Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Thriller Research // Dead Man's Shoes (2004)


"Richard returns home from military service to a small town in the Midlands. He has one thing on his mind: revenge. Payback for the local bullies who did some very bad things to his brother. At first his campaign employs guerrilla tactics, designed to frighten the men and put them ill at ease. But then he steps up his operation, and one by one these local tough guys are picked off by the terrifying angel of vengeance that Richard has become."

Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

Dir: Shane Meadows

Screenplay: Paddy Considine & Shane Meadows

Starring: Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, Gary Stretch

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Thriller Research // Battle Royale (2000)





"Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die" -from IMDB

Battle Royale (2000)

Dir: Kinji Fukasaku

Screenplay: Kenta Fukasaku

Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda

Friday, 4 October 2013

Go Watch // The Perverts Guide To Ideology

"Ideology-a set of conscious and unconscious ideas that constitute one's goals"
Starring Slovenian philosopher Slazoj Žižek, this film presents some really interesting ideas on more than a few things, particularly related around 2 main points 'Ideology' and 'How cinema reflects Ideology' . It is incredibly dense and often hard to follow, with so many ideas flying around at once, but if you have the desire and patience as well as 2 hours+ to watch then try and make sense of it, you will find a very rewarding and actually kinda funny critique on many of the hidden messages pervaded within and outside the world of cinema.