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The Perfection is a 2018 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Richard Shepard, from a screenplay by Shepard, Nicole Snyder and Eric C. Charmelo. It stars Allison Williams, Logan Browning and Steven Weber. It had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2018.
The Perfection: Directed by Richard Shepard. With Marie Maskell, Allison Williams, Christina Jastrzembska, Glynis Davies. When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
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- Drama, Horror, Music
- Richard Shepard
- 2019-05-24
- Getting There
- And, About That Wig Reveal…
- No, The Perfection Isn’T Directly Inspired by The #Metoo and Time’s Up Movements
- All Those Split Diopter Shots Are A Nod to Brian de Palma
- The Park Chan-Wook Effect
- So, Where Are Charlotte and Lizzie Now?
The Perfection gets to its big reveal in an unorthodox fashion. From the start, shortly after Charlotte's mother dies, the film kicks off with her journey to Shanghai—where esteemed Bachoff leader, Anton, and his partner, Paloma (Alaina Huffman), prepare to celebrate the selection of a new student with a concert starring Lizzie—typically enough. Th...
Fans of RuPaul's Drag Race, rejoice! Just before Charlotte and Lizzie tell Anton they're going to "chop [his] balls off and sell them as trinkets," the former pulls at her hair, which falls to the floor as it's revealed she's been wearing a wig throughout the entire film. The real Charlotte steps forward brandishing a knife anda Mia Farrow-esque ha...
The Perfection was announced to the public in September 2017, just three weeks before The New York Times published an exposé alleging movie mogul Harvey Weinstein had sexually assaulted multiple women over the course of several decades. The Times article catalyzed a cultural shift, with subsequent exposés centering on the alleged misconduct of Kevi...
Oftentimes, Shepard and cinematographer Vanja Cernjul—who shot the pilot of Ugly Betty that Shepard directed—cued up shots where both Charlotte and Logan were visible, even if one was in the background and the other the foreground. That's an example of a split diopter shot, a calling card of director Brian De Palma's work. SHEPARD: I talked a lot o...
Shepard counts himself "a big fan" of director Park Chan-wook's Oldboy and The Handmaiden, which makes sense if you look back on The Perfection. Oldboy has such unsettling imagery far beyond a squid-slurping lunch scene, while The Handmaidenis a mixed-genre story revolving around lesbian love, and both have twists that feel larger than a simple nar...
With three bodies and a mutilated stump of a man left in their bloody wake, what are Charlotte and Lizzie to do with their lives now? Because, as it seems, opening a bed & breakfast is probablynot in the cards. BROWNING:They have a mess on their hands with all the people they murdered. It's going to take a while to figure out how they're going to a...
Overflowing with dizzying horror and sly dark humor, THE PERFECTION is directed by Richard Shepard (THE MATADOR, DOM HEMINGWAY, “Girls”), and written by Eric C. Charmelo, Nicole Snyder and...
May 30, 2019 · 'The Perfection' stars Allison Williams and Logan Browning and writer-director-producer Richard Shepard talk about the making of the twist-filled Netflix horror movie, including its...
- Hilary Lewis
May 24, 2019 · Even the most basic description – an attempt to categorize the movie based on genre alone – is an exercise in absurdity; in the words of co-writer and director Richard Shepard, The Perfection...
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May 26, 2019 · The Perfection director Richard Shepard breaks down the biggest twists and turns in his bonkers Netflix thriller, including the shockign ending.
