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Allan I did not see this movie Grand
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Theft Hamlet I don't even know what this
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is tell me film this is actually in
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limited release uh I saw it at South by
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Southwest last year um it's it's a very
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simple uh simple premise here uh we're
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in the middle of covid these filmmakers
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uh are bored out of their mind this is a
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documentary by the way uh filmmakers are
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bored out of the mind and they decided
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and and the way they the way the these
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three filmmakers communicated with each
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other they would hop on to Grand Theft
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Auto and just kind of make that their
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little chat room there and they decide
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that hey wouldn't it be a great idea to
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do a performance of Hamlet in the world
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of Grand Theft Auto so they set up a
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stage they set up a stage they start
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casting people and of course if you've
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ever been uh online in these VR sessions
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or whatever you know people are nuts but
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they were able to find actual actors who
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wanted to do this and uh so they
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rehearse and then it culminates in the
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final performance of of Hamlet and
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what's funny about this is uh you know
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the earnestness of the filmmakers to
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pull this off meanwhile uh during every
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rehearsal someone comes along and
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everybody in the the game realm and um
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the entire film is shot within the world
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of Grand Theft Auto uh and uh it's just
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a very fascinating very funny very
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film and uh you know it's it's just one
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of those it's the I I think the humor
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really comes from these filmmakers and
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actors who are just so Earnest wanting
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to do something Grand uh special
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something of class and culture but set
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in Grand Theft Auto and seeing them
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murdered mid performance by some random
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stranger uh so yeah uh it's in limited
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release I believe it's in New York this
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week comes to La next week and then out
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uh out Nationwide the week after that
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well I'm really curious about this I
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like this idea of like you know making
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movies in video games there was red
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versus blue if you're a Halo fan you
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know what that is um so I love this
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concept but did they is it is it funny
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is it did they get good actors like yeah
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you know so the the filmmakers are you
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know proper British actors and Arians um
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really yeah and uh and so the audition
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process you know how if you've ever I've
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metaverse uh and I'm just surrounded by
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idiots and morons you know just uh you
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you know it's like I don't I don't like
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being around uh virtual reality people
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and when they cast um the the uh the
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actors you know they certainly ran into
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those people people who were just there
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as a goof uh just ruining everyone and
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murdering people um and then some who
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are just not good actors but willing to
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give it a shot uh and then you have a
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few people who actually can act um so
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it's just it's just a mix and um yeah it
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it's to me in the end it's a very
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fascinating idea and a f fascinating
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documentary all right so I I'm I'm
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curious based on your review yeah I will
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check it out let's go to comments here
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real quick what yeah no I just say it's
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a very South by Southwest film
