As the festival winds down there are still some great films to be talked about- namely Birdwatcher; La terra degli uomini rossi, and er, Hump Day. And just how glum is British cinema these days? Find out in this penultimate fest podcast (which is just as well, as we’re sounding rather tired!)
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Jamie // Jun 28, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Moon is the saviour of British cinema. Well done to the Michael Powell jury for choosing Duncan Jones over Andrea Arnolod. Both great movies and both deserving, but Fish Tank had already triumphed in Cannes. Hopefully it will do well so that funders realize that British film can be more ambitious than grotty little films about council estates and drug abuse.
Incidentally, Unmade Beds was another very interesting British film. Set in London, it looked at two parallel stories, one of a 20-year-old Spaniard looking for his estranged British father and the other was about a young French woman’s coincidental rendezvous with a Dutch lad. It was a cool, funny and genuine uplifting experience; a kind of Skins, but with characters you don’t want to go all Charlotte Gainsbourg on. It was, however, directed by an Argentinean and had an international cast, so perhaps that explains the lack of social realism clichés.
Look forward to the round-up
Alissa // Jul 2, 2009 at 6:56 am
Good call on the award to Alycia Delmore, she added a lot of depth and dimension to Humpday. I wish you guys had been able to see My Last Five Girlfriends, Brendan Patricks gave a great performance, and it is a nice British alternative to all those quirky American indies we’re all getting a little sick of.
I’m also looking forward to the HBO show, I’m hoping you’ve got a few cameos by Peter Capaldi (Malcom Tucker anger intact) to play Jamie.
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