the ben wheatley/amy jump thread

I mean the four films. Never seen any of his TV work for hire so can't comment on that.

Watched Kill List tonight because of this thread. Liked it. The whole movie to me seems to be about violence and the ways we process it and categorize it. (A lot like The End of Violence.) It's not any accident that the three institutions represented -- church/scholars/politics -- are the three that provide the needed blessing/justification/legal cover for institutional violence in warfare. And the ending (SPOILER) is just a re-enactment of Abraham and Isaac, without the last-minute reprieve. It's not even as bad as the Bible, because he doesn't know he's killing his own child. It's a parable of sacred violence.

Want to see more of his/their stuff.

And the particular intensity of the violence against the librarian was interesting -- the idea that documenting and archiving was somehow the worst offense. In this case it was for pleasure, but I think the snuff-film thing was a bit of a red herring. It was more that someone had seen him and written him down -- as if there's something inherently sadistic in the knowledge.

re-watched A Field in England the other night, so great. The faerie circle/magical curse angle makes more and more sense (esp since I endeavored to pay closer attention to some of the dialogue this time around). It seems clear that Whitehead essentially swaps places with/becomes O'Neill - Cutler, as O'Neill's "familiar" (more or less) is released/freed when O'Neill kills him (O'Neill makes a crack at one point that the only way out for Cutler will be death), and is replaced by Jacob, who assumes his role in the end.

In one of the banner deals to go down at the 2015 Berlin Fest, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired a clutch of territories including Australia/New Zealand, Latin America, Scandinavia, Spain, Eastern Europe and select other markets on Ben Wheatley’s upcoming action thriller “Free Fire.”

Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the latest from one of the most-talked up of young British talents features a cast led by Luke Evans, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Olivia Wilde.

“Free Fire” tells the story of the aftermath of a gun deal gone horribly wrong.

Studiocanal has U.K. rights to the film, Protagonist Pictures is selling international and WME Global is handling its U.S. domestic sale.

The first film from Wheatley to be set in the U.S., “Free Fire” is scheduled for a spring start.

http://www.criterion.com/explore/234-ben-wheatley-s-top-10

I've seen The Ascent in a really bad copy - even so it was a powerful experience.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/toronto-film-festival-platform-lineup-1201569157/

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-high-rise-20150912-story.html

the reviews aren't great

still, Portishead doing ABBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRBeZGYisLg&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYmY2tBYins

Don't know what to make of Love On a Real Train usage.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbU9sFuWwAAwwIj.jpg

Aw man (squints at credits) they didn't use their usual composer, they have Clint mansell on this. That's disappointing.

Bummer

I saw Ben the other day going into a comic store in Brighton, wanted to say hi but nerd-mobbing film guys that's not me

Liked this, especially the scenes that faded into each other.

this was kind of extremely tedious tbh

film fan mate of mine said it was 'fucking awful'

smdh

all of you go and join xyawnzzzz in the pure cinema corner

Watched A Field in England not long ago. My wife fell asleep at some point and woke up maybe 25 minutes later and after trying to follow it said, "I'll have to watch this again, I have no idea what's going on." I assured her that staying awake would make no difference. We both enjoyed the film, but it was one of the most disorienting movies I've ever seen. Every time I thought I had a handle on it, it slipped away.

same. liked the overall vibe and look, and the film as a whole has stuck with me, but I spent most of it totally perplexed as to what was supposed to be happening. In retrospect, I suppose it achieves the 'dream logic' thing really well, as that's exactly how I feel about it - like a dream I had a few nights ago about which I only remember a few things.

Relax Louie. The new Stone Roses album will be here soon.

not much High Rise chat ITT. saw it the other day. people who've read the book said they were disappointed. I, on the other hand, haven't read the book and bloody loved it. I especially liked the set. a hyper-stylised 70s (denimpunk?). some found it tonally inconsistent but I thought the macabre humour worked well a lot of the time.

there was a lot of High Rise talk here ben wheatley - kill list

I'm another not read/loved. Can we find a read/loved?

I'm sure if we look hard enough we can find a not seen/hates

read/not loved

it ends with a fucking fall song

more reasons to not see/hate

hi

tension line step down

Thought there was a Portishead cover of SOS but didn't make soundtrack.

Oh there definitely was that

Sorry I meant there released soundtrack.

I hated Sightseers and was barely whelmed by A Field in England, which was a movie I actually wanted to love - because of it's themes and it looked stylistically interesting. It can't be that controversial an opinion to say that you haven't got much enthusiasm for High Rise, if you thought that their previous stuff was overrated hack shit. Oh and Tim Hiddlestone ffs.

Hiddleston was one of the celebrities, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Jo Brand, E. L. James and Rachel Riley, to design and sign his own card for the UK-based charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The campaign was launched by crafting company Stampin' Up! UK and the cards were auctioned off on eBay during May 2014.[50]

Hiddleston is also a supporter of the humanitarian and developmental assistance fund group UNICEF. He travelled to Guinea in early 2013 to help women and children and raise awareness about hunger and malnutrition.[51]

Hiddleston is a self-described feminist.[52]

<3

Oh no, death by unusual details in Wikipedia articles.

Is tom hiddleston the dude who plays laing? I don't think I've seen him in anything before.

I only saw him in Deep Blue Sea but barely aware of this fuck as I was too busy looking at Rachel Weisz (whom I was barely aware of as she has been in awful shit for most of her life)

Will see Archipelago at some point.

btw self-describing as a feminist is not unusual at all - its like a disease, or a 'good career move'.

I like Tom Hiddleston. He is a bit lost in this mess but that's understandable.

v sad to see august old-ilx personality 'xyzzzz' regressing to such wanton old-ilx trolling

Huddleston is a very passable Loki dunno would I rush to see him anywhere else but this assault on weisz on yet another thread cannot be bourne

Lol autocorrect THIDD

v sad to see august old-ilx personality 'xyzzzz' regressing to such wanton old-ilx trolling

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#dontCryForMeArgentina

I'm not a Hiddlestan but he's good in this

Feel like there's a bunch of interchangeable rated/hated glassy Brit dudes who would all be fine as laiing

Pro tip= work back from High Rise not forwards

Heh, was thinking of going straight to Kill List.

Do people actively dislike High-Rise or just think it’s worse than what preceded it?

High Rise is unfilmable but Wheatley had a good shot at it is how I see it.

Wheatley was right to cast Hiddleston but even his blank charmlessness couldn't quite match what Ballard was reaching for.

Years ago, I remember seeing a mock poster for Concrete Island with Christian Bale, but I don't think they even began filming

Pretty sure Concrete Island is similarly unfilmable. If it wasn't for Cronenberg's *Crash* I'd say all of Ballard is unfilmable. *Empire of the Sun* kind of doesn't count.

There is even an ebook of High-Rise with Hiddelston as reader, to close the circle.

Hiddleston

this from 2011... I remember looking forward to it

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3Vllqvqw8c/TpeH0zoEXyI/AAAAAAAAABc/oN4iR1XbreY/s1600/Concrete+Island+Teaser+Poster.jpg

if you found the right location you could shoot Concrete Island for cheap!

yeah.. i'm not sure it's 'unfilmable', but it would be like a play with a lot of traffic noise

agreed