Comments on: The Farmer Takes a Knife

By: How Special Am I? « shadowplay

How Special Am I? « shadowplay — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:15:55 +0000

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By: dcairns

dcairns — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:33:03 +0000

Strange, isn’t it? His good film was the result of having no money and needing to compensate for the lack of resources with searing honesty. Maybe employing that honesty in a bigger budget project would be a good idea.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:27:59 +0000

I saw London to Brighton in the presence of its producers a couple of years ago, and it was an interesting experience all round. The film worked really very well, up to a point. Infuriatingly, that point was about three minutes before the end credits rolled, when the writer-director allowed himself to succumb to a horribly Hollywood bit of ‘neatness’, a rotten off-the-peg slice of motivation that threw the honesty and integrity of the entire previous hour and a half into question. Afterwards, the producers explained that PAW had made some well-received shorts, been enticed to Hollywood and then realised that all that was on offer there was the opportunity to direct sequels to successful horror movies. His escape route was doing London to Brighton, and he was lined up to direct his dream project – The Cottage – next.

As of now, his next job is 28 Months Later. What a roundabout route he’s taken. I hope he gets back to whatever inner need motivated the first 95% of London to Brighton some time soon.