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British film Archive
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Riz Ahmed (actor) – Shifty
Actor and musician RIZ AHMED (The Road to Guantanamo) talks about his latest film Shifty, an urban drama which follows 24 hours in the life of a young drug dealer. MMM: Your character’s based on a real person. Did you get to meet the man in question? Ahmed: No, I didn’t meet him. The idea was based on true-life characters and true-life stories, but I think ultimately the Shifty of this film is a composite... -
Eran Creevy (writer-director) – Shifty
ERAN CREEVY’s first feature film, Shifty, is an urban drama following 24 hours in the life of a young drug dealer. Creevy chats about blagging his way into the film business, writing from experience, and his ambitions to be the next Michael Mann. MMM: I believe there’s a living breathing inspiration for Shifty… Creevy: I grew up in a place called Harlow in Essex, which is a new town built after the Second World War.... -
Stephen Woolley (producer) – Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Leading British producer STEPHEN WOOLLEY has spent a lifetime steeped in movies, from tearing cinema tickets in 1970s London to producing a string of award-winning box-office hits including The Crying Game and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. Film journalist Jan Gilbert catches up with Woolley to find out about Sounds Like Teen Spirit, an irresistible feel-good film which follows four young singer-songwriters from across Europe on their road to the Junior Eurovision finals.... -
Jamie Jay Johnson (director) – Sounds Like Teen Spirit
BAFTA-nominated British director JAMIE JAY JOHNSON has made short films about the MiniGolf World Championships, holidaying in his bedroom, and Eric the Eel, the slowest swimmer in Olympic history. But for his first feature film, Sounds Like Teen Spirit, he turned his attention to Junior Eurovision, the world’s biggest annual song contest for young people. Johnson talks to Movie Mundo about backing losers and shedding tears. MMM: With so many countries and contestants involved in... -
Terence Davies (director) – Of Time and the City
Director TERENCE DAVIES places Liverpool, the city of his youth, at the heart of much of his work, from his powerful Trilogy through his debut feature Distant Voices, Still Lives to the Palme d’Or-nominated The Long Day Closes. Since adapting Edith Wharton’s The House Of Mirth for the big screen, he’s been away from the director’s chair for eight years. Now he’s back in the spotlight with Of Time And The City, a visual ode... -
Julian Jarrold (director) – Brideshead Revisited
Film journalist Jan Gilbert chats to director JULIAN JARROLD about bad weather, castles, and bringing Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited to the big screen. Taking a well-loved novel from a white page to the silver screen is never easy. First, there are the legions of loyal fans never backward in coming forward with their opinions on the celluloid version of their favourite tome. And what if you’re not the first to give that prized paperback a... -
Lone Scherfig (director) & Matthew Beard (actor) – An Education
Danish director LONE SCHERFIG (Italian for Beginners) chats about the attraction of Lynn Barber’s memoirs and recreating the early 60s in her latest film, An Education. While actor MATTHEW BEARD (And When Did You Last See Your Father?) talks about northern acting heroes and his own education. MMM: What was it about Lynn Barber’s memoirs that you found so irresistible? Scherfig: I loved the tone, and the period, and the characters – they’re all very... -
Dominic Cooper (actor) – An Education
DOMINIC COOPER (Mamma Mia!), star of An Education, chats about the appeal of Nick Hornby’s writing, 1960s music, and teenage rebellion. MMM: Why did Lynn Barber’s memoirs prove irresistible? Cooper: I found out about it quite late on, although I was very attracted to it immediately because I knew that it was Nick Hornby’s original screenplay. I grew up with his books, loving his books. I knew nothing about Lynn Barber’s memoirs at all, but... -
Carey Mulligan (actress) – An Education
British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old.... -
Nick Jones (producer) – Nativity!
For movie producer NICK JONES, Christmastime means one thing: King’s College Choir. When Jones was growing up in Vancouver, Canada, the choir’s albums always provided the soundtrack to his family’s festive season. So in 1992 when he moved to Cambridge to study law at St John’s College, he grabbed the opportunity to see the choir perform live. Now Jones has his own Christmas offering with new movie Nativity! And he’s hoping it becomes as much...