Buzz

Name: Buzz
Genre: Biography, History, Documentary
Released: August 25, 2006
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 66

2006

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Outsider Pictures | Release Date: August 25, 2006 | PG-13

Summary: This documentary profiles legendary Hollywood screenwriter and acclaimed novelist A I 'Buzz' Bezzerides, who quickly became known as 'the King of Noir'.

Director: Spiro Taraviras

Genre(s): Biography, History, Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 118 min

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Michael Wilmington

Fascinating as Buzz often is, the film obviously was made with limited resources, transferred to film from DV, with grainy clips from the trailers for Bezzerides-scripted movies rather than snippets of the movies themselves. Read full review

Carina Chocano

The result is an insightful look at a remarkable behind-the-scenes life and slice of American and Hollywood history. Told from an outsider's perspective, it sheds light on the workings of a glamorous but often treacherous business. Read full review

Scott Foundas

The film's power is undeniable, as a bittersweet valentine to Buzz and the many others who came to Hollywood and found a factory that produced dreams, yes, but nightmares too. Read full review

Derek Elley

Film traverses Buzz's career with reasonable depth, helped by good-quality trailers from several pics. However, one suspects there are a lot more stories Buzz could tell in a more rigorous format. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

While the film is made in English by a mostly Greek crew, Buzz"seems geared to foreign audiences. The film's "historians" spend too much time explaining things about Hollywood that are common knowledge to many Americans. Read full review

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