Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

A Recycled Movie
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012)
1:24 (84 min)
7.8/10
4 876
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no scores
7.5/10
91
7.9/10
3061
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Release date
Budget
$20 000 000
Director
Scenario
Producer
Actors
Photo Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
(archive footage)
Photo Alain Delon
Alain Delon
(archive footage)
Photo Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz
(archive footage)
Photo Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
(archive footage)
Photo Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
(archive footage)
Photo Woody Allen
Woody Allen
(archive footage)
Photo Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews
(archive footage)
Photo Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
(archive footage)
All actors and roles (10)

Short description

This Hungarian drama and romance follows a man and woman who experience a sudden attraction, though their relationship faces various complications and interference. The film serves as a study of the nature of love and gender. To tell this story, the narrative uses a collage technique where the protagonists constantly change their appearance, age, and identity. This effect is achieved by editing together several hundred clips from famous global cinema classics, accompanied by well-known film music.

Directed by György Pálfi, this was the second project in a series of films that includes Taxidermia and Hen. Pálfi also co-wrote the screenplay with Zsófia Ruttkay and served as a producer alongside Béla Tarr and Péter Miskolczi. The production features archive footage of many actors, including Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Bruno Ganz, Greta Garbo, Rita Hayworth, and Woody Allen, with a total of 102 credited cast members.

The film had a budget of 20 million USD. It has been received positively by viewers, earning a rating of 7.9/10 on IMDb from 3,061 votes and a 7.5/10 on TMDB based on 91 votes.

What's left behind the scenes

  • To avoid copyright issues, the film was declared an educational material.
  • The filmmakers did not use footage from more than two films by any single director. However, director György Pálfi proved to be a passionate fan of David Lynch and used footage from more than two of his idol's films.
  • The film is entirely composed of footage from other films. Over the three years it took to produce, many versions were created, with the final version using footage from 450 films and television series.

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