Everyone has been talking about the Machiavelli Hangman but no
one seems to have the slightest clue about its release date or 
when or where or why or how? The internet and newspapers are 
plastered with stories revolving around this great film and how 
it going to revolutionize the face of Hollywood because it is 
so unconventional.

There is an element about this whole Machiavelli Hangman project 
that reminds me so much of the Blair Witch Project. No one really 
knew why they went to see it or why they were talking about it, 
they just did. The ingenious thing about Blair Witch was how 
producers presented it to the public as a documentary and not a 
fictional piece. Audiences therefore were drawn to the theatres 
to see what all the buzz was about.

Of course, some were disappointed and others got what they were 
expecting. A low-budget, low-production value film with some 
comedic moments.

The main curiosity revolved around the filmmakers and how they 
were lost in the woods and especially around the actual Blair 
Witch. As a dedicated moviegoer, I did go see the Blair Witch 
Project and I completely understand why it drew such a high 
number of people to the box office.

What I don’t understand is what the Machiavelli Hangman offers 
that creates such an amazing buzz in the industry? It seems to 
be that the buzz on this movie is the buzz itself, but what on 
God’s green earth is the buzz? So they say many executives and 
professionals call it the next Pulp Fiction and how it’s going to 
blow the Sixth Sense out of the water. Who are these executives? 
They could be Ticky and Mickey, my next door neighbor’s obnoxious 
kids, sitting in the garage making up these stories.

So I researched Machiavelli Hangman and other than the hundreds 
and thousands of message boards raving about the film and 
countless articles on the crew, I did not find an inkling of what 
this movie was about and why it is so great. Is the Machiavelli 
Hangman a big joke that the "industry professionals" have created 
to experiment on the poor cinema-loving citizens of America? Is 
this their way to calibrate the amount of following a certain 
type of buzz can create?

Some rumors say that Machiavelli Hangman is a mixture of Pulp 
Fiction and Lord of the Rings. Could they have picked two films 
that are more opposite? Some rumors circulated that QT wrote 
Machiavelli Hangman under a pseudonym because he wanted to cast 
a star who would not be in the film otherwise. Some people said 
that the filmmaker is so obsessive compulsive that he would not 
start filming until there were three mega-stars attached to the 
film. All in all, Machiavelli Hangman is still a mystery and 
while the buzz circulates more, the mystery seems to be getting 
bigger. Everyone seems to know something about it, but no one 
knows the fundamentals. Everyone talks about it like it’s oh so 
amazing, but they have nothing to base their words on. I will 
admit, I’m one of them and it’s driving me crazy! 

Michael Burns is a student in Los Angeles and an editorial 
writer. Michael is among the dazed and confused, wondering 
what this Machiavelli Hangman is all about. 
http://www.hangmanmovie.com