Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas and the Secret History of Cinema

BAFICI 2010
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Film Information:
Year:

2009

Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas and the Secret History of Cinema
País:

 
Directores:

Louise MilneSean Martin
Color:

Color + B&W
Format:

Digibeta
Duration:

61 min

Cast:

  • Bill Douglas,
  • Imelda Staunton, Alex Norton,
  • Peter Jewell, Saxon Logan

Production:

  • GUIÓN: Sean Martin, Louise Milne
  • FOTOGRAFÍA: Sean Martin
  • MONTAJE: Louise Milne, Nick Soldan
  • PRODUCCIÓN: Sean Martin,
  • Louise Milne

Contact:

  • 891 Filmhouse
  • Louise Milne
  • 54/6 Marchmont Road
  • EH9 1HS Edinburgh, Scotland
  • T +44 77 9102 3360
  • E louisemilne@compuserve.com
  • W www.accidental.tv

Synopsis

In his introduction to the Bill Douglas retrospective held by Bafici in 2006, British producer Mamoun Hassan wrote the following regarding one of Douglas’ scripts: “I had never read anything like it. There was no depiction of any event that could somehow be filmed; instead, there was a series of images and sounds that expressed feelings in a simple and concise way. It was visual storytelling. It was cinema.” Part of that essentially visual mission of one of Britain´s most original and unknown filmmakers was supported by his collection of optical toys, memorabilia, and pre-cinematographic artifacts, which Douglas would incorporate in Comrades, his last film that demanded eight years of work. Through interviews and the interaction with this collected items, Milne and Martin´s documentary addresses the creative process behind Douglas’ masterpiece, and at the same time finds an unexplored, magical, and valuable side of him.

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