GQ magazine controversially voted him as one of the top 20 best dressed people so why not resurrect the career of this nazi fashionista as one of the talent scouts for the top telly series America’s Next Top Model. This left field signing can boost the ratings and give a different spin on what it is to be a model (in more ways than one).
The contestants will need to field strip a rifle after dark as one of the tasks.
We all know certain films are mirror images but doing a plot comparison of Saving Private Ryan and Fury, you can see this is literally the same script rewritten with tanks.
At least the latter doesn’t suffer from the late entry of Matt Damon but funnily enough share a short character in the support cast (Giovanni Ribs vs Shia Labeouf).
Cinema is a strange beast.
Meet Jim, recently returned from active front line duty he finds it hard to relate to women and adjust to normal life, the kind of life he used to live.
Just one of the eccentric characterise the Friend-On-Acid sitcom series Junkie Dolls
Another poster of the long-ish gestating puppet project Junkie Dolls. Simply put what if the cast of Friends are middle class drug addicts? That sitcom element would have taken a darker turn and this is what the show is all about. Think Joey scoring crack in Central Park under a chintzy laugh track.
Trailer coming soon
It’s a wonder nobody melded popular urban music and erectile dysfunction to bring private pain to the public consciousness.
Hopefully the crew will give it the OK.
Everyone needs a super hero and there is none better that Zaftul. Part time butcher and full time crime fighter.
Gifted with skills in cutting meat and having absolutely no sense of humour, he is your man to help wreak revenge with his berserker rage!
Currently pitching this idea which is technically a hard sell. The best way to sell this is “a Middle Eastern version of Bergerac”
The first teaser poster a short film I am writing. A comedy set in the heart of Soho.
When a homeless man is doing it all wrong asking for change he gets some unexpected advice from a professional businessman who shows him the tricks of the trade and the manipulation involved.
Kickstarter promotion starting soon.
The television industry has covered nearly every aspect of the Good War from Dunkirk to D-Day and exhausted nearly every creative angle….
All except for this titillatingly obscure historical novelty.
Motorized German soldiers doing inter-battle kinkiness while dressed in combat gear. Who would have thought?
Re-think what you will of Dogging being a modern day event, this should be the final word in World War 2 documentaries.
Here is the latest idea I am touting around. Simply put it is like Dukes of Hazard but set in the lovely town of Hounslow. Obviously there are no other similarities to that iconic show so i will not have to pay royalties. There is no Rosco P Coltrane, Sexy Denim pants or a car with a stupid name.
There is however petrol headed car action and fast paced dialogue in an urban neighbourhood featuring two Indian lead characters. Think of it as Eastenders twinned with Top Gear and featuring some Asian kids.
So all the rumours of elitism and cronyism within the british film industry are true as per the evidence introduced in the doc I saw at The Prince Charles Cinema recently.
Quota Film’s The British Film Industry: Elitist, Deluded or Dormant is an eye-opening look at this incestuous disease that is deep rooted in the British Film Industry. Let’s be honest it’s like any institution whether it is the Banks or the BBC and the cronyism at the top level keeping the top jobs within their gene pool.
And to think with all this talk of diversity and closing the class divide, the industry is at a low point for people who want an entry. Don’t take my word for it, many news articles are pretty much saying the same thing where the BAME and working class actors/ filmmakers are increasingly shut out. All the advances in the 80’s with Channel 4’s brave agenda have pretty much gone with television preferring safe programming which is why you won’t see many real ground breaking films.
One other not-very-surprising-in-hindsight issue is conflict of interest with some Regional Film Council heads diverting funds into THEIR OWN production companies. Isn’t that a teensy bit illegal? When one has a privileged position they shouldn’t be able to line their own pockets but then again why am I surprised? All these initiatives need overhauling and even with the demise of the Film Council and the BFI taking over, we shall see if they step up to the plate.
As someone who reads a lot about the British Film Industry, this is a fine companion to Icons on Fire: The Decline and Fall of Almost Everybody in the British Film Industry by Alexander Walker where the few people in power totally screwed it for everyone else. Shame really as there is an abundance of talent out there waiting to be recognised. At least for the ones that haven’t hoofed it to the States.
The main reason I found this eye opening and writing from a personal level, I applied to a great many funding bodies over the years and had I known then what I do now I wouldn’t have bothered. What’s the point if the cards are marked against you? What is the real point if the funds are going to their friends? Energies are best spent going after private funds like Kickstarter, especially if you are far from privileged or connected.
I know there are some people who will shout Kidulthood but these are in the minority (pun city!) and more films such as this should be championed. All said and done the shining light in all this (among a slim few) is Warp films making truly British films and creating a filmic legacy that will last years. What is needed is more of that.
The roll call of respected Industry Professionals that have been interviewed is impressive and all speak of the problem and this documentary is one big action plan for change.