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Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades pivoted so that the sharpened edges slide against each other when the handles (bows) opposite to the pivot are closed. Scissors are used for cutting various thin materials, such as paper, cardboard, metal foil, thin plastic, cloth, rope, and wire. Scissors can also be used to cut hair and food. Scissors and shears are functionally equivalent, but larger implements tend to be called shears.
There are many types of scissors and shears for different purposes. For example, children's scissors, used only on paper, have dull blades and rounded corners to ensure safety. Scissors used to cut hair or fabric must be much sharper. The largest shears used to cut metal or to trim shrubs must have very strong, sharp blades.
Specialized scissors include sewing scissors, which often have one sharp point and one blunt point for intricate cutting of fabric, and nail scissors, which sometimes have curved blades for cutting fingernails and toenails.
Actors: David Heavener (actor), Francis Xavier (actor), Asad Farr (producer), George Saunders (actor), Francis Xavier (editor), Vincent De Paul (actor), Barry Ratcliffe (actor), Robert Miano (actor), Asad Farr (actor), Martin Kove (actor), Monique La Barr (actress), Michelle Wang (costume designer), Michelle Wang (actress), Erin Casteel (miscellaneous crew), Declan Joyce (actor),
Plot: It's been almost 30 years since the King died. But was he really dead? In 1977, he was whisked away to another galaxy, but now, the King returns. As he doesn't want anyone to know who he really is, he enters an Elvis impersonator contest in Las Vegas. And the trouble begins...
Keywords: alien, asian, character-name-in-title, city-in-title, elvis-impersonator, elvis-presley, independent-film, king, neo-noir, place-name-in-titleActors: Harold Cannon (actor), Sam Citron (producer), Robert Culp (actor), James Evans (actor), Sam Citron (editor), Redmond Gleeson (actor), Casper Andreas (actor), Glenn Hoeffner (actor), Joseph Culp (actor), Joseph Culp (producer), Trevor Morris (composer), Knut Hamsun (writer), Lisa Lynn Kearsley (miscellaneous crew), Kaz Boyle (composer), Ho-Kwan Tse (actor),
Plot: A sensitive writer from a small town faces spiritual crisis as he tries to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. Charlie Pontus (Joseph Culp) wanders around Los Angeles torn between his efforts to sell a screenplay and find his next meal. His natural optimism keeps him afloat as he walks the tight-rope between his love for the beautiful, exotic Ylayali (Kathleen Luong) and his desperate connection to The Chief (Robert Culp), the Hollywood producer who has the power to give life or take it away. Stubbornly refusing to relinquish his principles, he sinks deeper and deeper into spiritual crisis, finally confronting God in a Jobian showdown. Ultimately, the story illustrates the difficult balance between artistic integrity and the commercial necessities of Hollywood. This "towering portrait of an artist's indomitable spirit" is based on "Hunger" (1890), the first existentialist novel ever written and the greatest work of Norwegian Nobel laureate, Knut Hamsun. This is the first digital feature to be based on a classic work of literature. Shot guerrilla-style on the streets of Los Angeles, it was made entirely independently for a budget of only $10,000.
Keywords: based-on-novel, independent-film, knut-hamsun