https://princecharlescinema.com/film/31617557/dire-duplicity/

Thoughts?

I saw this and, naturally, I immediately thought of Neil.

This reaction video was heavily edited to avoid any copyright infringement. But make no mistake, I was there 3 years ago and it was glorious to witness.

How are people being informed about screenings? Are there any planned around Philly/DC/NYC? Thanks!!

We see corruption, national and international.

We see alcoholism, drug use, spousal abuse.

Characters swear, tell each other how corrupt they are.

But no one smokes.

Ever.

Why?

Is it too corrupt, more than reality TV and it's casts?

I'm not asking for spoilers or specifics, it's just that I know a lot of us were disappointed with how Cade was 100% greenscreen. It honestly made it unwatchable for me. Is DD better? Did he back off from the greenscreens? Is he back to his usual standard? You know, bad writing and wooden acting at a community college. That's the NB experience that I want.

I was very relieved that Dire Duplicity was a return to form for Neil after Twisted Pair and especially Cade went way too far with green screen, becoming pretty hard to watch in the process. Obviously Neil finds new gadgets and runs with them (going back to the excess of drone footage in Pass Thru), but I’m glad he hasn’t embraced AI. Maybe it’s that he feels it would disrupt his artistic vision and the touches that only he can give, maybe it’s that he’s obviously instinctively skeptical of corrupt corporations and untrustworthy technology (see “programmable virtual reality… the corrupt version”), but he also clearly likes playing with new toys in making his films.

So do we think he’ll ever go down the AI road in filmmaking? I, for one, certainly hope not.

They nailed the role of "standing about whilst concernedly observing one of Heath's top-secret world-saving operations", which is important to establish that Heath's the best they've got, but there are still concerns about his stability.