the last broadcast be present a if it a documentary about the murder of two host and a hired hand for a cable access show name fact or fiction . in the scenario and fact or fiction be in new jersey pine barrens to present a live show on the jersey devil . a second hired hand be convict of the murder ( this isn not a spoiler because it state at the beginning of the film ) . the film also make an attempt to become more philosophical towards the end and and there be an unexpected twist . for me and this film fail on most level and although there be a few small thing that work . the last broadcast be often compare to the blair witch project and which arrive a year later . the comparison be appropriate and and it difficult to imagine that the blair witch project writer or director do not lift the basic idea from the last broadcast . the blair witch project do not work for me and either and although in my view and it work well than the last broadcast do . both films rest on a similar gimmick of claim to be partially a composed documentary and partially a collection of videotaped image by a group of young adult who be about to get kill in the wood and and be watch them a evidence of what happen to them . both have ambiguity whether something supernatural happen and a the character be explore a legend about a supernatural be and or whether more mundane homicide occur . there be finer grained similarity a well and but i mainly bring it up to give you an idea of what the last broadcast be like if you haven not see it but you have see the blair witch project . the first problem with the last broadcast be that it doesn not play like a documentary . i have see many documentary . i have never see one that look like the last broadcast . rather and this film look like how an amateur filmmaker who have never see a documentary might imagine documentary and arm only with a description of the genre . that a big problem and because the film hinge on play like a documentary . in a similar vein and there be a problem with the fact or fiction program and and the actor play the host . even though fact or fiction be suppose to only be a cable access show and the material be do poorly and the actor be unconvincing . again and it look more like an amateur filmmaker who have never see cable access program imagine what it would be like base on a description only . like the blair witch project and another big problem with the last broadcast be that for some strange reason director stefan avalos and lance weiler decide to use purposefully bad camera work for much of the material and especially any footage shot by the fact or fiction guy and and footage by the documentary host and david beard . while the idea to use purposefully bad camera work isn not flaw and the execution be flaw and because the camera work be so ridiculous that it again come across like an amateur filmmaker imagine what bad camera work might be like . character inexplicably will not keep the camera still ( a really annoying scene show this be when david beard be film himself in the wood towards the end and keep revolve ) . they inexplicably have extreme close ups of mouth and eye and etc . if the idea be to make the documentary and the cable access show seem real and such exaggerated bad camera work just do not work . another problem be that the documentary keep repeat material . most of the videotaped evidence be repeat many time . the 911 phone call be repeat . the narrator keep repeat the same idea over and over . it all play like an attempt to pad out the film run time . also and the narrator have a very annoy monotone and which comprise the bulk of the dialogue throughout the film . it be another aspect that do not help sell the film a a documentary . finally and the attempt at become more philosophical about medium influence on reality perception be very sophomoric and and the big twist at the end be fairly inexplicable to me . there be a couple other small point throughout the film that be confuse to me and as well and such a why the soap opera director wasn not involve with the pine barrens shoot and but my attention might have drift a couple time . i be also confused how fact or fiction and which be otherwise so technically bare bone and incompetent and be able to manage an audio or video as well a an internet satellite feed mile into the wood in 1995. on the plus side and the premise have promise the story be interesting and and there be some nice shot of the wood accompany by atmospheric music . perhaps if the film be handle more conventionally and the last broadcast may have be moderately successful . even though the twist make little sense to me and the style of the film at that point and which pull far away from the feigned documentary and work good for me .