Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America 2003 123movies

Watch: Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America 2003 123movies, Full Movie Online – From acclaimed director Douglas Buck comes an unflinching, disturbingly beautiful look at the underbelly of American family. Three separate narratives (including the shocking film festival favorite “Cutting Moments” as well as “Home” and “Prologue”) combine to create a unique trilogy of life today that will leave you devastating… and begging for more..
Plot: Three narratives (“Cutting Moments,” “Home” and “Prologue”) combine to create a shocking trilogy of modern American life, a portrait drawn with brushstrokes of hidden violence and disturbing cruelty. Directed by Douglas Buck, this unflinching film reveals what lies behind the drawn curtains of so-called “ordinary” households.
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A masterpiece of dark family drama
I rate a movie according to what it is trying to be, not what genre or theme I personally enjoy. This trilogy is not for mainstream audiences. It is extreme drama that borders on horror, but without feeling exploitative. Extreme, but true to itself. This film takes you on an “anything but subtle!” no holds barred emotional journey through some tragic families. I was amazed that looking through the credits here on IMDb the actor/actresses had so little previous credits. An incredible level of polish, in an indie film. The last piece “prologue” nicely rounds out the other two with a feeling not of redemption, but of hope for positive human traits, love and caring, to exist even after violent life changing tragedy. I am extremely impressed.

A sad and depressing experience.
The first short “Cutting Moments”(1997)simply blew me away.It’s an incredibly depressing and cold journey into into family alienation,murder and masochistic self-mutilation.A young wife Sarah played convincingly by Nica Ray desperately wants to be loved,but her husband Gary Bettsworth has no remaining feelings for the woman,so he turns his jaded sexuality onto his son,whom he abuses.She dresses up in red to become more appealing to her husband(unsuccessfully)and after that Sarah horribly mutilates herself.She scrubs her lips bloody before cutting them off,the final act of utter desperation that encourages her husband to indulge into obscene act of feeling.A truly masterful short filled with despair and horrific gore.The second film “Home”(1998)plays almost like a remake of “Cutting Moments” and has similarly disturbing tone without relaying on excessive gore.We see another dysfunctional family living in their own private hell and that makes the climax more bleak and depressing.”Home” is not as good as “Cutting Moments”,but it surely left me emotionally drained.The last film “Prologue”(2003)tells the story of a young teenage girl,who was brutally attacked and raped one year earlier.She emerges from the hospital in a wheelchair and arrives back home with her parents.Soon the emotional horror begins as a young woman decides to confront her attacker,a local artist called Benjamin Miller,who draws obscene sexual pictures of a young girls.Still “Prologue” seems to be the most optimistic film of the trilogy and I really recommend it.Douglas Buck is certainly one of the bravest directors around and I can easily say that I liked “Family Portraits”.9 out of 10.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 43 min (103 min) (USA)
Budget 200000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, Horror
Director Douglas Buck
Writer Douglas Buck
Actors Jared Barsky, Gary Betsworth, Ray Bland, Sally Conway
Country USA
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
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Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
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Negative Format 16 mm
Cinematographic Process Super 16
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