After spending a busy day out with in Milton Keynes over the weekend, I decided to end the night by watching a movie on TV. Having seen the fun The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955-also reviewed) the last time I was in the city, I again tuned into Talking Pictures TV, and found a film was about to start that'll make my day.
View on the film:
Made when the lead actor was at the top of the charts with the hit single Rock On, director Claude Whatham & David Cronenberg's regular cinematographer Peter Suschitzky surprisingly avoid a glossy Pop shine with a dirt under the fingernails Kitchen Sink grit, with Whatham touring with MacLaine's restlessness in naturally dimly-lit bedrooms with a new lass each night,and long panning shots across the rising damp sinking into MacLaine's life in dour coloured, crumbling households.
Filmed on location in the Isle of Wight, Whatham soaks up the location with fluid hand-held camera moves trekking with MacLaine round the local shops, night clubs and sights, recording the period with the New Wave-style of "capturing the moment" in the movie being filmed around locals going about their day.
Hired by producer David Puttnam to write a script based on the Harry Nilsson's song "1941", the debut screenplay by Ray Connolly follows the verses of the song, but takes a welcomed turn by modelling MacLaine on the upbringing of John Lennon, most prominently in MacLaine's dad leaving the family home at a early age, which Connolly unveils in dissolving flashbacks as continuing to haunt MacLaine's outlook on life.
View on the film:
Made when the lead actor was at the top of the charts with the hit single Rock On, director Claude Whatham & David Cronenberg's regular cinematographer Peter Suschitzky surprisingly avoid a glossy Pop shine with a dirt under the fingernails Kitchen Sink grit, with Whatham touring with MacLaine's restlessness in naturally dimly-lit bedrooms with a new lass each night,and long panning shots across the rising damp sinking into MacLaine's life in dour coloured, crumbling households.
Filmed on location in the Isle of Wight, Whatham soaks up the location with fluid hand-held camera moves trekking with MacLaine round the local shops, night clubs and sights, recording the period with the New Wave-style of "capturing the moment" in the movie being filmed around locals going about their day.
Hired by producer David Puttnam to write a script based on the Harry Nilsson's song "1941", the debut screenplay by Ray Connolly follows the verses of the song, but takes a welcomed turn by modelling MacLaine on the upbringing of John Lennon, most prominently in MacLaine's dad leaving the family home at a early age, which Connolly unveils in dissolving flashbacks as continuing to haunt MacLaine's outlook on life.