‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’]);” href=”http://openfilm.com/videos/steve_bissette_interview/”>interview with Bissette that’s posted on Garetano’s channel. Without it, I would have been completely lost. The filmmaker seems to recognize this, adding a radio announcement about toxic shock syndrome over the end credits in a last-ditch effort to provide context.
Along with the Bissette interview, Garetano’s channel has more than an hour’s worth of featurettes, which cover the painstaking process of bringing the comic to life. Garetano’s meticulous approach pays off spectacularly in the makeup and effects department. From the extreme close-ups of the executive’s lips being sewn shut to the surreal closing sequence set in the afterlife, the film is stuffed to bursting with forceful, nightmarish imagery.
I just wish Garetano had fleshed out the story more. Bissette