All entries for Monday 24 December 2007
December 24, 2007
Shane Meadows
British Directors: Shane Meadows (1973 -)
Introduction
Along with many other British director entries this entry is 'work in progress' nevertheless it will provide a basic signposting to other available resources on the web in the first instance until I'm able to make a fuller evaluation.
There are some useful links in the webliography including an extract at the BBC Film Network site.
Filmography
2008: Somers Town
2006: This Is England
2004: Dead Man's Shoes
2002: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
1999: A Room for Romeo Brass
1997: TwentyFourSeven
1996: Smalltime
Film availability: These DVDs are available
Webliography
BBC Film Network interview with Shane Meadows. (Viewable extract available).
Screenonline: Smalltime (Debut Feature)
Guardian interview with Shane Meadows
Shane Meadows on Guardian arts blog
Time Out interview Shane Meadows
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Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold (1961- )
Andrea Arnold. (Photo by Sara Lee)
Introduction
Along with many other British director entries this entry is 'work in progress' nevertheless it will provide a basic signposting to other available resources on the web in the first instance until I'm able to make a fuller evaluation.
Extract from the short film Wasp (2003)
Red Road
Funding Regime: for the purpose of studying Contemporary British Cinema as most of them are small budget compared to Hollywood films it is important to be aware of the funding sources. Raising funds is only one hurdle which is linked to issues of distribution and exhibition. The reality is that it is very hard to see British films in British cinemas. (See the entry on The Irresistable Rise of the Multiplex for a partial explanation of this problem. Also see entry The Role of TV in the British Film Industry).
Co-funded by the UK Film Council's New Cinema and Development funds, BBC Films, the Glasgow Film Office and Scottish Screen, the film was produced by Glasgow-based Sigma Films in collaboration with Lars Von Trier's Zentropa Films.
Filmography
Full Feature Films
Red Road (2006)
Shorts
Wasp ( 2003)
Dog (2001)
Webliography
British Council Brit Films entry on Andrea Arnold
Guardian Interview with Andrea Arnold
Report from Time Out on a visit to the set of Red Road
BBC Press Office report on Prix du Jury at Cannes for Red Road
Wikipedia entry on Andrea Arnold
Red Road and the Surveillance Society
Verve Pictures. Full Production notes downloadable as a PDF.
Greencine interview with Andrea Arnold at Toronto Film Festival
New Statesman Review of Red Road
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Lynne Ramsay
Lynne Ramsay (1969-)
Introduction
Along with many other British director entries this entry is 'work in progress' nevertheless it will provide a basic signposting to other available resources on the web in the first instance until I'm able to make a fuller evaluation.
Filmography
Morven Callar (2002)
Webliography
Screenonline Biography of Lynne Ramsay
Guardian Interview with Lynne Ramsay
Guardian on Ramsay's development
Another Guardian Article on Ramsay
BFI NEws Ratcather wins Sutherland Trophy
Magical Urbanism:Walter Benjamin and Utopian Realism in the film Ratcatcher