re-watched A Field in England the other night, so great. The faerie circle/magical curse angle makes more and more sense (esp since I endeavored to pay closer attention to some of the dialogue this time around). It seems clear that Whitehead essentially swaps places with/becomes O'Neill - Cutler, as O'Neill's "familiar" (more or less) is released/freed when O'Neill kills him (O'Neill makes a crack at one point that the only way out for Cutler will be death), and is replaced by Jacob, who assumes his role in the end.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 24 November 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
In one of the banner deals to go down at the 2015 Berlin Fest, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired a clutch of territories including Australia/New Zealand, Latin America, Scandinavia, Spain, Eastern Europe and select other markets on Ben Wheatley’s upcoming action thriller “Free Fire.”Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the latest from one of the most-talked up of young British talents features a cast led by Luke Evans, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Olivia Wilde.“Free Fire” tells the story of the aftermath of a gun deal gone horribly wrong.Studiocanal has U.K. rights to the film, Protagonist Pictures is selling international and WME Global is handling its U.S. domestic sale.The first film from Wheatley to be set in the U.S., “Free Fire” is scheduled for a spring start.
Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the latest from one of the most-talked up of young British talents features a cast led by Luke Evans, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Olivia Wilde.
“Free Fire” tells the story of the aftermath of a gun deal gone horribly wrong.
Studiocanal has U.K. rights to the film, Protagonist Pictures is selling international and WME Global is handling its U.S. domestic sale.
The first film from Wheatley to be set in the U.S., “Free Fire” is scheduled for a spring start.
― Number None, Monday, 9 February 2015 10:23 (nine years ago) link
http://www.criterion.com/explore/234-ben-wheatley-s-top-10
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 27 February 2015 08:47 (nine years ago) link
I've seen The Ascent in a really bad copy - even so it was a powerful experience.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 27 February 2015 08:58 (nine years ago) link
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/toronto-film-festival-platform-lineup-1201569157/
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 August 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-high-rise-20150912-story.html
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 13 September 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
the reviews aren't great
still, Portishead doing ABBA
― Number None, Monday, 14 September 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRBeZGYisLg&feature=youtu.be
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 December 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYmY2tBYins
― Number None, Thursday, 7 January 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
Don't know what to make of Love On a Real Train usage.
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 8 January 2016 02:46 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbU9sFuWwAAwwIj.jpg
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link
Aw man (squints at credits) they didn't use their usual composer, they have Clint mansell on this. That's disappointing.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
Bummer
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
I saw Ben the other day going into a comic store in Brighton, wanted to say hi but nerd-mobbing film guys that's not me
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 19:32 (eight years ago) link
Liked this, especially the scenes that faded into each other.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 20 March 2016 11:23 (eight years ago) link
this was kind of extremely tedious tbh
― Number None, Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
film fan mate of mine said it was 'fucking awful'
smdh
― Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 20 March 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
all of you go and join xyawnzzzz in the pure cinema corner
Watched A Field in England not long ago. My wife fell asleep at some point and woke up maybe 25 minutes later and after trying to follow it said, "I'll have to watch this again, I have no idea what's going on." I assured her that staying awake would make no difference. We both enjoyed the film, but it was one of the most disorienting movies I've ever seen. Every time I thought I had a handle on it, it slipped away.
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Monday, 21 March 2016 00:45 (eight years ago) link
same. liked the overall vibe and look, and the film as a whole has stuck with me, but I spent most of it totally perplexed as to what was supposed to be happening. In retrospect, I suppose it achieves the 'dream logic' thing really well, as that's exactly how I feel about it - like a dream I had a few nights ago about which I only remember a few things.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Monday, 21 March 2016 08:57 (eight years ago) link
Relax Louie. The new Stone Roses album will be here soon.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 21 March 2016 10:07 (eight years ago) link
not much High Rise chat ITT. saw it the other day. people who've read the book said they were disappointed. I, on the other hand, haven't read the book and bloody loved it. I especially liked the set. a hyper-stylised 70s (denimpunk?). some found it tonally inconsistent but I thought the macabre humour worked well a lot of the time.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Saturday, 2 April 2016 11:16 (eight years ago) link
there was a lot of High Rise talk here ben wheatley - kill list
― Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Saturday, 2 April 2016 11:47 (eight years ago) link
I'm another not read/loved. Can we find a read/loved?
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Saturday, 2 April 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
I'm sure if we look hard enough we can find a not seen/hates
― Rainer Weirder Faßbooker (wins), Saturday, 2 April 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
read/not loved
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
it ends with a fucking fall song
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:30 (eight years ago) link
more reasons to not see/hate
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
hi
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:37 (eight years ago) link
tension line step down
― real orgone kid (NickB), Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link
Thought there was a Portishead cover of SOS but didn't make soundtrack.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:49 (eight years ago) link
Oh there definitely was that
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:49 (eight years ago) link
Sorry I meant there released soundtrack.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 2 April 2016 22:56 (eight years ago) link
I hated Sightseers and was barely whelmed by A Field in England, which was a movie I actually wanted to love - because of it's themes and it looked stylistically interesting. It can't be that controversial an opinion to say that you haven't got much enthusiasm for High Rise, if you thought that their previous stuff was overrated hack shit. Oh and Tim Hiddlestone ffs.
― calzino, Saturday, 2 April 2016 23:16 (eight years ago) link
Hiddleston was one of the celebrities, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Jo Brand, E. L. James and Rachel Riley, to design and sign his own card for the UK-based charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The campaign was launched by crafting company Stampin' Up! UK and the cards were auctioned off on eBay during May 2014.[50]Hiddleston is also a supporter of the humanitarian and developmental assistance fund group UNICEF. He travelled to Guinea in early 2013 to help women and children and raise awareness about hunger and malnutrition.[51]Hiddleston is a self-described feminist.[52]
Hiddleston is also a supporter of the humanitarian and developmental assistance fund group UNICEF. He travelled to Guinea in early 2013 to help women and children and raise awareness about hunger and malnutrition.[51]
Hiddleston is a self-described feminist.[52]
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 April 2016 08:37 (eight years ago) link
<3
― Rainer Weirder Faßbooker (wins), Sunday, 3 April 2016 08:41 (eight years ago) link
Oh no, death by unusual details in Wikipedia articles.
― ledge, Sunday, 3 April 2016 08:41 (eight years ago) link
Is tom hiddleston the dude who plays laing? I don't think I've seen him in anything before.
― Rainer Weirder Faßbooker (wins), Sunday, 3 April 2016 08:43 (eight years ago) link
I only saw him in Deep Blue Sea but barely aware of this fuck as I was too busy looking at Rachel Weisz (whom I was barely aware of as she has been in awful shit for most of her life)
Will see Archipelago at some point.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 April 2016 08:48 (eight years ago) link
btw self-describing as a feminist is not unusual at all - its like a disease, or a 'good career move'.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 April 2016 08:50 (eight years ago) link
I like Tom Hiddleston. He is a bit lost in this mess but that's understandable.
― ewar woowar (or something), Sunday, 3 April 2016 08:51 (eight years ago) link
v sad to see august old-ilx personality 'xyzzzz' regressing to such wanton old-ilx trolling
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 3 April 2016 10:47 (eight years ago) link
Huddleston is a very passable Loki dunno would I rush to see him anywhere else but this assault on weisz on yet another thread cannot be bourne
― Ecomigrant gnomics (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 April 2016 11:24 (eight years ago) link
Lol autocorrect THIDD
― Ecomigrant gnomics (darraghmac), Sunday, 3 April 2016 11:25 (eight years ago) link
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#dontCryForMeArgentina
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 April 2016 14:50 (eight years ago) link
I'm not a Hiddlestan but he's good in this
― glumdalclitch, Sunday, 3 April 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
Feel like there's a bunch of interchangeable rated/hated glassy Brit dudes who would all be fine as laiing
― Rainer Weirder Faßbooker (wins), Sunday, 3 April 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
Also includes songs by Can and Cat Stevens on the s/t, which makes for an instructive comparison with Skolimowski's Deep End - another film that (so much more skillfully) manoeuvres between high farce and nihilistic tragedy.
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Monday, 4 April 2016 08:12 (eight years ago) link
idly rewatched a chunk of Field in England last night, man having the subtitles turned on is a real help in some parts lol
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 April 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
please please tell me it's English Scheme
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 April 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
Years ago, I remember seeing a mock poster for Concrete Island with Christian Bale, but I don't think they even began filming
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
Pretty sure Concrete Island is similarly unfilmable. If it wasn't for Cronenberg's *Crash* I'd say all of Ballard is unfilmable. *Empire of the Sun* kind of doesn't count.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
There is even an ebook of High-Rise with Hiddelston as reader, to close the circle.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
Hiddleston
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
this from 2011... I remember looking forward to it
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3Vllqvqw8c/TpeH0zoEXyI/AAAAAAAAABc/oN4iR1XbreY/s1600/Concrete+Island+Teaser+Poster.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link
if you found the right location you could shoot Concrete Island for cheap!
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:58 (one year ago) link
yeah.. i'm not sure it's 'unfilmable', but it would be like a play with a lot of traffic noise
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
agreed
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link
First I've heard of the forthcoming zombie TV show (and other projects).
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/24/ben-wheatley-zombie-drama-generation-z
Obviously a very well worn genre, but hopefully he's done something interesting and/or fun with it.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 24 August 2024 16:17 (three weeks ago) link
pro tip: he won't have
― the news is terrible, i'm in the clear (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 August 2024 06:48 (three weeks ago) link