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Peter Joseph goes after 50 Cent

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

InterReflections reviewed




 1/10
It's not just bad. It's worse. B-movies at least have charm.
federicopistono13 October 2020
I am intemately familiar with the filmmaker, Peter Joseph.

I know him, professionally, and personally.

I enjoyed watching the Zeitgeist film series.

While I have many reservations about the content of the three movies, they undoubtedly had a style to be recognized and appreciated. They had a clear tone and a direction.

I had hopes for Joseph's latest creation, Interreflections, which has been in the making for almost a decade.

While I may disagree with the man and his worldview, I can appreciate an artist's work independently.

I tried watching Interreflections.

I really did.

It was quite literally the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

I've indulged b-movies, c-rated actors, and plain bad stuff. I can endure 10 minutes of something like sharknado every few years.

No problem.

But I couldn't watch this garbage for more than 2 minutes straight. I had to skip through to see if it got any better at some point.

It didn't.

The green screen is so unbelievably bad it makes everything feel fake beyond imagination.

The acting is even worse.

The plot is non-existent.

I think the major problem of this film is that it can't decide what it is.

Is it a documentary? Is it a fiction? A docu-fiction?

There are scenes where there seems to be a genuine interview with a scientist. And yet, it's painfully obvious that those words did not come out naturally. They were scripted, and badly.

The drama doesn't feel like one. If I wanted to explain to my students at a film school what terrible filmmaking is and why, I would show a scene from Interreflections, and have them anlyze it.

It'd be a great exercize.

Interreflections is the perfect example of what you should not do as a filmmaker.

It pretends to portray a new point of view, while it simply rehashes old ideologies, minus the insight or the wittiness.

It wants to be a drama, but has not story and no structure.

It tries to make you think and question authority, but all it does is provide a different kind of propaganda.

Between the atrocious use of green screen, the terrible acting, and the condescending pandering of both the interviews and the "plot", I could not follow anything for more than 60 seconds.

I can't believe Joseph spent half a million and worked for 8 years on this garbage.

There is a silver lining though.

If I ever teach filmmaking techniques to my students, I will refer to this film as a step-by-step guide on what not to do.