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Razzennest

South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette Cruickshank in an Echo Park sound studio. With key members of Manus's crew joining, they r...

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Johannes Grenzfurthner

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monochrom Propulsion Systems

Awards

5 wins & 4 nominations

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My name is Babette Cruickshank - Razzennest

My name is Babette Cruickshank

I'm also a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic - Razzennest

I'm also a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic

Welcome from the freshly
renovated basement sound studio - Razzennest

Welcome from the freshly renovated basement sound studio

Now, I don't want to sound like
too much of a fangirl here, - Razzennest

Now, I don't want to sound like too much of a fangirl h...

''Razzennest?'' - Razzennest

''Razzennest?''

I'm extremely
sorry, Mr. Oosthuizen. - Razzennest

I'm extremely sorry, Mr. Oosthuizen.

So ''Razzennest''
means ''rat's nest'' in Afrikaans, - Razzennest

So ''Razzennest'' means ''rat&...

It truly knows what it wants, - Razzennest

It truly knows what it wants,

Welcome Ellen Zampaglione,
producer of Razzennest. - Razzennest

Welcome Ellen Zampaglione, producer of Razzennest.

It's great being
here with all of you. - Razzennest

It's great being here with all of you.

Your outfit is fabulous, Ms. Cruickshank. - Razzennest

Your outfit is fabulous, Ms. Cruickshank.

So, we also have Mr. Hetti Friesenbichler - Razzennest

So, we also have Mr. Hetti Friesenbichler

So let's
just soak in the flair - Razzennest

So let's just soak in the flair

This simple, eerie succession of images - Razzennest

This simple, eerie succession of images

Steve Dollar writes in
Filmcracker Magazine - Razzennest

Steve Dollar writes in Filmcracker Magazine

And Peter
Kuplowsky actually calls it. - Razzennest

And Peter Kuplowsky actually calls it.

''Blair Witch sans Witch.'' - Razzennest

''Blair Witch sans Witch.''

Hetti Friesenbichler-- - Razzennest

Hetti Friesenbichler--

As the director of photography-- - Razzennest

As the director of photography--

I can literally feel - Razzennest

I can literally feel

I thought my
contract said that I would-- - Razzennest

I thought my contract said that I would--

This is a good moment to remind you - Razzennest

This is a good moment to remind you

And Mr. Friesenbichler-- - Razzennest

And Mr. Friesenbichler--

May I ask you
to turn your phone off. - Razzennest

May I ask you to turn your phone off.

Hi everybody, this is
Pat Kirkpatrick, the PATMAN. - Razzennest

Hi everybody, this is Pat Kirkpatrick, the PATMAN.

I'm your sound engineer, - Razzennest

I'm your sound engineer,

We can't see you from here, Pat, - Razzennest

We can't see you from here, Pat,

How can you tell who's the sound guy's kid - Razzennest

How can you tell who's the sound guy's kid

They're the one sitting off to the side - Razzennest

They're the one sitting off to the side

Anyway, always a pleasure
recording at your studio, - Razzennest

Anyway, always a pleasure recording at your studio,

I don't even know where
to start summarizing - Razzennest

I don't even know where to start summarizing

Well, begin in the beginning. - Razzennest

Well, begin in the beginning.

You were born in 1970 in
Bloemfontein, South Africa, - Razzennest

You were born in 1970 in Bloemfontein, South Africa,

You, of course, started
the very influential - Razzennest

You, of course, started the very influential

Very, very challenging. - Razzennest

Very, very challenging.

In 1998, you formed
the US production company. - Razzennest

In 1998, you formed the US production company.

The film deals with a secret, - Razzennest

The film deals with a secret,

You make it sound so abstract, - Razzennest

You make it sound so abstract,

The idea to reenact most of the footage - Razzennest

The idea to reenact most of the footage

Rumor has it that Manus ended up - Razzennest

Rumor has it that Manus ended up

It's a tragedy
that you weren't nominated - Razzennest

It's a tragedy that you weren't nominated

My humanity is not defined - Razzennest

My humanity is not defined

I want to put true in front of change. - Razzennest

I want to put true in front of change.

Your film ''My Dear Esteban''
generated a lot of attention. - Razzennest

Your film ''My Dear Esteban'' generated ...

Of course, you got
to pick this one as an example. - Razzennest

Of course, you got to pick this one as an example.

Maybe in the West,
not in Africa, or Asia, - Razzennest

Maybe in the West, not in Africa, or Asia,

Your movie
is about your experience - Razzennest

Your movie is about your experience

During that time, - Razzennest

During that time,

I mean, you, you were
almost kicked off Twitter. - Razzennest

I mean, you, you were almost kicked off Twitter.

I mean, we're almost through the prologue - Razzennest

I mean, we're almost through the prologue

Please, call me Ellen. - Razzennest

Please, call me Ellen.

Mr. Oosthuizen, please tell us - Razzennest

Mr. Oosthuizen, please tell us

So maybe tell us what we can't see? - Razzennest

So maybe tell us what we can't see?

Finally, a
question after my own heart. - Razzennest

Finally, a question after my own heart.

Whether you can stick with my work - Razzennest

Whether you can stick with my work

What counts is between
the 25 frames per second - Razzennest

What counts is between the 25 frames per second

You demanded I shoot 60
frames and then convert-- - Razzennest

You demanded I shoot 60 frames and then convert--

The entire film
was shot in the Rohrwald, - Razzennest

The entire film was shot in the Rohrwald,

You don't discover
places, they summon you. - Razzennest

You don't discover places, they summon you.

We were screening our drama,
''A Girl Named Colonoscopy'' - Razzennest

We were screening our drama, ''A Girl Named Colono...

It won the award for Best
International Problem. - Razzennest

It won the award for Best International Problem.

At one of the after-parties, - Razzennest

At one of the after-parties,

Who highly
recommended the Rohrwald area. - Razzennest

Who highly recommended the Rohrwald area.

Three family therapy sessions
and four disembowelments. - Razzennest

Three family therapy sessions and four disembowelments.

It's a rustic landscape
with enthralling forests - Razzennest

It's a rustic landscape with enthralling forests

And many remains
from dark days long gone by. - Razzennest

And many remains from dark days long gone by.

You mustn't forget that this area - Razzennest

You mustn't forget that this area

It oozes mystery and dullness. - Razzennest

It oozes mystery and dullness.

I would have loved to shoot with an M18 - Razzennest

I would have loved to shoot with an M18

Get four 18ks, some 12x12 ultrabounces. - Razzennest

Get four 18ks, some 12x12 ultrabounces.

I haven't even paid his fee yet. - Razzennest

I haven't even paid his fee yet.

That entire area - Razzennest

That entire area

That's why a lot of the film - Razzennest

That's why a lot of the film

What I want is to lure the audience - Razzennest

What I want is to lure the audience

A war that lasted 30 years? - Razzennest

A war that lasted 30 years?

It's time for
Americans to learn that the world - Razzennest

It's time for Americans to learn that the world

The 30 years war was a religious conflict, - Razzennest

The 30 years war was a religious conflict,

One of the bloodiest wars
in all of European history. - Razzennest

One of the bloodiest wars in all of European history.

The Protestant German states - Razzennest

The Protestant German states

Hapsburgian Austria, the
Catholic German states and Spain. - Razzennest

Hapsburgian Austria, the Catholic German states and Spain.

Then Sweden entered
the war on the Protestant side - Razzennest

Then Sweden entered the war on the Protestant side

And the French, they
did what they always do. - Razzennest

And the French, they did what they always do.

The war solved no problems, - Razzennest

The war solved no problems,

It solved no problems, - Razzennest

It solved no problems,

It put Germany on its well-known
trajectory of madness, - Razzennest

It put Germany on its well-known trajectory of madness,

Sentiments you can still
feel on the streets today. - Razzennest

Sentiments you can still feel on the streets today.

In your press release, - Razzennest

In your press release,

Everyone wanted peace and
they fought each other - Razzennest

Everyone wanted peace and they fought each other

It's almost like a love
letter to forgiveness. - Razzennest

It's almost like a love letter to forgiveness.

In some areas, up to 60% of
the population were killed. - Razzennest

In some areas, up to 60% of the population were killed.

Razzennest poster

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South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette Cruickshank in an Echo Park sound studio. With key members of Manus's crew joining, they r...

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Director: Johannes Grenzfurthner

Writer: Johannes Grenzfurthner

Production: monochrom Propulsion Systems

Genre: comedy, horror

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 02 May 2023

Awards: 5 wins & 4 nominations

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