@tivep said:

SPOILERS AHEAD!!

There is a pretty significant message the film drives home – the value of an artist is measured by the money that can be made from selling his/her art, and the people who are in charge of selling them are, many a time, art-morons. To add to this, we have critics who have either sold their souls or have no clue what they are talking about yet have the power to control the market. A great analogy would be the film world today. You have many struggling film-makers, and dozens of films are released on various platforms. Audiences use critics’ opinions to make a decision whether or not to watch a movie. Year on year, amazing films go unnoticed either because the distributor doesn’t want to promote it or a set of critics choose to score it poorly because they are too busy going gaga over some other film that makes critique portfolio look good. The same applies to the music industry as well. In a nutshell, Velvet Buzzsaw is set in a world where the people who abuse their power meet with a gory demise.

source: Velvet Buzzsaw Analysis

In short, the world of creative arts is plagued by people who aren't artists themselves by have the power to drive the market. Anyone who abuses that power to do harm, Dease chooses to kill. Abuse of power need not be limited to the art world. When he was alive he killed his father who abused him because he could. He killed his supervisor who too abused his power.

Coco, Piers and Damrish are unharmed because they are never shown to abuse.

I think the film brings out a great theme. Thoughts?

Contemporary nonsense. Virtually all art from the past 6,000 years was traded, judged and preserved by kings, wealthy elite, religious orders and especially the Catholic Church.

Coco, Piers and Damrish are unharmed because they are never shown to abuse.

I think the film brings out a great theme. Thoughts?

Contemporary nonsense. Virtually all art from the past 6,000 years was traded, judged and preserved by kings, wealthy elite, religious orders and especially the Catholic Church.

If they would have met a gory demise (thanks to a vengeful spirit) because of what they did, they'd be part of this film