Chris Gore – Rock Star Film Critic
“Nerdlebrity” Chris Gore is a rock star among film critics. He writes reviews and criticism of independent films, the kind you see at the Sundance Film Festival and FX shows. “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” and all that. Gore is a standout for being sharp, insightful, and intelligently funny in his movie reviews.
The movie writer and TV dude started the magazine “Film Threat” when he was just a teenager. He made that magazine the Howard Cosell-voice of movie criticism: asking the hard questions and “telling it like it is” with jaw-shattering honesty. At present he is a featured film expert on G4TV’s “Attack of the Show” with his weekly movie review segment “DVDuesday” one of the most heavily watched.
Chris has written three books: The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made (St. Martin’s Press), The Complete DVD Book (Michael Wiese Publications), and The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide (Random House). That last title is regarded as the holy scripture of his industry and is required reading for a lot of college film programs. A fourth edition is scheduled for publication in late 2009.
Recently, Gore has gotten into independent film making himself. “My Big Fat Independent Movie” (Anchor Bay DVD) is a comedy film put together by touring 40 film festivals across the globe. You can watch it on Showtime or the Sundance Channel.
In an interview with Herb Kane in February of 2001, Gore said, “I’m much better at talking about film than writing about it, hence, my presence on television. I think my one saving grace is that I am an honest hack. I won’t do what so many do on television which is summarize the plot and marvel at the stars talking, I actually attack films that are crap and I will praise films that are deserving of it. So unlike the rest of the hacks out there, I just try to be honest. I will tell you, I have paid the price for this. I am not the most popular guy in Hollywood for taking this approach, but I could not sleep at night if I stood before an audience and lied or just sugarcoated everything. The negative reactions I get from the industry, mainly studio flacks, is an occupational hazard that I choose to live with.”
Keep hacking away at the root of all evil–bad film making–Chris Gore.