Velvet Buzzsaw Dvd

Velvet Buzzsaw is a 2019 American satirical horror thriller film written and directed by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen, and John Malkovich. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 27 and was released on February 1, 2019, by Netflix and in selected theaters.

Plot

In Miami, art critic Morf Vandewalt attends an art exhibition alongside his friend, Josephina, who works for Rhodora Haze, owner of the Haze Gallery and formerly a member of the rock band Velvet Buzzsaw. Unfulfilled in his love life with his boyfriend, Ed, Morf starts a sexual relationship with Josephina.

Returning to Los Angeles, Josephina finds a dead man named Vetril Dease in her apartment building and enters his home to discover myriad paintings, some of which are partially destroyed. Josephina steals the paintings to show Morf and Rhodora, who become fascinated with Dease. Rhodora decides to exhibit several of his pieces in her gallery, where they’re an instant success. The artworks also enchant Gretchen, Morf’s art curator friend, and Piers, a former artist for the Haze Gallery.

Rhodora keeps most of the paintings, and Morf and Josephina keep a small portion each. To ensure the rarity of the paintings, Rhodora orders gallery worker Bryson to transport half of them to storage. En route, a painting catches fire from his cigarette ash and burns him, causing him to crash into a gas station. After he heads inside to clean the burns, Bryson is attacked by a painting of grease monkeys fixing a car and goes missing.

Researching Dease, Morf discovers he suffered from a troubled and abusive childhood that culminated in the murder of his father and a growing mental illness that permeates his works. Jon Dondon, a rival art gallery owner, has hired an investigator to uncover the same story. He attempts to reveal Dease’s story to the press but is murdered when a mysterious hand hangs him by his scarf. Coco, Rhodora’s former assistant who had just begun working for Jon, discovers his body. Morf sees a hand in a Dease painting suddenly move, which unsettles him, and he later discovers that Dease used blood in his paintings.

Gretchen negotiates display of some of Dease’s collection in the city gallery. In exchange, the city gallery will display an interactive piece titled Sphere that is owned by Gretchen’s primary client. Meanwhile, Gretchen also sabotages Josephina’s relationship with Morf by telling her he still cares for Ed. One night, Gretchen sticks her arm in one of the holes in Sphere, which malfunctions and severs her arm before she dies of blood loss. Despite her death, there is a spike in interest and demand for the Dease exhibit. Morf and Josephina break up after he finds out she is dating Damrish, a rising artist.

Morf’s visions worsen, and he urges Rhodora to stop selling Dease’s artwork. She ignores him and, knowing he will write a negative article about the artworks, tries to sell them off as fast as she can. Morf hires Coco to dispose of the artworks. After breaking up with Damrish for him choosing not to display his art in a gallery, Josephina is mysteriously transported into a gallery where the paintings melt around her and cover her skin. As Morf puts the Dease artworks into his storage unit, he discovers a deactivated Hoboman, a robotic art piece he had earlier critiqued. Hoboman springs to life and chases Morf into a dead end, where, despite Morf’s pleas for mercy, he snaps Morf’s neck.

The next morning, Coco finds Morf’s body while Josephina’s terrified image is seen on a wall of graffiti. Rhodora, now believing the deaths are connected to Dease, has all the artwork in her house removed. As she sits outside her house, the buzzsaw tattoo on her neck begins spinning and slashes her flesh, killing her. On the way to the airport, returning home to Michigan, Coco passes a homeless man selling Dease’s paintings. Meanwhile, Piers, who has moved away to a beachside house, draws curving lines on the beach as the waves wash over them.

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal as Morf Vandewalt
Rene Russo as Rhodora Haze
Toni Collette as Gretchen
Zawe Ashton as Josephina
Tom Sturridge as Jon Dondon
Natalia Dyer as Coco
Daveed Diggs as Damrish
Billy Magnussen as Bryson
John Malkovich as Piers
Alan Mandell as Vetril Dease
Mig Macario as Cloudio
Nitya Vidyasagar as Gita
Sedale Threatt Jr. as Ed
Pat Healy as the man from Parlack
Marco Rodríguez as Ray Ruskinspear