Distracted | @Distractedfilm The top 10 swag, the top 10 cash, the top 10 green, the top 10 moolah, the moolah, the moosh, the moo moo, the spondooli, the readies, the notes, the top 10 filthy lucre. Here they are. And in no particular order. Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava,...
Read MorePost-production continues on Distracted - sound design and refining the visual aesthetic. It's a big job and we are progressing nicely with it. As we head toward completion, I begin to reflect on the past year, producing Distracted, and have decided to formulate my thoughts...
Read MoreDistracted | @Distractedfilm Thanks again to everyone who took the time to suggest titles. Notable exclusions this time included; Visconti's Death In Venice, Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin and Richard Harris in Mutiny On The Bounty. Anyway, as always, in no particular order. Jean Seberg in Jean-Luc Godard's A bout...
Read MoreDistracted | @DistractedFilm I am delighted to inform you we are very close now to a rough cut of the film. The next phase will be to refine the aesthetic and work on the sound design; adding effects plus we have some ADR to do too. The...
Read MoreTimothy Spall in Secrets And Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996). Suggested by @PaulVonMitchell. Eiji Okada in Woman In The Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964). Thanks to @DancerOnFilm. Katharine Ross in The Stepford Wives (Bryan Forbes, 1975). Nominated by @XanaduFitness. Eddie Constantine in Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965). Nominated by @Romantikurbaa. Paparazzi in...
Read MoreFollow @distractedfilm Cary Grant in The Talk Of The Town (George Stevens, 1942). Suggested by @JHPCine. Henryk Baranowski & Wojciech Klata in Dekalog: 1 (Krzysytof Kieslowski, 1988). Thanks to @KafkaBoots. Alec Guinness in Carol Reed's Our Man In Havana (1959). Nominated by @GloriaBB2. Juliet Berto & Jacques Donoil-Valcroze in...
Read MoreDespite our good intentions, despite our best endevours, despite our best laid plans, sometimes our attempts to achieve our most important goals become so convoluted, so mangled by the stresses and strains of day-to-day living, that we lose sight of the vision that inspired us...
Read MoreFollow @distractedfilm Whacky laboratories are a celebration not only of cinema itself, but also of the wonderful madness of creativity, a celebration expressed visually in an assortment of gadgets, potions and inventions. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971). Nominated by @baznut. Jerry Lewis and Stella Stevens...
Read MoreFollow @distractedfilm Alain Delon in Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970). Suggested by @dean_frey. Buster Keaton in his own Sherlock Jr (1924) Anna Karina in Vivre Sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962). Nominated by @AshesOfTheSoul. Alun Armstrong in Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire (Alan Clarke, 1987). And @PaulvonMitchell nominated this...
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