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| '''Philip Zlotorynski''' is the pseudonym for online film critic ], the founder of the now bankrupt movie review magazine ]. The name Philip Zlotorynski is used for his amateur ] experiments. An anonymously unidentified homeless man was hired to pretend to be Philip in photoshoots and in behind-the-scenes video whilst Mr.Gore attended to his film pursuits, the joke being an intentional rift on ]'s ] alter-ego whom was meant to symbolize everything Kaufman hated about showbiz, which is why Chris Gore chose a clearly unstable, nigh-maintenance effeminate homosexual man to pretend to be the clearly fabricated "Philip" to mock everything he loathed about the phony, narcissistic independent film scene. | |||
| '''Philip Scott Zlotorynski''' (born ], ]) is an ] ]. | |||
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==Directing== | ||
| '']'' marked his feature directorial debut. However, '']'' was a ], experiencing a very limited theatrical run in 10 markets, earning only $4,655 in box office receipts. The film was very poorly received by the public and critics, receiving a very low 23% rotten rating over at ]. | |||
| Zlotorynski graduated with honors from ], ] with a degree in film and television production in 1997. He spent two years as head of the Trailer Department for ]'s Concorde-New Horizons. | |||
| ⚫ | Chris Parry, entertainment journalist and film critic for efilmcritic.com offered the following analysis about why ''"My Big Fat Independent Movie"'' failed to catch on with the public, stating: | ||
| ==Notable accomplishments and controversy== | |||
| After completing the dramatic short ''Sway'' in 2001, Zlotorynski went to work on his next short project ''Walkentalk'' which has gained some notoriety on the festival circuit. '']'' marked his feature directorial debut. However, it was a ], experiencing a very limited theatrical run in 10 markets, earning only $4,655 in box office receipts. The film was poorly received by the public and critics, receiving a very low 23% rotten rating over at ]. The film was also rejected by the Sundance film festival, the Slamdance film festival and most major film festivals even though the film went on to play at some lesser known film festivals with mixed results such as Cinequest, South by Southwest, San Diego Film Festival, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Worldfest Houston and the Temecula Valley Film Festival, where it won Best Feature. | |||
| A firestorm of internet debate soon erupted over the film's lowbrow treatment of independent film classics and, as a result, the movie suffered a backlash from die-hard independent film fans, many of which considered the film to be blasphemous toward the genre. | |||
| ⚫ | Chris Parry, entertainment journalist and film critic for efilmcritic.com |
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| {{cquote|''If the makers of MBFIM had chosen only awful indie films to ridicule, they might have found it easier to keep the comedy standard high. Alternately, if they decided to go way over the top and jam as many pop culture references in as possible, as a true test of the indie film fan’s knowledge, they might have carried things off on pure geek homage value. But the film as it stands is stranded in a dire middle ground, where the target audience loves the films being ridiculed too much to go along with things, and the wider audience simply won’t get what films are actually being referenced.''}} | {{cquote|''If the makers of MBFIM had chosen only awful indie films to ridicule, they might have found it easier to keep the comedy standard high. Alternately, if they decided to go way over the top and jam as many pop culture references in as possible, as a true test of the indie film fan’s knowledge, they might have carried things off on pure geek homage value. But the film as it stands is stranded in a dire middle ground, where the target audience loves the films being ridiculed too much to go along with things, and the wider audience simply won’t get what films are actually being referenced.''}} | ||
| ==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
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*] (2005) - Director/Editor | ||
| *'']'' (2003) - Director/Producer/Writer/Editor | |||
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*Walkentalk (2003) - Director/Producer/Writer/Editor | ||
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*Sway (2001) - Director/Producer/Writer/Editor | ||
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*Thunderpoint (1998) - Director/Producer/Editor | ||
| *The Seventh Day (1997) - Director/Writer | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| *{{imdb name|id=0957454|name=Philip Zlotorynski}} | |||
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Revision as of 06:57, 22 December 2008
Philip Zlotorynski is the pseudonym for online film critic Chris Gore, the founder of the now bankrupt movie review magazine Filmthreat. The name Philip Zlotorynski is used for his amateur film experiments. An anonymously unidentified homeless man was hired to pretend to be Philip in photoshoots and in behind-the-scenes video whilst Mr.Gore attended to his film pursuits, the joke being an intentional rift on Andy Kaufman's Tony Clifton alter-ego whom was meant to symbolize everything Kaufman hated about showbiz, which is why Chris Gore chose a clearly unstable, nigh-maintenance effeminate homosexual man to pretend to be the clearly fabricated "Philip" to mock everything he loathed about the phony, narcissistic independent film scene.
Directing
My Big Fat Independent Movie marked his feature directorial debut. However, My Big Fat Independent Movie was a box office bomb, experiencing a very limited theatrical run in 10 markets, earning only $4,655 in box office receipts. The film was very poorly received by the public and critics, receiving a very low 23% rotten rating over at Rottentomatoes.
Chris Parry, entertainment journalist and film critic for efilmcritic.com offered the following analysis about why "My Big Fat Independent Movie" failed to catch on with the public, stating:
If the makers of MBFIM had chosen only awful indie films to ridicule, they might have found it easier to keep the comedy standard high. Alternately, if they decided to go way over the top and jam as many pop culture references in as possible, as a true test of the indie film fan’s knowledge, they might have carried things off on pure geek homage value. But the film as it stands is stranded in a dire middle ground, where the target audience loves the films being ridiculed too much to go along with things, and the wider audience simply won’t get what films are actually being referenced.
Filmography
- My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005) - Director/Editor
- Walkentalk (2003) - Director/Producer/Writer/Editor
- Sway (2001) - Director/Producer/Writer/Editor
- Thunderpoint (1998) - Director/Producer/Editor
- The Seventh Day (1997) - Director/Writer
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