The Devil's Rejects (2005)

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10 Musicians-Turned-Filmmakers
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"It hasn’t been terribly uncommon since the late ’60s for musicians to get behind the camera, whether for a straight concert film, a tour documentary or some kind of silly narrative focused on themselves and their bands. Jerry Garcia co-directed The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa co-directed 200 Motels, The Beatles collectively co-directed The Magical Mystery Tour and separately John, Paul and Ringo has each taken the helm on a film project, some more artsy (John and Yoko’s cinematic collaborations, like Up Your Legs Forever) or less self-focused (Ringo’s Marc Bolan doc, Born to Boogie) than others. Now it’s a little more common for musicians to become directors of fictional films that aren’t so reflexive. Many don’t even have anything to do with music at all. And many are so awful that it’s safe to say the filmmaker should stick to mus " [More]

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"By Tricia Olszewski The legions of horror fans who accused Rob Zombie of unoriginality in House of 1,000 Corpses will have to give him some props for his follow-up, The Devil’s Rejects. After all, when was the last time you saw a Southern-fried sheriff, frantic to catch a family of deranged killers, yell out to one of his officers, “You get that movie critic over here as soon as you can”? Sadly, the cinéaste-cum-crime-figh ter, brought in to give insight into one felon’s Groucho Marx– borrowed name, is one of too few daffy touches in this sequel, which, unlike the fun-house-flavored Corpses, takes its ’70s-slasher veneration much more seriously. Then again, writing, pacing, and acting are all taken much more seriously, too—meaning that it’s probably time to start regarding Mr. Zombie as a bona fide filmmaker. The Devil’s Rejects begins with a police raid on the murder-happy Firefly household, where, you might remember, C ... " [More]

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