"Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim" or "Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen" is an Hungarian production written and directed by György Pálfi. This 80-minute movie is from 2012, so it has its 5th anniversary this year. The entire thing is basically a patchwork quilt of many many pretty famous movies. It consists entirely of scenes from other films, so it is justified to ask if you think Pálfi really has a creative impact here or if he owes it all to the makers and actors of the films he depicts. I think it is a mix of both. The attempt to create a story is clearly visible and it is an interesting approach, but I don't think it is really successful. However, the film works very well as a piece of art for film buffs everywhere on the planet. And from this tribute perspective, it is a really good achievement. The quantity is decisive here, not the quality, but this is not really a criticism as the movie is worth seeing for several reasons. First of all, it is always nice to see scenes from films you love and maybe even have forgotten about these, so this one here brings back some magic for you. Examples for me personally here would be "Das Leben der Anderen" or "Der Himmel über Berlin". And this movie is also a nice quiz opportunity to find out how big of a film buff you are, i.e. how many movies you recognize. And the good thing is as well that this one (you could almost call it a documentary) does not spoiler anything at all as the scenes used are always that short that they don't take away anything major from the stories they are about. I can only imagine it must have been a really big effort to make this one. And while there is no direction or camera work from Pálfi himself in here, he has show on other occasions that he can also "make" movies in a more true sense of the word than it is the case here. I liked this one nonetheless and I recommend seeing it. Thumbs up.
