― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Monday, 19 September 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
i liked that last one that was funded by eurostar, well until the ending anyway, but that new one, le donk and scorzayzee is pretty so-so. the people i saw it with liked it but for a supposed docu-comedy about aspiring rappers, it wasnt thaaat funny, and this might sound odd, but the guy rapping was almost too good to be laughed at.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 21 September 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Has anybody been watching his C4 show, "The Virtues"?
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
would have to be paid handsomely to watch anything by Meadows ever again.
― calzino, Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
This was something, grim as fuck but with some really remarkable naturalistic acting and what I assume was a lot of unscripted dialogue. The first episode featured probably the most realistic depiction of a drunken bender I've ever seen, felt hungover after it. The rest didn't quite live up to that opener
― or something, Sunday, 9 June 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
Watched a couple of Meadows' things recently, with a view to getting around to *Gallows Pole* eventually. First was his short film about Gavin Clark, singer/songwriter fella from Sunhouse and Clayhill who died stupidly young and unheard in 2015. It's called *The Living Room* and is about anxiety as much as anything, tracing Clark's re-emergence from his lounge back into the wider world. It's a mess, in the way a lot of Meadows' stuff is, but I found it moving. It's on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJBYBUabbU
Also rewatched *Dead Man's Shoes*. This knocked me sideways when I first saw it. It's looking its age and I have issues with the portrayal of mental illness that I can't wholly articulate. Some of the improv scenes are ragged but there's no denying Paddy Considine's central performance.
This was prompted by listening to Smog's 'Vessel in Vain' and wondering which came first. It's almost too perfect just to be a coincidence.
― (picnic, lightning) very very frightening (Chinaski), Friday, 7 July 2023 20:10 (ten months ago) link
Wow, that's some formatting fuckery.
― (picnic, lightning) very very frightening (Chinaski), Friday, 7 July 2023 20:11 (ten months ago) link
3-post lunacy: hardly see Sunhouse mentioned on here. Ridiculously underrated band.
― (picnic, lightning) very very frightening (Chinaski), Friday, 7 July 2023 20:12 (ten months ago) link
Watching some of the Fry & Laurie 'John, Peter & Marjorie' sketches led me to the discovery that Shane Meadows was born and raised in Uttoxeter!
― John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 07:10 (nine months ago) link
Thought Gallows Pole was really excellent.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 07:54 (nine months ago) link