Velvet Buzzsaw - a gorefest satire of the art world
There aren't many films about the art world - but I watched the latest one at the weekend. Velvet Buzzsaw is an art world satire - or A slasher satire of art criticism - as one described it - which moves from the conspicuous consumption and unintelligible artspeak of art fairs, galleries, dealers and critics into the realms of slapstick horror and gore - and debuted on Netflix this month
I'm just going to take some selective comments from various reviews to give you an idea whether or not to start trying to find it on Netflix!
It's not a film to watch for the actors - although I did think a deadpan John Malkovich in a cameo role hit the nail on the literal (or metaphorical) head.
"This is a slaughterhouse"
I do however recommend you do NOT watch the trailer until you have seen the film
- but if you can't resist, here you are....
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