The Final Kiss
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The Final Kiss AKA Blood on the Guitar is a 2005 Drama film
that was directed by Scott Shaw
.
stars Nick Cross and Christian, who are played by Scott Shaw and Kenneth H. Kim respectively. The Christian character recruits Nick Cross to reenter the world of Rock n' Roll but he is far too lost in his use of heroin to move forward with the project. This leads to the ongoing degeneration of the primary characters and their individual girlfriends until several members of the cast either die from the use of drugs or the gunplay generated by the Nick Cross character due to his anger at these deaths.
style soundtrack and edits. It also references Blacksploitation Cinema. The nemesis in this film is played by Kevin Thompson. His characters name is Priest.
This feature was filmed in the Haight Ashbury section of San Francisco and in Hollywood, California.
This film is considered a "Zen Film" in that it was created in the distinct style of filmmaking formulated by Scott Shaw
known as Zen Filmmaking. In this style of filmmaking no scripts are used.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
that was directed by Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw is an American actor, author, journalist, film director, film producer, musician, professor and martial artist.-Early life:...
.
Plot
This film follows the exploits of two rockRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
stars Nick Cross and Christian, who are played by Scott Shaw and Kenneth H. Kim respectively. The Christian character recruits Nick Cross to reenter the world of Rock n' Roll but he is far too lost in his use of heroin to move forward with the project. This leads to the ongoing degeneration of the primary characters and their individual girlfriends until several members of the cast either die from the use of drugs or the gunplay generated by the Nick Cross character due to his anger at these deaths.
Style
As is the case with virtually all of the film work of Scott Shaw this film follows a non-linear storyline, interrupted by music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
style soundtrack and edits. It also references Blacksploitation Cinema. The nemesis in this film is played by Kevin Thompson. His characters name is Priest.
This feature was filmed in the Haight Ashbury section of San Francisco and in Hollywood, California.
This film is considered a "Zen Film" in that it was created in the distinct style of filmmaking formulated by Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw is an American actor, author, journalist, film director, film producer, musician, professor and martial artist.-Early life:...
known as Zen Filmmaking. In this style of filmmaking no scripts are used.