本片是为一个长达一周的反战示威而拍的,该示威的主题是“愤怒的艺术家反对战争”。当时,关于“越战”的尖锐争论正在把美国人分成两个阵营,而我们可以把这部影片看做是斯科塞斯的政治表态。全片长6分钟,用恐怖的画面表现了一个年轻人如何对自己的脸进行摧残。该片参加了1968年在比利时举办的雅克·勒杜实验电影节(Jacques Ledoux’s 1968 Festival of Experimental Cinema),并且获得了“金色时光奖”(Le Prix de L’Age d’Or)。拍摄该片所用的10卷爱克发彩色胶片系由比利时电影艺术馆赞助。由斯科塞斯自编自导的《剃须记》是一个关于自我毁灭的血腥寓言。
Big Baby tells the story of Adam Lewis, a successful horror screenwriter struggling for inspiration for his latest script. After a graphic and realistic nightmare of a hulking man dressed in a baby mask and onesie who axe murders his girlfriend Kate in the middle of the night, Adam gets the inspiration he needs for his new screenplay. Excited about the direction his story is taking, he starts losing himself in his script. Things are better than ever for Adam and Kate until “Big Baby” starts appearing in real life and tormenting and killing victims fueled by his own revenge. Characters from Adam’s script begin to pay him visits pleading for their lives, and he quickly realizes he holds their fate in his hands. Power and fear completely consume Adam until his girlfriend Kate is terrified of the man she once loved.