Sunday 07 April 2019 5.30pm, tickets £8.
The universe of Distracted is one made-up of cinema, imagination and memory. It is a cinephile’s fantasy; the attempt to remember a film that never existed. Distracted is described as a “policiers” but it is not a French film. The word is co-opted here as a means of linking Distracted to a specifically European art cinema. Distracted is unashamedly a work of cinema, and created intuitively upon cinema’s history. It is also, however, anchored in the aesthetics of location filming, and all of the real world textures that come with it.
© 2019 James Devereaux
Distracted (UK, 2018, 57 mins)
A bored detective has no interest in solving the murder he has been assigned to, preferring to drink scotch and read novels. His new partner, however, is desperate for promotion. An absurd comedy of contrasts unfolds in elegant black and white.
Cast; James Devereaux, John Giles, Louise Torres-Ryan, Nadine Hanwell, Alfie Black, Andrew Elias & Pete O’Shea.
Written & directed by James Devereaux