Wednesday 10 April 2019

10/03/19 Possum (2018)

First full length film written and directed by Matt Holness who made the brilliant and much missed Garth Merenghi's Dark Place.

Dark Place was brilliantly silly nonsense, a parody of shit horror that was full of greatly quotable dialogue.

"As I rounded the corner I felt muscular and compact, like corned beef" is a particular favourite of mine.

Works much better in the context of the show.

Anyway, this is a very different film, very serious, British and almost punishingly glum. Like Ken Loach directing a screenplay written by David Lynch.

It is good, though, in case that description is a little off-putting. You just gotta be in the mood for it.

Holness' short films The Snipist and A Gun For George are well worth seeking out as well. I think they're both on YouPube if you wanna look.

Ta.



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