I really enjoyed this. I saw it at the Prince Charles during the London film fest. It's very tender, genuinely funny, moving in places, looks gorgeous and has two really solid performances at its core. I went to see this film because it was shot on Super-8 (I think it was actually shot on DS8, using a Canon Scoopic 16mm camera - something like that at least) and I was pleasantly surprised to find it was an enjoyable story, as well as being very beautiful. The S8 shines, and in places it almost looked like 16mm.
Kate Kennedy was excellent, really carrying the film, and she was supported by a wonderful performance from Balázs Czukor. It's a promising first feature. In places it does feel a little like a student short, with some fairly superficial performances from minor characters, but nothing that detracts from the gravity of the main story.
The music was lovely. In places the sound was a little rough unfortunately - one of the standout points of the film is the production dialogue, an unusual thing to see on a narrow gauge film (typically shot without sync and ADR'ed) - but in places it was a little unintelligible. You could also hear the camera running in several scenes, and sadly quite a few rough dialogue edits throughout the film.
On the whole, very enjoyable - I hope it finds distribution.
Kate Kennedy was excellent, really carrying the film, and she was supported by a wonderful performance from Balázs Czukor. It's a promising first feature. In places it does feel a little like a student short, with some fairly superficial performances from minor characters, but nothing that detracts from the gravity of the main story.
The music was lovely. In places the sound was a little rough unfortunately - one of the standout points of the film is the production dialogue, an unusual thing to see on a narrow gauge film (typically shot without sync and ADR'ed) - but in places it was a little unintelligible. You could also hear the camera running in several scenes, and sadly quite a few rough dialogue edits throughout the film.
On the whole, very enjoyable - I hope it finds distribution.
