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FILM SCHOOL

Today's Best NYTimes 1176 Best Film is a very early Brian De Palma production.

A very early Robert De Niro is the main character.

Hi Mom (1970)

is a broad farce-like experimental film; a satire.

Or, it has elements of being an experimental film with hopes of being an indie feature..

Or, perhaps, De Palma is mocking the experimental film movement of the time.

De Niro starts as a rank amateur film maker; a voyeur. He ends being the center of the action.

There is a film within a film; actually a black and white teevee documentary about being black and white. Get it?

I liked it. It was never dull. It was rough and amateurish and looked like a student film but I think that it was wiser than that. The devices of the student film were mocked and amplified and used to push the limits.

Here is another review in case you are interested.

This is a really obscure film. I am glad that I saw it even though I am only going to give it a 3 out of Netflix5.