Independent art-house/horror writer-director Douglas Buck's first feature is actually a compendium of three thematically related shorts — "Cutting Moments" (1997), "Home" (1998) and "Prologue" (2003) — that collectively chart his growing sophistication as a filmmaker. In "Cutting Moments," an alienated housewife (Nicca Ray, daughter of director Nicholas Ray) watches helplessly as her family deteriorates: Her husband (Gary Betsworth) ignores her and they're in danger of losing their small son (Jared Barsky) to Social Services. After a last desperate effort to get her husband to notice her, she channels her rage into self-mutilation. "Home" is a variation on the theme...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins