Chicago – The scariest aspects of a Simon Rumley picture aren’t in the form of ominous monsters or buckets of blood. They are instead hidden within the corners of a tormented human psyche. It’s the impulse for destruction that haunts every one of his characters in “Red White & Blue,” a deeply unsettling drama that transforms into a galvanizing horror film during its final act.
The lives of a mysterious outcast, Erica (Amanda Fuller), an aspiring rock star, Franki (Marc Senter) and a war veteran, Nate (Noah Taylor), intertwine in ways both shocking and unexpected. The Austin-set indie is the first feature made by the British filmmaker in America, who made a big splash at the 2006 Fantastic Fest with his harrowing thriller, “The Living and the Dead,” about a disturbed man caring for his sick mother. Rumley’s latest effort was “Bitch,” one of three shorts in the horror anthology “Little Deaths,...
The lives of a mysterious outcast, Erica (Amanda Fuller), an aspiring rock star, Franki (Marc Senter) and a war veteran, Nate (Noah Taylor), intertwine in ways both shocking and unexpected. The Austin-set indie is the first feature made by the British filmmaker in America, who made a big splash at the 2006 Fantastic Fest with his harrowing thriller, “The Living and the Dead,” about a disturbed man caring for his sick mother. Rumley’s latest effort was “Bitch,” one of three shorts in the horror anthology “Little Deaths,...
- 5/17/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
As a film fan, I love short films for the same reason I enjoy short stories -- I get almost instant gratification with little investment of time, and then it's on to the next short. The stories and films might seem easier to forget, but that's not the case when a good story can be told in fifteen minutes or less. Such is the case with several short films I've seen over the years at South by Southwest Film Festival and Fantastic Fest. In the past it was difficult to see these films outside of a film festival, but thanks to the Internet more short films are available to a larger audience.
The most memorable shorts I've enjoyed were those I viewed at Fantastic Fest from 2006-2009, including Phil Mucci's gothic horror film The Listening Dead (view after the jump) which won the Short Film Jury Award for Best...
The most memorable shorts I've enjoyed were those I viewed at Fantastic Fest from 2006-2009, including Phil Mucci's gothic horror film The Listening Dead (view after the jump) which won the Short Film Jury Award for Best...
- 9/14/2010
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
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Regular readers of Twitch will be well familiar with UK indie film maker Simon Rumley by this point. We’ve covered his work extensively, from 2006 feature film The Living And The Dead through to the now-in-post Red, White and Blue, which we’ve been hosting a series of video blogs for. And now we’ve got a real treat for fans. In early 2006 - just before putting together The Living And The Dead, Rumley helmed a fifteen minute short film starring Greta Scacchi and Bill Sage titled simply The Handyman. Though this is the first film Rumley ever directed that he didn’t also write and produce it is immediately recognizable as his own and also features his first collaborations with cinematographer Milton Kam and composer Richard Chester who went on to continue their collaboration with Rumley on both The Living and the Dead and Red, White and Blue.
The...
Regular readers of Twitch will be well familiar with UK indie film maker Simon Rumley by this point. We’ve covered his work extensively, from 2006 feature film The Living And The Dead through to the now-in-post Red, White and Blue, which we’ve been hosting a series of video blogs for. And now we’ve got a real treat for fans. In early 2006 - just before putting together The Living And The Dead, Rumley helmed a fifteen minute short film starring Greta Scacchi and Bill Sage titled simply The Handyman. Though this is the first film Rumley ever directed that he didn’t also write and produce it is immediately recognizable as his own and also features his first collaborations with cinematographer Milton Kam and composer Richard Chester who went on to continue their collaboration with Rumley on both The Living and the Dead and Red, White and Blue.
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- 8/31/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Who’s that in the photo? Well, three of them (Marc Senter, Amanda Fuller and Noah Taylor to be precise) are the cast of upcoming feature Red, White and Blue. One of them - the man in the hat - is Rwb writer-director Simon Rumley, helmer of award winning films The Handyman and The Living And The Dead. And the guy in the flammable pants? That’d be Fantastic Fest and Alamo Drafthouse honcho Tim League, making the move to the other side of the screen and serving as executive producer on Rumley’s latest. Yep, it came down pretty much the way you’d think - after screening Rumley’s The Living And The Dead - which took home a stack of awards when it appeared at Fantastic Fest a couple years back - League offered to get involved in whatever Rumley did next and this is the result.
- 6/29/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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