To make the task arbitrarily easier I have also discounted those movies decorated by the Academy earlier on in the year. Using my dog eared collection of ticket stubs I whittled the list down to fifteen movies then to ten, then to three, then finally to one.  The ticket that remained read simply ‘Submarine’.

Released way back in March, Richard Ayoade’s directorial debut seamlessly transported La Nouvelle Vague to Swansea via Wes Anderson’s middle America. A refreshing ‘Indie’ jaunt in a Brit-flick market saturated by shanks, shivs and all round rich person porn, Ayoade’s picture is hipster almost to a fault. Making extensive use of colour filters and lengthy ‘Super 8’ instrumental inserts Submarine is the light to the shade of the equally impressive Tyrannosaur.

Whilst Ayoade deservedly reaped plaudits for his impressive transition behind the camera, the real value here comes from the characterisation. The wonderfully realised characters crafted in Joe Dunthorne’s original novel thankfully survive the transition to 1986, a land of top loaders and Polaroid cameras. In Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) Submarine has a precocious leading man to rival anything Hollywood has spewed out in recent years. Tate is a pubescent philosopher, shackled to the Earth by the mundanity of teenage life. The flames of his self indulgent ponderings are fuelled by a burgeoning romance with bullying enthusiast Jordana (The excellent Yasmin Paige) and the arrival of new age, ninja guru Graham (Paddy Considine). More often than not, a ‘flagitious’ character who plots the assassination of his girlfriends dog my not translate well from page to screen however, Tate’s inter-textual narration harbours a redemptive quality which might otherwise have been lacking. The resultant product is a narrator of wit and whimsy, his internal struggle played out through external action.   

N.B. It’s at this point that I’ve reminded myself just how much I love this film and have had to get up and put on the special edition Blu-Ray (complete with art cards).

Ayoades decision to transport the narrative back to the eighties pays off with the national nostalgia for the time period held up by the personal nostalgia we all harbor, for those long forgotten first loves. The romance between Oliver and Jordana might be fleeting but in Oliver’s mind it’s as epic as any cinematic romance of old. For that reason alone Ayoade’s visual stylings are just as aplicable at a Swansea bus stop as they might be at the top of the Empire State Building.

If I’m honest, there wasn’t a lot to choose between this film and a couple of others, however, I wanted to write about Submarine for four reasons.

 1) It contains the line of the year; “Thanks for living up a fuckin’ hill”.

2) Paddy Considine sports a mullet like you’ve never seen.

3) Alex Turner’s soundtrack is both hip and heartfelt in equal measure.

4) More people need to watch this film.

As industry jokes go, that one is top of the pile. It proves quite succinctly that the life of a screenwriter is not a happy one. With so many amateur writers submitting literally thousands of scripts every day, an aspiring writer may never get theirs read. If it is read and doesn’t meet all the criteria needed by about page 10, it will almost certainly be binned. If it isn’t binned but completely read through and liked, but doesn’t fit in with the current climate it won’t be bought. If it is bought, it still may never get made. If it is made it’s quite likely that other writers will be drafted in to re-write. If the re-write leaves any of your original characters and themes remaining and the film is a success, finally the credit will go to… the directors, producers, actors, cinematographers, best boys, grips, frankly anyone but you.

Unless of course you’re Aaron Sorkin. With the exception of Charlie Kaufman (although he, like many writers, has chosen to direct his latest projects) Sorkin is a ‘name’ in screenwriting terms. Now The West Wing creators script for The Social Network is gaining as much praise as David Fincher’s direction, being hyperbolied, as “smart and canny”, “absorbing and nuanced” and that it “boasts enough great dialogue to fuel a half dozen Oscar-bait movies”. He’s the closest thing to a screenwriter as celebrity as you can get.

Yet regardless of fame, wealth or respect if you were the screenwriter of one the films listed below, creator of one of the following characters or even conjuror of just one line of dialogue in the preceeding cinematic delights, nothing would compare to that honour, that knowledge that you, above anyone else, were the true creator.

Still wouldn’t help you get laid though.

Casablanca by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch.

Any wannabe screenwriter will have at least one (probably unthumbed) copy of Robert McKee’s ‘Story’. Despite never having written a succesful film of his own McKee is seen as the Godfather of the principles of Screenwriting, and say what you will, he nows his movies. The two key examples that he cites over and over again, when hunting for what makes a quality movie, are Chinatown and Casablanca. While you won’t find a bad word written by me about the former, it’s the latter that I beleive deserves inclusion. My reason; it’s every genre ever made (save SciFi) rolled into one. It’s got drama, romance, comedy. It’s got action, politics, music. It’s got great structure, characters and plot. It is, in a word, perfect.

Key Dialogue:
Captain Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.

Sunset Boulevard by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman Jr.

If you were still wondering how low the screenwriter is regarded just take a look at how they see themselves. Adaptation; racked with self doubt, Barton Fink; whiny and mean, The Player; sleazy and murdered. In Sunset Boulevard, lead hack Joe Gillis is all of the above and more. Luckily for him he has death to give him subjectivity. The intricate script uses a wonderfully inventive narrative of ‘Dead Man Talking’ that still gets used today in eveything from American Beauty to Desperate Housewives.

Key Dialogue:
Norma Desmond: “You are… writing words, words, more words! Well, you’ll make a rope of words and strangle this business! But there’ll be a microphone there to catch the last gurgles, and Technicolor to photograph the red, swollen tongues!”

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid by William Goldman
“Nobody Knows Anything”. That is except the man whose words I just quoted. Writer of such scripts as All The President’s Men, The Princess Bride and Marathon Man, Goldman become infamous with his memoirs on life as a film writer, Adventures In The Screen Trade and Which Lie Did I Tell? That anybody gave a crap what he thought was mainly thanks to him putting out material like the Butch and Sundance script. Witty, clever and brave enough to give a fun film ‘that ending’, Mr. Goldman we salute you.

Key Dialogue:
Butch Cassidy: Alright. I’ll jump first.
Sundance Kid: No.
Butch Cassidy: Then you jump first.
Sundance Kid: No, I said.
Butch Cassidy: What’s the matter with you?
Sundance Kid: I can’t swim.
Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you.
Sundance Kid: Oh, shit…

Se7en by Andrew Kevin Walker

As pitches go, “Retiring cop tracks serial killer” is as cliche as they come, but Se7en was anything but. Way back in 1995, Andrew Kevin Walker whilst working at Tower Records, wrote a script on those lines so good that he’d never have to alphabatise CD’s again. The hook was of course, ‘Serial killer works his way through the Seven Deadly Sins’ but the reason why the film has lasted so long is the dynamic it draws up between Detectives Mill and Somerset. Add to that a gut punch of an ending that would floor Kimbo Slice and you have easily one of the best, darkest scripts ever written.

Key Dialogue:
William Somerset: This guy’s methodical, exacting, and worst of all, patient.
David Mills: He’s a nut-bag! Just because the fucker’s got a library card doesn’t make him Yoda!

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman

Every once in a while someone original, fresh and more than a little batshit crazy makes Hollywood sit up and take note. In the late 90′s, with Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman was that man. Yet it wasn’t until 2004′s Eternal Sunshine… that Kaufman wrote a truly great screenplay. A meditation on life, love and memory he finally (even after admitting so much with Adaptation) managed to nail an ending.

Key Dialogue:
Joel: I can’t see anything that I don’t like about you.
Clementine: But you will! But you will. You know, you will think of things. And I’ll get bored with you and feel trapped because that’s what happens with me.
Joel: Okay.
Clementine: [pauses] Okay.

Then there’s A Matter Of Life And Death, Network, The Usual Suspects, Memento, Chinatown, The Godfather, to name but a few. As the saying goes, “You can make a bad film out of a good script but you can’t make a good film out of a bad one”.

What say you?

It’s pure speculation on my part but I’m guessing that she might have a more insightful take on cinema than Bobby George did a couple of weeks back. Still, I wonder how her dart playing is? Incomparable I’d imagine. Whether Katy can throw an arrow or two, one thing is for certain, she’s an excellent musician, singer and judging by these film answers an awesome person to boot.

Name
Katy Young

Occupation
One third of the musical group Peggy Sue. (apparently you do count the drummer- Ed)

What is your Most Favourite Bestest Film In The Whole Wide World?
I have two favourite films. One which I say to people I am trying to impress – Tirez Sur La Pianiste (Shoot the Pianist) by François Truffaut which is an incredible, sad and hilarious piece of cinema and the other which in the name of honesty I will write about today.

Empire Records. Since the first time I saw it aged 11 I have probably spent more hours of my life watching this film than many other more important activities – brushing my teeth and such like. Rosa and I founded our friendship on reciting quotes from the film and I feel deeply sad for anyone who hasn’t seen it by the time they are 18 because after that I am afraid they are too ‘mature’ to appreciate it’s subtle beauties. It is the story of the employees of an independent record store and their attempt to stop it being bought out by an evil giant chain and thus not only has a great cast – Renee Zellweger, Robyn Tunney, Liv Tyler and many people who now star in various US crime dramas – but also a great moral backbone. Plus Renee Zellweger wants to be a rock star and in the grand finale overcomes her fears to sing on the roof of the store a song which contains the line “I feel so funny deep inside when I lick between your thighs” whilst people drink from beer kegs.

Favourite Scene From Said Movie
They put on a Rex Manning song and do “sexy” dancing.

Favourite Line From Said Movie
“Well Sinead O’Rebellion, shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behaviour”

First Movie You Remember?
Jurassic Park

Last Film You Saw?
Hannah Takes the Stairs on DVD.

Worst Film You’ve Ever Seen?
This one is easy for me. Elizabethtown. By far the worst film I’ve ever seen. I watched it at the cinema and I only didn’t walk out because I was on a date and the boy hadn’t kissed me yet.

What Do You Love About Movies?
I love that on some days you want to watch Empire Records and some days you want to watch Shoot the Pianist and there is another film that is exactly right for every other day in between.

Peggy Sue’s debut album ‘Fossils and Other Phantoms’ is out now on Wichita. Its pretty damn good. Don’t believe me? What is it with you today? Just check out the video below and all doubt will be rendered pointless.

Entertainer, Actor, Labourer, Mathmatician(?!), Mr. George is the definition of an all round talent and certainly not a man that you can judge by his throaty cockney twang and excessive bling. He’s even sang with Diana Ross and Leo Sayer.

He might not talk a great game when it comes to Films but we at thisfilmison could chat to him about anything. Without further ado, Let’s. Play. Darts!!!!

Who are you and what do you do?

I am Bobby ‘Dazzler’ George the king of bling – I play darts/bbc pundit and I am a jack of all trades!

What are you up to at the moment?

Never a dull moment in the life of Bobby George – at the moment I am landscaping part of my land, making dartboards and making appearances at sports dinners etc

Why do you think darts is becoming so popular with young people?

The 80’s was darts hey day and it has returned with a vengeance in the last few years – its a great game, its exciting but over quick so you don’t get bored – anybody can pick up a set of darts and throw ‘em at the board.

Who’s your favourite player?

No favourites as such – all great players!

What’s your best darts tip?

Look where your throwing and throw where your looking….!

What’s you favourite film?

Can’t think at this moment but I did laugh at See No Evil, Hear No Evil – Richard Pryor and Billy Wilder (we think he means Gene-Ed) Oh and the film I starred in One Man and His Dog by Guerrilla Films!!

What’s your favourite line/scene?

Terminator “Asta la vista baby, I’ll be back!”

First Film you remember?

Can’t remember back that far ……….!

Worst film you have ever paid to see?

Last time I paid to see a film it sunk!

Bobby George is a darts player, gentlemen and all round legend. For everything you’ll ever need Bobby related check out http://www.bobbygeorge.com/

But mainly, as you’d expect from a website all about film, we love his moving picture references. Now any Benny can just pick up a line or character from a film and use it willy nilly (we’re looking at you McFly!) but when Mr. Pip starts waxing lyrical about Elwood P. Dowd, James Dean and Spiccoli you know it’s done with love and respect.

How delighted we are then that he’s sat down with us to talk all things film related…

Name

Scroobius Pip

Occupation

I do talky stuff over music.

Proudest Achievements

Well theres just too many (that could sound humble or arrogant). Releasing our first record, headlining a stage at Reading festival, working with de la soul, playing half way up a mountain in Japan…I’ll stop there.

What is your Most Favourite Bestest Film In The Whole Wide World?

Thats a tough one! I kind of have two. I would say it is between Harvey and Buffalo ’66. Both for completely different reasons. Harvey is just one of the most beautiful movies ever. Jimmy Stewarts performance as Elwood P Dowd is the most endearing performance ever recorded. The simplicity with which he approaches life highlights the trappings of our own complexities.

Buffalo ’66 is equally amazing though! Written, Directed by and starring Vincent Gallo it is clearly a work of love (and maybe ego). His performance as Billy Brown brilliantly manages to make you love him and hate him throughout. Its that exact reaction (as a viewer) that makes his strange love/hate relationship with Christina Ricci all the more convincing.

Favourite Scene

I’ll go for favourite scene from Buffalo ’66. There are two that spring tomind but I will focus on one of the last scenes (the other was the bowling alley dancing scene). As Billy Brown is entering the strip joint the music seems to fuse with the scene. Everything seems to throb and move in time, while Billy slowly walks through taking it all in. Then the abrupt end to the scene (no spoiler!) shakes you out of that particular grove, just as you are getting comfy. Genius.

Favourite Line

There is a line in Harvey that, from the day I heard it, was my favourite line in cinema. Its more a short monologue but I will jump to the end…

Elwood P Dowd: “In this life you can be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant…”

First Movie You Remember

Batteries Not Included! I remember watching it at Christmas and wanting little Alien robots to come and live in my house. They never did…

Last Film You Saw

Last film I saw on DVD was Fish Tank. The girl in it lives one town along from me on the train line so I had heard a lot about it. I thought it was decent. Very bleak (and at times it felt like it was bleak for bleaks
sake) but decent.

Worst Film You’ve Ever Seen

That REALLY is hard. There are a lot of bad films I like. I’m a big fan of mixed martial arts so awful films like Never Back Down and Never Surrender have given me great amounts of joy! The only film I have ever walked out of the cinema on was Rogue Trader. Wasn’t enjoying it one bit.

What Do You Love About Movies

Everything! You can get so many different things from so many different types of film. Sometimes, I want an escape. Nothing heavy, just entertainment. A chance to switch off your mind. More often than not, however, I love the journey a film can take you on. The emotions it can evoke. The work-out it can give your mind. Films are pretty good aye?

Scroobious Pip is currently touring Europe with Dan Le Sac, keeping one eye on Millwall FC. Their second album The Logic Of Chance is out now. Enjoy some video-ness below.

Topless chavs playing football in the park, offensively cheap cases of Dutch lager at major supermarkets, barbeques ruined by wasps and salmonella, British Summers have it all, but if there’s one thing we reallly do well it’s festivals. Whether it’s a murky moshpit at Download, a barrel of banality at V or fancy dressed frolic at Bestival we all have our favourites, my personal tipple being an unhealthy dose of weapons grade cider at Glastonbury.

But as the years drag on the percolation of the likes of Jay-Z and Shakira onto the once hallowed Pyramid leaves me with much more time to experience the lesser trodden paths of the world’s largest ‘alternative’ festival. Cups of chai in the Greenfields, a cider and a folk duo at the Bimble Inn or a just a good old monged ramble round looking for that new band that will be the soundtrack to the rest of my summer. For the latter the John Peel stage is becoming somewhat of a Mecca (despite it’s sometimes hit and miss sound quality), a place to check out bands in their prime, on their comeback or on the up.

Joining Foals and the Black Keys on the stage this year are Let’s Buy Happiness, a Newcastle five piece who use fresh, light, relaxed instrumentation to support the delicate and enchanting lyrics and vocals of lead singer Sarah Hall. They are a band strongly tipped to make it big in the coming year and will be headlining the BBC6 Maida Vale sessions on the 29^th of April. Sarah took a little time out from recording and writing to talk with us about, music, movies and ferrets.

Who are you, where are you from and what do you do?

I’m Sarah the lead vocalist for the band. I’m from Newcastle and I mostly write lyrics and do illustrative work.

What are you up to at the moment?

At the moment we’re doing a lot of song writing and recording, and I’m rattling about trying to do an animation puppet show type video for one of the songs, plus some scribbling for new single design.

How did you react when you found out you we’re playing the John Peel Stage?

There was a scream involved when I first found out! A prolonged one at that….. did some running up and down the stairs! We’re thrilled and think it’s just crackers!

What’s the first track somebody who hasn’t heard you before should listen to?

Devil Show, Works Better On Paper or In the Long Run. Hold out for our new stuff that we’re recording very soon!

How will you know when you’ve ‘made it’?

When I can finally stop asking my Mam for bus fare.

What’s your favourite film? Is there a film that everybody in the band loves that brings you together?

I love Tekkinkonkreet and 500 Days of Summer, but as a group doing ‘quote off’s’ it’s probably Kindergarten Cop

Favourite scene from said film?
“It’s a feeeeeerit”

Worst film you’ve ever paid to see?
spacemen vs vikings… I should of guessed by the title

What film or type of film would you like to write the soundtrack to?

Something like 500 Days of Summer or Where the Wild Things are, pretty films with really lovely sounds tracks.

What untruth would you like to have spread about you on the internet?

That I’m the only person in the world that knows how ‘Lost‘ will end.

Let’s Buy Happiness are supporting Idlewild this Monday in Newcastle, appearing live at Maida Vale with BBC6 on the 29^th and are currently booked to play The Great Escape Festival in Brighton in May and of course the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury in June.

For more check out http://www.myspace.com/letsbuyhappinessuk and you can buy their debut EP ‘No Hot Ashes’ from 7digital Indie Store here.

On election day this year you have a choice between a few quid off your National Insurance, a chance to complain about immigration or the opportunity to say that you think that there are people out there who deserve a chance to stand up and say no to the callous way we treat our Earth and everything on it.

Without too much further persuasion to possibly look a few more years ahead on election day here is Adrain Ramsay, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, giving us his favourite film of all time ever…

Name

Adrian Ramsey.

Occupation

Deputy Leader of the Green Party and standing to be MP for Norwich South.

What is your Most Favourite Bestest Film In The Whole Wide World?

A Beautiful Mind
When I went to see this film I didn’t have high expectations, but I found myself totally captivated. Based on the life-story of the genius mathematician John Nash, it takes you inside the mind of someone whose life is blighted by severe mental illness.

The power of the film is that Nash’s illness – paranoid schizophrenia – is experienced by the viewer from Nash’s viewpoint. It’s not until half-way through the film that the viewer finds out – at the same time as Nash – that many of his experiences and friends are not real, but delusions. The viewer then accompanies Nash and his wife as they struggle to control the illness and save their relationship and family life.

Although the film has been criticised for diverging from the truth in some important aspects of Nash’s life and illness, it’s still a very moving portrayal of one man’s struggle with mental illness. Russell Crowe is brilliant as Nash – bringing humour and lightness even at some of the darkest moments. Despite the torments it portrays, it’s funny and uplifting, and a wonderful story of triumph over tribulation.

Favourite Scene

Probably the famous scene in the pub, when Nash expounds on his mathematical ‘game theory’ for chatting up girls.

Favourite Line

Nash proposing to Alicia:
Nash: “Alicia, is our relationship a long-term commitment? I need some kind of proof; some kind of verifiable empirical data.”
Alica: “Okay, give me a moment to redefine my girlish notions of romance.”

First Movie You Remember

Back to the Future is the first film that really stuck in my memory. I still think it’s a brilliant film.

Last Film You Saw At The Cinema

Avatar.

Worst Film You’ve Ever Seen

Love in the Time of Cholera. The book’s supposed to be good, but the film was slow and mundane – I tried watching it on DVD but had to give up and switch off.

What Do You Love About Movies

Being able to immerse yourself momentarily in worlds you could never experience in real life. Seeing the world through fresh eyes and different cultures.

Adrian Ramsay is currently standing for election in Norwich South. We at thisfilmison will remain completely neutral during this election except that we’re now only voting Green or Lib Dem as none of the other parties replied. Assholes.

Not to endorse any political party at all (Of course we wouldn’t! – Ed) this joke always left me with the frustrated feeling of “But that guys got the answer, listen to him!” Of course we rarely listen to those who have the answer, but, well, perhaps this time. (Sidenote, my main reason for thinking ‘they’ may have the answer is quite simply taking money from very, very rich people to give to people who need it, just sounds like a very nice and necessary thing to do).

Or I may just have been swayed by Lib Dem Candidate Simon Wright’s favourite film of all time ever…

Name

Simon Wright

Occupation

Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Norwich South

What is your Most Favourite Bestest Film In The Whole Wide World?

The film which has always been there as a firm favourite throughout my life has to be Ghostbusters. I loved it as a kid, and I still do today. Sadly, my wife now refuses to watch it with me because she thinks she’s seen it enough times – not possible in my view!

The film is about an imminent end to all life as we know it, as the spiritual world rises up against us. Fortunately, the Ghostbusters have just set up business in New York as the pest-controllers of the paranormal (note to all banks: lending to small businesses can help save the world).

Bill Murray’s performance really stands out, coolly delivering some of the film’s best lines in his deadpan, wisecrack fashion. Co-stars Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, who wrote the script, recognised Bill Murray’s huge potential for a role originally intended for John Belushi, who died before the film was made. Murray was generously gifted a strong role by his co-stars, which played perfectly to his strengths.

At the time, the special effects were hugely expensive and impressive. Rather than weighing down the film, many of the effects add to the humour. Others manage to be quite scary. The film’s soundtrack is also great – very much of its time, but perfectly fitting for the occasional 1980s montage.

Ghostbusters is a classic comedy, which always makes me laugh no matter how many times I’ve seen it. It’s great escapism.

Favourite Scene

The appearance of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man as the absurd giant monster of the film.

Favourite Line

Louis Tully, being chased by a demon dog: [frightened] “I’m going bring this up with the Tenant’s Association. You’re not supposed to have pets in the building.”

First Movie You Remember

The Wizard of Oz

Last Film You Saw At The Cinema

Green Zone.

Worst Film You’ve Ever Seen

Not sure if this counts because I couldn’t sit through more than about forty minutes of it, but what I saw of Batman and Robin was spectacularly bad.

What Do You Love About Movies

Being able to let go of everything for a couple of hours.

Simon Wright is currently standing for election in Norwich South. While we at thisfilmison will remain completely neutral during this election if nobody else replies about their favourite film then we’re all definitely voting for Simon.

So special is she that when she requested to talk about two movies, instead of just the usual one, I immediately caved. I’d like to argue that this is because she picked two excellent choices but it’s probably down to her songwriting ability, incredible larynx and yes, choice of hair cut…

Name

Alessi Laurent-Marke

Occupation

I play music and like drawing, sometimes the two come together.

What is your Most Favourite Bestest Film In The Whole Wide World?

I have a few! Is it ok if i write about two?!

Harold & Maude

Harold is a young, troubled man who is acting out and very miserable until he meets Maude, an inspiring 79-year-old lady at a funeral (they share a habit of attending funerals). The friendship the two
characters form is beautiful and like no other. Through introducing Harold to the joys of music and sharing mischevious adventures together around San Francisco, Maude brings Harold back in touch with the world and he is forever changed by her positive outlook. Cat Stevens provides a stunning soundtrack too.

Delicatessen

This film is set in a colourful and bizarre apartment block. There is hardly any food to go round in the area and the characters are all driven crazy by hunger. The tenants are equally eccentric and they draw you into the curious lives they lead behind doors. An out of work circus clown moves into the building and soon falls in love with a tenant. The dark twist is that she is also the daughter of the disgusting landlord who is murdering his tenants and selling on their meat in his butchers at the bottom of the building. It’s grotesque but an amazing love story as well!

Favourite Scene

Delicatessen- I like the bathroom scene towards the end – it’s a bit like a dream.

Favourite Line

Harold and Maude

Maude: The earth is my body; my head is in the stars.
Maude: Who said that, Harold?
Harold: I don’t know.
Maude: Well, I suppose I did, then.

First Movie You Remember

My earliest memory of a film was an adaptation of Cinderella.

Last Film You Saw At The Cinema

At the cinema – A Single Man

Worst Film You’ve Ever Seen

I really didn’t like Chicago or Flubber. My family and I walked out of the cinema both times and we never
really do that.

What Do You Love About Movies

You can be transported!

Alessi’s new EP Soul Proprietor is out now on the Bella Union label. She is currently touring with Laura Marling…which means I get to see her next week! Woohoo!

Name

Jimmy Smith

Occupation

Musician, Foal

What is your Most Favourite Bestest Film In The Whole Wide World?

American Beauty, I guess. Really was the film that changed cinema for me, before this it was all beer chugging, frat party, exploding cows, high school japes kinda films, and this just blew it wide open. It helped me realise how easy it is to stop and appreciate the smaller things in life, gazing out of your window with a cigarette kinda thing. The whole film is wrapped up so neatly with the soundtrack, creating this immersive, captivating world of a film. The fact that its been copied and that it has now become somewhat of a cliche to make an ‘American Beauty type’ film speaks for itself.

Favourite Scene

When Annette Benning and Spacey are on the sofa, reminiscing about their lives and it looks like everything might be fixed, then Spacey nearly spills beer on the sofa and you know its all fucked from there on.

Favourite Line

“You don’t get to tell me what to do, anymore” (whilst pumping weights). or “How do you like getting fucked by the King……….fuck me your majesty”

First Movie You Remember

Probably Stars Wars / Empire Strikes Back.

Worst Film You’ve Ever Seen

Saw Australia recently, so terrible. Felt like watching a beached whale get pumped full of cheese, the only possible excitement is that it might explode, but it never does!

What Do You Love About Movies

Being able to afford the time to sit and do nothing, be entertained in your seat. I get really excited when I go to the cinema now, I’m so used to watching films on laptops, that the cinema seems like a vegas show.

Foals will be touring the UK in May and will be releasing their second album, Total Life Forever, on May 10th.