Still Life (1990)

Director:

Graeme Campbell

Writers:

Graeme Campbell (writer)
Dean Parisot (writer)

Release Date:

1990 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

You've got to kill yourself to make it in the art world.

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jason Gedrick	...	Peter Sherwood
Jessica Steen	...	Nellie Ambrose
Stephen Shellen	...	Teddy Bullock
Gary Farmer	...	Billy
Sam Malkin	...	Frank
Lubomir Mykytiuk	...	Lieutenant Topolski
Dave McKay	...	Dave (cameraman)
Johnie Chase	...	Officer #2
Ted Loviscek	...	Stan
Beverly Murray	...	Performance Space Lady
Eric Murphy	...	Al
Elena Kudara	...	Maggie Stefanova
Lawrence Mayles	...	Confessed Art Killer
Jane Schoettle	...	Margaret
Gene Mack	...	Man in Beret

Also Known As:

Art Killer Framed
Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder (USA)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Bucko Pictures

Quotes:

[first lines]
Nellie Ambrose: The Art Killer has struck again. Another homeless man has been found shot to death through the forehead and turned into a macabre piece of modern art. This time, similar to the last, the murderer artist has left his mark: a sign near the body inscribed "A.K.": Art Killer.

Still born

The premise of this film is interesting, only once that premise is established then the film wanders off into the sunset long before the run time is over. The idea is that there's some lunatic running around some nameless big city killing derelicts and leaving their bodies to be found in arty settings, with the initials A.K.(Art Killer) showing that he's struck again. But then we wander into the not very interesting life of a young couple and a friend/neighbor of theirs who are all sort of media types (he's a musician, she's a reporter, and their friend is a performance artist) and from that point on the interest in the film faded by the minute. Anyone who is remotely conscious will have figured out who the culprit is long before the film is over, and my recommendation is that WHEN you figure it out you just stop either the tape or the disc, remove it from the player and throw it away. Trust me, you'll be fine, it won't really matter if you were wrong, and you won't have it on your conscience that someone ELSE will see this if you were to take it somewhere and trade it in. Believe me, you'll feel better about yourself than I did when I woke up this morning, I watched it till the end, and am still drooling. 1 out of 10.