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Give Up The Ghost

Posted by Rob Lindner on November 13, 2015 at 6:30pm

The Song that inspired me to create....

Thanks to you, Radiohead for writing it.  I am sad that I never was able to get licencing for your song, but....

I was still able to create something that I feel is of some worth, and am glad for the experience.

Watch the short Film inspired in-whole by simply listening to "Give Up the Ghost" .....

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CODEX SAVED MY LIFE. NO... I'M SERIOUS. IT DID.

Posted by bitter pie on November 8, 2014 at 10:00am

dear radiohead,

i would like to use the song in the soundtrack for this semi-animated sonically immersive film that was initially intended to be a graphic novel, but it's spontaneous transmutation would more accurately call it a graphic manifesto ~

Children of The Black Sun: a graphic manifesto by Bitter Pie

if you receive a 'not available in your country'' error message, the video will be available on my site soon

so that we can all feel a little less Stalked By The Google-Monster.   i have no commercial interests.  

you may watch the film for free.  all artists retain copyright on the music used [in whole or in part]

with permission or appearing courtesy of their respective entities.  

i am now officially enrolled at the henry darger school for success.

love, 

bitter pie

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Somers Town - Shane Meadows

Posted by Helen D on September 1, 2008 at 3:30pm
Even though I had read about it, I didn't notice that it was in black and white till a football shirt was being handed out and I couldn't tell what team it was for! A good choice by Shane Meadows. It acts to focus your attention on the characters and makes a bleaker backdrop. I am a great fan of his films and this one fits right on up there with 'Dead Man's Shoes' and 'This is England' even though it may not have packed the same punch.Thomas Turgoose (who also played Sean in This is England) acts in the same natural way that was incredible then and doesn't loose anything by his being older now. The film was very touching and sad, but at the same time very, very funny. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) has left home to try and find a better life in London. He meets Marek, the son of a Polish worker on the channel tunnel rail link. They strike up a friendship and Tomo, unkown to Marek's father, moves in to their flat. They both fall for the same girl and become rivals for her affection, having the occasional falling out along the way.Though the film may lack a fully fleshed out storyline and it does leave you hungry for a bit more background to the characters, it is a really good evening spent at the cinema. The audience where I saw it were laughing out loud even though there were just a few of us.See it if you can, It's still on in a few places.
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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

Posted by Helen D on October 4, 2008 at 12:30am
This was a difficult film to watch.The eight year old son of a concentration camp commander, who has no idea of the horrors that his country is inflicting on the Jewish people, befriends a boy in the camp. This friendship proves solid in the end with unexpected results.David Thewlis plays the Commandant as cold and determined. His character tries to justify his job as essential for the Fatherland, but all the Nazi crap is balanced, probably not too realistically, by his wife's horror when she realizes what is going on on her doorstep and by his mother's refusal to visit.This was put down to 'illness', but was because she was opposed to the regime.The film is gripping and at times you feel yourself holding your breath - I think everyone in cinema was; there was complete silence for most of the film and for many minutes afterwards. The focus is on the family and the son, Bruno, who is trying to make sense of what is happening. His innocence is crushed a little at a time, but he fails to grasp the full horror of what is happening on what he thinks is a 'farm' nearby; not many people at the time knew of the real purpose of the 'shower rooms' or what was being burned in the camps.Asa Butterfield as Bruno and Jack Scanlon as Schmuel give good performances as the boys, very natural and if the film wasn't so chilling in subject matter you might say charming.Mark Herman directs the film in an understated way that allows the story to unfold. The characters are not forced into good/bad, pigeonholes but have depth, which doesn't seem forced upon us, but allows for a glimpse into how the tragedy of the Holocaust came about and was sustained.As I said a difficult film to watch, but well worth it.
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The Dark Knight

Posted by Helen D on July 26, 2008 at 10:30pm
Well worth seeing even of you're not a big fan of the 'Batman' franchise. Solid film with all the right ingredients; action, special effects and gadgets, obligatory romance not too intrusive. Pedestrian performance in Michael Caine's Alfred though, but better by far in Christian Bale's Batman/Bruce Wayne and Gary Oldman's Gordan. Great performance by Heath Ledger as the insane Joker; a sad loss to the acting profession
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In Bruges

Posted by Helen D on May 14, 2008 at 12:59am
Not at all what I expected and all the better for it. Colin Farrell as Ray and Brendan Gleeson as Ken playing opposite each other in well judged, believable performances as two hit men waiting in Bruges for their next assignment. Farrell, who is trying to come to terms with a tragic incident, astonishingly, brings much humour to the film with a performance reminiscent of Father Dougal Maguire in Father Ted. Chance encounters, both humorous and violent, with a dwarf, drug dealers and offended American tourists helping the action along to what I found to be a satisfying and not totally predictable ending. Good support from Jordan Prentice as the dwarf (a term his character insists on so don't get all pc) and Ralph Fiennes as Harry, their boss. Not the best tourist ad for Belgium, but the medieval city still looks stunning.
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Happpy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh

Posted by Helen D on April 17, 2008 at 1:26am
Went to see 'Happy-Go-Lucky'. I love Mike Leigh films; always full of intense, deep, flawed characters who could be the people living just next door to you.In 'Happy-Go-Lucky' a primary school teacher, known as Poppy (played by Sally Hawkins) seems to have a smile tattooed to her face and has a permanently positive attitude to go with it. She enjoys life to the full and tries to help those dealt a less fortunate hand, though her attentions are not always welcome.It is a very sweet and charming film and although it may sound saccharine sweet, it certainly wasn't. Mike Leigh has introduced Scott, the driving instructor from hell (Eddie Marsan) to balance the film and remind anyone watching what a master of the study of human nature he is.Positively enjoyable - and you can't in all honesty say that about many of Leigh's films, brilliant though they are.
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