Thursday 26 February 2009

What is a British Film?


Task 1

Nominations for Outstanding British Film:

Hunger
In Bruges
Man on wire
Mamma Mia
Slumdog millionaire

Task 2

Hunger

The story plot is about Bobby Sands, the Provisional Irish Republican Army member who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike and participated in the no wash protest in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands death.
The plot is related to the British subject matter as is about the IRA and Irish hunger strike.

Actors:

Those are the two main actors:
-Michael Fassbender (Bobby Sands) – he is born in Germany
-Stuart Graham (Ray Lohan) - born in 1967 in Northern Ireland, UK.

There aren’t any big stars used in this film.

Director:

Steve McQueen- an English artist and director of Hunger (2008) is born in 1969 in UK and is mainly known for his films. Steve McQueen is the winner of Turner Prize and BFATA. He grew up in London and went to Drayton Manor High School.
McQueen's films, which are typically projected onto one or more walls of an enclosed space in an art gallery, are often in black and white and minimalist.
His first major work was `` Bear`` in 1993. He is also the director of `` Deadpan`` in 1997. These films are both black and white and are also both silent.

Style :
The film ``Hunger`` is representing the frightening look at the life Maze prison during the IRA protests in 1981. The scenes represent a dark film which involves a lot of violence and gives a good representation of this painful period. It is a very emotional and serious film.


Genre: The film belongs to Drama/Historic genre.

Production Companies:
Channel 4 films, Broadcasting commission of Ireland.


Distribution:
It is distributed by Icon Entertainment and Pathe Distribution (UK)

Exhibition :
The film premiered at Cannes and it was released in the UK on 31st of October 2008.
Gergana

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