British audiences are being spoiled by a stream of innovative native films – and they're from industry outsiders with little or no formal training in cinema
It must be a combination of delight and relief that film-makers feel when the work they've slaved over starts picking up buzz – even before release, when the chat on messageboards and social networking sites is positive. The fear of failure must diminish, replaced by the hope the film might become a cult hit, maybe even a bona fide commercial success.
Think how much more delighted and relieved the film-makers must be if they're not really, well, film-makers.
That's the situation Attack the Block and its director are in. A streetwise, genre-bending rocket of a film, powered by pounding hip-hop and grime beats, and peppered with teen gangsta patois, Attack the Block is knowing and authentic enough to deserve its likely success. But what has really...
It must be a combination of delight and relief that film-makers feel when the work they've slaved over starts picking up buzz – even before release, when the chat on messageboards and social networking sites is positive. The fear of failure must diminish, replaced by the hope the film might become a cult hit, maybe even a bona fide commercial success.
Think how much more delighted and relieved the film-makers must be if they're not really, well, film-makers.
That's the situation Attack the Block and its director are in. A streetwise, genre-bending rocket of a film, powered by pounding hip-hop and grime beats, and peppered with teen gangsta patois, Attack the Block is knowing and authentic enough to deserve its likely success. But what has really...
- 5/5/2011
- by Jane Graham
- The Guardian - Film News
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