![]() He’s a struggling musician.”Īll their hard work making the song certainly paid off, because Jan awkwardly dancing to the CD is one of the most memorable scenes in The Office history. My direction was “Make it sound kind of amateur. I went into a studio in suburban Vancouver and recorded it. I just went downstairs to my other apartment – I had two at the time – and boom. "I was a huge fan of the show, and she said, 'Do you want to give this a shot?' I said, 'Sure, I’ll do it,' and the producers sent me the lyrics. "I got a call from my friend Alicen Schneider, who was vice president of music creative services for NBC," Fancey recalled. He has no clue.'' The writers went on to explain that the track was written on an acoustic guitar and went through several iterations before they settled on the final version viewers hear, with the music created by New Pornographers guitarist Todd Fancey. "Watching Carell, just kind of looking like there’s nothing in his eyes, just kind of bopping his head along slightly. Overall, a solid Fredianelli feature that ranks up there with THE SCARLET WORM and BLACKFACE KILLER as one of the best films in the man's body of work."We liked the idea that Michael was clueless and it was clear to everyone else that Jan took her ex-assistant’s virginity," said The Office writer Gene Stupnitsky. Mike Dinsmore is pitch-perfect as the fanatical leader of a group of hillbilly antagonists (rivaling the inbred redneck cannibals in Fredianelli's BLACKFACE KILLER no less!) that the hunters inevitably encounter. Aaron Stielstra achieves high marks for a score that punctuates the film's suspenseful moments while actor Jeremy Koerner is outright terrifying as the loose cannon in the group of the hunters. Throw in a stunning car chase that rivals most of Hollywood's set pieces in the last decade and you've got a hell of a ride. The effects are achieved practically and the use of squibs and blank ammunition go a long way in upping the film's action movie chops. Manzo that gives a sense of scope and awe absent in most micro-budget indie productions. There's ambitious camera work on display from cinematographer Tyler M. As a film, HUNTER AND THE HUNTED is a step up technically from a lot of what Fredianelli has been producing lately. ![]() When you put these show-offy "bros" in a hunting trip scenario, conflict ultimately ensues and there are more than a few well realized twists and turns along the way. While the "bro" characters are over the top, it's through the lens of Mark that the filmmaker's (Todd Jurgess and Jeremy Koerner being the other story crafters here) are able to say things about modern US society and culture in a way that is even at times quite humorous. ![]() There's purposely little revealed about this character and he plays a little like the viewer's playable video game character for them to project themselves onto. They're rather unlikable people save for lead character Mark (played by Michael Fredianelli in an understated performance) who is the most relatable. As the protagonists, we've got a group of predominately "bro" like characters who binge drink and converse about GAME OF THRONES and THE DARK KNIGHT while playing hand-held video games. At its heart, it's a character study and the character's motivations are much more complex than what you may expect them to be in what would seem like a simple cat and mouse game of survival. Do we really need another movie about hunters or campers finding themselves ambushed in the woods by killers? Well in fact, HUNTER AND THE HUNTED has more depth than it might initially appear to have. At first glance (particularly if you've seen the trailer), the movie might look like familiar territory. With his latest directorial effort, Michael Fredianelli tackles the backwoods thriller subgenre.
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