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Final Cut

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Final Cut	label	Final Cut
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Final Cut	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Final Cut (originally titled Coupez! - Cut! - in French) is a French comedy directed by Michel Hazanavicius. It is a French remake of the Japanese film One Cut of the Dead and stars Romain Duris and Bérénice Bejo.In an abandonned building, the shooting of a zombie flick nearly comes to an end, but the actress can't act the last scene. The director throws a tantrum while the makeup artist tries to patch things up while telling them about a rumour regarding the filming location's cursed history. Suddenly, crew members are turned into zombies. This was planned by the director who wanted the best setting for a horror film. Lo and behold, the main actress manages to survive."And... cut!" That was a wrap for Z.Z is a film directed by Rémi Bouillon. Rémi (Romain Duris) is a director whose motto is "fast, not too expensive, middle of the road". Thanks to his producer friend Mounir, he is asked to direct the French remake of a Japanese B-movie which was a success in its native country (one catch is that the movie will be shot live for the premiere of a streaming platform). Rémi is reluctant, but in an effort to please his daughter Manon, he accepts.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The story of Final Cut is structured in three acts: Z, the events leading up to the conception of Z, and the filming of Z.Not to be confused with The Final Cut starring Robin Williams or the Pink Floyd album.For clarity's sake, this page specifies if a trope is related to the film Z or Final Cut. Additionally, due to the Show Within a Show nature of Final Cut, there are more plot-related tropes in the Trivia tab.
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Final Cut / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Final Cut / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: As Chinatsu axes Higurashi to death, she yells "Cut!" (which is the French title of the film).
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Final Cut / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Final Cut / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: By Quentin Dupieux.
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Final Cut / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Final Cut / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The axe of "Z". First mentioned as a dangerous prop and later proven to be useful as a zombie-killing/murdering weapon. In Final Cut, Rémi has a picture of him with his daughter riding on his shoulder and holding a camera. During the last minutes of Z, this picture gives Manon the idea to make a human pyramid in order for the aerial shot to happen.
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Final Cut / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
Final Cut / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy: In Z, Natsumi becomes one after the horror begins, although this is also caused by Nadia's acting going out of hand. Additionally, she actually uses an axe to kill whoever stands in her way.
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Final Cut / int_2e06a5f8	type	Undead Laborers
Final Cut / int_2e06a5f8	comment	Undead Laborers: In Z, the first zombies are crew members of the film.
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Final Cut / int_35f4e52b	type	In-Universe Soundtrack
Final Cut / int_35f4e52b	comment	In-Universe Soundtrack: Played for Laughs in Final Cut when Fatih rehearses his horror movie soundtrack while tension is building up between Rémi and Miss Matsuda.
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Final Cut / int_3ae5f176	type	Flyaway Shot
Final Cut / int_3ae5f176	comment	Flyaway Shot: The last shot of Z shows Chinatsu standing over a bloody pentagram as the camera lifts off. A crane was supposed to be used for this shot, but it got accidentally destroyed. On Manon's idea, the crew decides to build a human pyramid as a replacement.
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Final Cut / int_3ef2e095	type	Beware the Living
Final Cut / int_3ef2e095	comment	Beware the Living: In Z, Natsumi turns to be just as dangerous as the zombies by trying to beat up or even kill anyone who stands in her way.
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Final Cut / int_423f5a19	type	Killed Offscreen
Final Cut / int_423f5a19	comment	Killed Offscreen: In Z, as Natsumi and Ken start to fight, the camera switches to Chinatsu who keeps screaming for a while. The camera then switches to Natsumi's corpse with the axe on her head. Chinatsu kept screaming because the crew had to take the time to knock out Nadia and put the gory effects on her.
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Final Cut / int_4802c03d	type	Bad Influencer
Final Cut / int_4802c03d	comment	Bad Influencer: Downplayed in Final Cut with Ava who is clingy about anything in the shooting that could affect her appearance and thus her social media image.
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Final Cut / int_48081842	type	The Stinger
Final Cut / int_48081842	comment	The Stinger: A crewmember arrives with a ladder, hoping to replace the crane, before realizing that the filming of Z is over and everyone left.
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Final Cut / int_48dfb7e4	type	Stock Sound Effects
Final Cut / int_48dfb7e4	comment	Stock Sound Effects: During the filming of Z, while Jonathan has a hard case of diarrhea, various fart noises can be heard in the background while Rémi is thinking about what to do next.
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Final Cut / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Final Cut / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: In Z, the entire crew is dead, except for Chinatsu who may have been infected.
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Final Cut / int_55172a70	type	Zombie Gait
Final Cut / int_55172a70	comment	Zombie Gait: Averted in Z with Yamakoshi who can run pretty fast compared to your average zombie.
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Final Cut / int_6331ba26	type	Plot Hole
Final Cut / int_6331ba26	comment	Plot Hole: Some elements of Z don't make sense due to its troubled filming. The axe is left in the building and later appears outside when Natsumi leaves the cabin This happens because Ava forgot to take it with her, so the film crew conveniently moved it). Some of the zombies are locked out and don't get back inside the building, despite the building having many open entrances. The director pops in and out for no reason.
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Final Cut / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
Final Cut / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: Rémi is extremely against the idea of casting Nadia in Z. In the next scene, he gleefully announces Nadia as one of the lead actresses.
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Final Cut / int_6b27162d	type	The Remake
Final Cut / int_6b27162d	comment	The Remake: Of One Cut of the Dead, a Japanese comedy. This trope also applies In-Universe: Rémi is asked to direct the French adaptation of a Japanese horror flick.
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Final Cut / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
Final Cut / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business In Z, Higurashi is one tough director who is ready to break any ethical rule, as long as his cast expresses the right emotion. In Final Cut, Nadia takes acting way too seriously (and it's the reason why she hasn't played in a movie for years). She beats up Raphaël thanks to her Krav Maga skills and has to be knocked out so that the filming can continue.
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Final Cut / int_71abd546	type	Excited Show Title!
Final Cut / int_71abd546	comment	Excited Show Title!: Applies to French title, Coupez!
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Final Cut / int_722d0026	type	Vanity Plate
Final Cut / int_722d0026	comment	Vanity Plate: Played for Laughs and exaggerated with the absurd number of production logos at the start of the film, which includes some fake logos that appear later in the film itself.
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Final Cut / int_77195de1	type	Contagious Laughter
Final Cut / int_77195de1	comment	Contagious Laughter: After Rémi is briefed on the project, he starts to laugh out of confusion until everybody in the room laughs along (particularly Miss Matsuda who believes that Rémi is laughing with glee).
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Final Cut / int_7d3f1d63	type	The Ending Changes Everything
Final Cut / int_7d3f1d63	comment	The Ending Changes Everything; The third act which shows how Z was filmed, explains all the flaws and oddities that the audience saw in the first act.
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Final Cut / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
Final Cut / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: In Final Cut, Philippe tries to remain sober after years of drinking... until he drinks bottles of sake on the day of Z's shooting.
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Final Cut / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Final Cut / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Rémi acts this way in "Z", with a rage fueled by his arguments with Raphaël.
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Final Cut / int_83445b04	type	Pun
Final Cut / int_83445b04	comment	Pun: A French-exclusive pun in Final Cut is how Raphaël's character is named Ken (which is a Japanese common name, but also French slang for fornicating). This leads to scenes where Ava's lines implicate that she doesn't want to have sex when actually, she just doesn't want to be with Ken.
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Final Cut / int_8b60a09b	type	Capitalism Is Bad
Final Cut / int_8b60a09b	comment	Capitalism Is Bad: In Final Cut, Raphaël complains about the initial script of Z and prefers to see zombies as dehumanized products of society. When he is asked to improv his lines during the filming of Z, he makes an anticapitalist rant at one of the zombies.
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Final Cut / int_9b06c1d4	type	Sense-Impaired Monster
Final Cut / int_9b06c1d4	comment	Sense-Impaired Monster: The monster that Chinatsu faces in the cabin doesn't seem to have sight and doesn't react to her presence as she shuts her mouth.
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Final Cut / int_9e31f0b1	type	One-Letter Title
Final Cut / int_9e31f0b1	comment	One-Letter Title: Z was the original title of the film before being changed to Final Cut (due to the symbolism of the letter Z as a support towards Vladimir Putin in the Russian invasion of Ukraine). Still, the title Z remains used for the zombie film directed by Rémi Bouillon.
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Final Cut / int_a2022cc9	type	Killed Mid-Sentence
Final Cut / int_a2022cc9	comment	Killed Mid-Sentence: In Z, Higurashi films himself telling a final speech before getting interrupted and axed by Chinatsu who complains about him taking too long.
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Final Cut / int_a33b90b2	type	Improv
Final Cut / int_a33b90b2	comment	Improv: Most of the dialogues in Z are improvised due to the technical problems prior to its recording. At one point, a crew member literally asks the cast to improv while they're waiting for something to happen.
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Final Cut / int_a3cdf764	type	Drinking on Duty
Final Cut / int_a3cdf764	comment	Drinking on Duty: Philippe drinks bottles of sake on the day of Z's shooting, after trying to remain sober for a while.
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Final Cut / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Final Cut / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: In Z, Natsumi's skills in krav maga are mentionned at the beginning of Z (because the crew asked Nadia to Improv) and later turn out to be useful when she battles zombies.
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Final Cut / int_ad22fa80	type	Apocalyptic Log
Final Cut / int_ad22fa80	comment	Apocalyptic Log: In Z, Higurashi records his last moments before getting axed to death by Chinatsu.
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Final Cut / int_ad4c74ed	type	Final Girl
Final Cut / int_ad4c74ed	comment	Final Girl: Z ends with Chinatsu as the sole survivor (although she has a zombie bite on her leg).
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Final Cut / int_b2af79fb	type	Leave the Camera Running
Final Cut / int_b2af79fb	comment	Leave the Camera Running: Due to the technical incidents happening during the one-shot filming of Z, the camera crew keeps filming while the cast waits for the plot to move on or a special effect to happen. There is a specific scene where the cameraman is stuck by a cable and cannot move, which leaves us with a chasing scene happening off-screen for around a minute.
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Final Cut / int_bda3b88e	type	Sudden Soundtrack Stop
Final Cut / int_bda3b88e	comment	Sudden Soundtrack Stop: Some scenes of Z suddenly have no soundtrack at all when an action is expected to happen. This is because the composer Fatih plays the soundtrack in real-time and gets frustrated over the sudden lack of action.
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Final Cut / int_c14ca4e0	type	Zombie Infectee
Final Cut / int_c14ca4e0	comment	Zombie Infectee: In Z, Chinatsu isn't sure if she got bit by Yamakoshi. Natsumi gets frustrated over that and attempts to kill her.
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Final Cut / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
Final Cut / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: The filming of a zombie by Japanese director Higurashi is part of the movie Z, directed by Rémi Bouillon, which is part of Final Cut, directed by Michel Hazanavicius. Outside of Z, Rémi also directs a scripted reality show.
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Final Cut / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Final Cut / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In Final Cut, Manon is off to her job as a crew assistant, telling their parents that her current project is "a mix between Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola". Manon cites Raphaël as "the French Adam Driver". When Rémi suits up as Higurashi, Fatih compares him to French singer Carlos "with a case of chikungunya". When Manon talks about her mother's acting to Mounir, she tells him about that one time where Nadia had a minor role in a Jean-Claude Van Damme film and actually broke the actor's wrist due to her acting issues.
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Final Cut / int_d06305ff	type	Talking with Signs
Final Cut / int_d06305ff	comment	Talking with Signs: During the filming of Z, the crew communicates to the cast via handwritten signs.
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Final Cut / int_d0f0a80d	type	One-Word Title
Final Cut / int_d0f0a80d	comment	One-Word Title: The French title of the film (Cut!) can be viewed as a response to the French title of One Cut of the Dead (Don't Cut).
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Final Cut / int_d442f9d1	type	ToiletHumor
Final Cut / int_d442f9d1	comment	Toilet Humor: In Final Cut, Jonathan has diarrhea as the filming starts. Leading to an unexpected scene where he storms off the building in order to take a dump. The crew applies zombie makeup on him while he is still passing feces (complemented with stock fart sound effects).
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Final Cut / int_e38d605	type	Big Guy, Little Guy
Final Cut / int_e38d605	comment	Big Guy, Little Guy: A female example with Miss Matsuda (little) and her translator (tall).
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Final Cut / int_e6055047	type	Translator Buddy
Final Cut / int_e6055047	comment	Translator Buddy: Miss Matsuda has a Japanese-to-French translator who always stays around her.
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Final Cut / int_e7e558	type	The Oner
Final Cut / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: Z is filmed live for the premiere of a streaming platform and thus, has to be filmed in one long 30-minute shot.
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Final Cut / int_f717d46e	type	Stock Foreign Name
Final Cut / int_f717d46e	comment	Stock Foreign Name: The characters of Z have Japanese names such as Akira, Ken or Higurashi.
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Final Cut / int_fdbdc112	type	Practical Effects
Final Cut / int_fdbdc112	comment	Practical Effects: They are obligatory in the context of Z since the film is shot live in one long shot. However, the vomit of Hosoda is real since Philippe drank bottles of sake before the start of the shooting. One FX tool in particular, fake tears, keeps reappearing throughout the film.
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