White Trash Humpers & VHS

Trash Humpers

"Are you not entertained?" Maximus yells to the crowd.  Yes, I was entertained.  The humor began to wear off for me when the humor became a bit more twisted (dragging the baby dolls, the racist humor, etc.).  I did find the actual trash humping to be hilarious in a visual sense as the slapstick was well done.  Whenever they incorporated vegetation into the scene, it would initially make me laugh, but then it would make me feel odd (which it probably should). 

I think there were some great visual and storytelling moments in the video - the monologue about life without heads, the driving scene with the talk about how he lives his life, the shots of them sleeping indoors and out, and the ending scene with the woman and the baby - just to name a few.  These scenes gave this overly repulsive (to me, anyway) and "Jackass" type of movie some redemptive nature.

Visually and structurally I think it was wonderfully made.  The ffwd and rew and play, the visual texture of the videotape, and the tracking glitchiness of it perfectly matched what I was viewing.  This style of 'editing' was well played and while I was watching, I tried to think of how I respond if it was in a different or 'normal' viewing or editing style and I think it would not have had the overall same feeling and it would have seem more 'staged' and that would have taken the edge or anxiousness away from the viewer in a bad way.

VHS

Just a quick note about this - fantastically shot and edited.  Very suspenseful and entertaining.  I try not to watch these things too often because of how wound up I feel during them, but was glad to 'experience' this video.  It was fun, playful, eerie, and wild.  It gave me a bit of the "Blair Witch" experience in that it looked authentic even though I know it wasn't.