Douglas Buck

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Douglas Buck is an American film director.

Buck grew up on Long Island,[1][2] in New York State. He later moved to New York City, where he began making films while working as an airport electrical engineer.[2]

Buck started by making short films, including Cutting Moments (1997), Home (1998), and Prologue (2003), all three of which were collected together in the Family Portraits anthology.[3][4] Rue Morgue magazine selected Cutting Moments as one of its "100 Alternative Horror Films".[5] In 2004 he began making a new version of Brian De Palma's 1973 film Sisters starring Lou Doillon, Stephen Rea and Chloë Sevigny, which was released in 2007, and described by Variety as "a worthy partner to his predecessor's famously violent slasher thriller".[6][7][8] His 2008 eco-horror film The Broken Imago is influenced by the 1976 Spanish film Quién puede matar a un niño.[9]

Buck also co-wrote the 1999 film Terror Firmer.

Filmography[]

Feature films

  • Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America (2003)
  • Sisters (2006)

Short films

  • After All (1994)
  • Cutting Moments (1997)
  • Home (1998)
  • Prologue (2003) (mid-length film)
  • The Aristofrogs (2010) (contributing director)
  • The Accident (2011) (segment from The Theatre Bizarre)

References[]

  1. ^ Burkart, Gregory (9 June 2017). "Love Will Tear Us Apart in Douglas Buck's 'Cutting Moments' (NSFW)". The13thFloor.tv. Retrieved 22 February 2020. Shot on 16mm film in a mundane suburban neighborhood (possibly inspired by Buck’s former home town of Long Island)...
  2. ^ a b "Bio". Douglas Buck official website. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018.
  3. ^ Deming, Mark. "Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  4. ^ Gates, Anita (13 October 2004). "Movie Review: 'Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America - A Sadistic Father's Legacy Cuts a Swath of Suffering". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  5. ^ "The Connoisseur's Guide to 100 Alternative Horror Films". Rue Morgue. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  6. ^ Kipp, Jeremiah. "'Suburban Holocaust': An Interview with Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America Writer-Director Douglas Buck". Filmmaker. Archived from the original on 12 October 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  7. ^ LaPorte, Nicole (2006) "Buck makes a pass at 'Sisters' remake", Daily Variety, April 13, 2006, retrieved November 16, 2009
  8. ^ Anderson, John (2007) "Sisters", Variety, March 20, 2007, retrieved November 16, 2009
  9. ^ "Exclusive: Douglas Buck Talks Broken Imago!". Dread Central. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

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