseSystem]

Great job, I subscribed.

[Lilalbertus]

Loved it well done to a great classic fairy tale

[filmcritic11]

Very well shot. Great story, I'd have done a few things differently, but good job.

[Simon8051]

idda shot the bank up like

bitches!

[jennisitalocke]

John this is amazing!! Props to the actors. Now when can I see your cop flick?

[jackewiebohne]

there are some shots and sequences i don't quite like (which for the biggest part is due to your lack of proper equipment and money), like the war scene at the beginning, (i would have done it differently because it is so obvious that it is set up - you have done it better in your video about the mother getting a letter about how her son died on duty - if i get the plot right).

the pepper spray scene isn't very plausible either ...

[jackewiebohne]

i think it should leave you hanging not literally, but figuratively, in an artistic kind of way that could be achieved by good camera work or else... (how that would look concretely is something i still need to think about). sound-tracks are ok, editing is very good, and close ups are fine with me, too. just make sure that you don't have that many close ups on the actors, cause, don't get me wrong, they aren't robert de niros, or jack nicholsons, or kinskis ...

[jackewiebohne]

actually i cannot agree with studioven on the tripod part either. having watched most of the dogma movies, i am used to much more gritty-fauxness than that, and the dogma movies still have some great camera work and even when the image is almost unrecognizable it does not derogate the plot.

but i kind of have to agree with him on the ending: it is a little cheasy. well, i think the ending doesn't need to be "open" concerning the plot (e.g. the two don't find together), but

[jackewiebohne]

trauma - symptomized by his use of drugs (i know this verb probably doesn't exist, but is just want to use it ;-) ).

your version is also much more romantic in way, since you have the girl helping him, overcoming obstacles for a dirty, smelly and unshaved man. so the girl is not just the return of some favor, who only falls for bearskin when he changes his outer appearance, but she is kind of the favor herself and she is giving it without expecting to get it back.