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Blair Witch Project came out when I was at university, and I saw it at the cinema with a bunch of friends. It later transpired that at least two of them genuine
by thom 11y ago
Blair Witch Project came out when I was at university, and I saw it at the cinema with a bunch of friends. It later transpired that at least two of them genuinely believed it was real. In a way, I have always been envious of their gullibility, because it must have been an _incredibly_ intense experience. As it was, I still thought it was pretty good, and an incredible achievement for the budget.
- nsxwolf 11y agoI had the misfortune of seeing it with a theatre audience that laughed at everything they saw. It really killed it for me.
- curun1r 11y agoThat was one film where piracy offered an experience that the legitimate film experience couldn't have. I worked a swing shift, so my coworkers and I would have a bunch of free time at work and a coworker of mine had gotten into downloading movies from Hotline to fill the time. When he downloaded BWP, all we knew about it was that it was a file name 'Blair_Witch_Project.mpg' on some internet-connected server. There had been no publicity for it and it wasn't released in any theater in the area. When I watched it again in the theatre, it wasn't nearly as gripping as it was on the 17" monitor we used to watch it the first time. Plus, the lack of a steadicam made it actually better on a much smaller screen. All in all, I don't agree with the premise of the article. I'm not even sure I'd call BWP good. It was creative, but I don't know that it worked without the uncertainty that surrounded my first viewing. Also, for me, there was a much better horror film that came out later that year called 'Stir of Echoes', so even if BWP is considered great, it's not, for me, the last great horror film.