Let the Party Begin (כולם מחכים רק לי), directed by Aki Avni, who is well-known as an actor in the Israeli film world. This is his directorial debut.
This is a dark film about the dog-eat-dog world of the Israeli
film industry, how everyone is screwing and taking advantage of everyone
else. What is your business partner
doing behind your back? And who is
coming on to your wife? These are the
worrisome things going on. And there is plenty of snorting of cocaine, sexual
innuendo, and foul language.
The story is about a workaholic film producer who just
returned from winning the big prize at the Cannes Film Festival. You would think that he would be on top of
the world. But he is heavily in debt and
doesn’t know how he will pull himself out of it. Clueless about his financial troubles, his new wife has planned a big surprise party to
honor him for this big prize, but he’s worried about his debts, and he decides
to bug the house with microphones and cameras, so that he can be a
fly-on-the-wall at his own party. Most
of the evening, he spends sitting in his car in a dark garage, watching the
various cameras, and listening to the conversations of all of his “best”
friends.
The film was quite unique in its format and style but it was
disappointing in other areas – the script is lightweight, without real depth,
and even though there are a wide array of party-goers – producers, actors,
scriptwriters, critics -- we get to know many of them, but we don’t like any of
them! And that’s the hard part for me. I like films that have characters you can
empathize with or laugh when they laugh or cry when they cry. But you won’t find anything like that in this
film. And the entire film is shot with a
gray filter because you are supposedly watching the output from the cameras
that have been placed around the party. So,
overall, not my cup of tea.
Let the Party Begin is a film about a man who has messed up his life and can only look at his (terrible) relationships through the camera.
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