...from these film makers - I saw a glowing review in ES magazine of this due to it's release on DVD, watched a copy and thoroughly enjoyed it - my only only critique would be that it drifts both visually and musically into high concept mobile phone advertising territory a bit too much and simon amstell's daffy and completely superfluous character should have been left on the cutting room floor, swept up and burnt -
shareI just watched this myself and really liked it, I can't believe it went so under the radar. I agree with you on the visual and musical over indulgence though, and would like to agree with you on the Amstell character because he was, as you said, a superfluous character. But, I just enjoyed his parts so much that I didn't care that it didn't serve the story. I know what you're saying though, but I just can't agree!
shareAgree that it was an impressive debut by two young film makers with no budget to speak of.
I did like the faux documentary bits although at times I felt it tried too hard to be arty, what with all the collages of drawings and dream sequences.
I thought Langham was brilliant and it's a shame that he's been off our screen since his conviction (although entirely understandable).
Amstell though was rubbish. Agree that his character was superfluous, which would matter less if he had anything to offer (which he has not).
Even more impressive that the makers of this film have no problem casting someone that likes child porn in one of the leading roles.
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