Only ignorant morons like or find Serbian Film impressive.
Supposedly, "the artistic meaning" behind the horror of what's happening to the newborn baby...then the scene where ... man, I can't even go there. Anyway, so the point is, "Its a sick world, we're being effed by everybody from the moment we're born until the moment we die & even so, after that". So THAT is what those atrocious scenes mean.
SIGH. The director didn't come out with his explanation and bullshit assertions about the artistic merit until well after the movie had come out, well after it was dismissed rightly as the excessive, juvenile junk it is. And it's actually worse, as this all was related to slights against the Serbian gov'ts treatment of the citizenry. He made some exploitative junk and then tried to claim he was some artistic expressing his voice and political dissent. Load of hogwash bullshit.
The original cut of Event Horizon was 30 minutes longer. Scenes were cut because test audiences thought they were too gruesome and disturbing. Unfortunately we'll never see it, the lost footage was found in a Transylvanian salt mine damaged beyond repair... but you can find pictures and awful quality clips of them online
One of my fav Sam Neill films, alongside Possession and In The Mouth of Madness. He made an okay Damien Thorn too
Event Horizon has a lot going for it and is pretty fun stuff. I loved the premise/storyline.
Unfortunately, its director is an incompetant hack and goes out of his way to destroy the dark horrific atmosphere damn near every time it starts ramping up and getting intense, as if he didn't know whether he wanted to do a scifi/action/adventure thriller or an outright horror flick. Very dissapointing, coulda been SOOOOOOOOO much better.
If you want a truly fucked up Samn Neil flick, watch Possession. I'll readily admit i hate the fucking movie cuz if you add it up, a good 20 min of it is just the 2 main characters screaming and having mental breakdowns. It's a bit much and can be very irritating, plus the kraut character is an embarrasment to all movies ever. That said, the plot and the shit that unfolds is among the most twisted and bizarre and grotesque in movie history. Def disturbing stuff, and although i think it ultimately has a detrimental effect on my enjoyment of the overrall movie, you'd be hardpressed to find a better and harder to watch representation of mental illness/mental collapse in a movie. Nutbags are fucking unbaerable to be around, and they sure as fuck go out of their way to mimic that with these characters.
The filmmaker made it either during his bitter divorce or shortly after, so although the movie is about as off the wall and seemingly weird for the sake of weird as you can get, it actually makes sense as it relates to a true artists outpouring of his pain regarding the destruction of a relationship. Unlike irredeemable trash like Serbian Film, there IS a point to this wackjob shit.