London to Brighton
WHAT
LONDON TO BRIGHTON (2006) EXCLUSIVE SCREENING AND Q&A WITH CINEMATOGRAPHER CHRISTOPHER ROSS
WHEN
THUR APR 10, 6.45PM
WHERE
CHAUVEL CINEMA, CNR OXFORD ST AND OATLEY RD, PADDINGTON
HOW MUCH
$13 FULL, $10 CONCESSION FROM MOSHTIX OR ON THE DOOR
WATCH THE TRAILER
HERE
WIN
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LONDON TO BRIGHTON hits the ground running. Kelly, a woman with a horror-show swollen eye, rushes a terrified young girl into a public bathroom. Kelly leaves to make enough money working the street to get them both to safety. The girl - clothes torn, makeup smudged - locks the stall and waits for the worst.
The movie is the stuff of Spielbergian fantasy for wannabe filmmakers. It's a first feature for Paul Andrew Williams, shot in only 19 days with everyone involved working for deferred payments - and it was hailed as the "Best British film of the year" by THE GUARDIAN.
It's a fairly pedestrian thriller plotline, and for most of its brief running time, the upper-class villains are barely two-dimensional, let alone three. The solidly naturalistic performances, however, recall the work of cinema stalwarts like Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, and it's refreshing to see pimps and criminals represented without the decade-old recycling of watered-down TRAINSPOTTING quirks.
The film's rough anti-flair gives it a weight that it doesn't necessarily earn - but gripping performances and grim attention to detail will drag you in while dragging you down.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Epic
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