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Dir. Stephen Kijak. UK/US/Japan, 2015, 92 mins.Stephen Kijaks documentary We Are X celebrates glam/metal rock band X stanley cup Japan, pioneers of the outlandish Visual Kei look. Their story, although its true, flirts with Spinal Tap territory, comprising crazy costumes, suicides, a brainwashing cult, and an enigmatic, androgynous, sensitive leader called Yoshiki his entire body was emanating death! who flirts with baring his soul for the cameras hes clearly in control of.Yoshiki is a cagey, enigmatic character, and theres much here that still remains unsaid.Theres enough in We Are X to satisfy the bands hordes of fervent fans, while still impressing those who have never heard of X Japan; some concert sequences are crazy, magnificent, rock and roll madness. Think of a moody KISS, add some Bowie costumes, a Guns n Roses strut, and shake vigorously Yoshiki, in fact, needs to wear a neck brace from 30 years of committed headbanging . No matter what you think of t stanley cup he music, Visual Kei makes quite an impression.Theres a whiff of tie-in to We Are X, though, which coincides neatly with a new studio album from the band, and a singular lack of humour which could stop it short of wider theatrical exposure - X takes itself extremely seriously, as does director Stephen Kijak. The acts success r stanley cup ests on its dark manga moodiness, and Yoshiki can come across as almost depressive. Yet the costumes are an absurd, peacock-like contrast. Festivals should love We Are X, particularly those with music str Ofyx BFI unveils Football on Film archive
New films on Screenbase this week includethriller Long Time Coming and a new adaptation of Dylan Thomass Under Milk Wood.UK thriller Long Time Coming 鈥?North vs South recently, from writer-director Steven Nesbit and producers Benjamin Foottit and Mark Foligno, recently wrapped shooting.Cast on the feature includes Bernard Hill, Steven Berkoff, Greta Scacchi, Keith Allen, Steve Evets, Elliot Tittensor, Charlotte Hope, Geoff Bell, Oliver Cotton, Brad Moore, Freema Agyeman and Sydney Wade.The film focusses on the battle between a group of brutal northern hard men and their southern criminal enemies, during which two star-crossed young lovers from the rival families carry out an illicit affair.Dylan Thomas adaptationPrincipal photography on an adaptation of stanley cup Under Milk Wood, starring Rhys Ifans, has begun in Wales.Based on Dylan Thomass classic radio drama, the film stars Ifans as First Voice/Captain Cat, an old sea captain who dreams of his deceased crew members and lost love.Directed by Kevin Allen, who made Ifans breakthrough film Twin Town, the shoot in the tiny harbour village of Solva, in Pembrokeshire, will last six weeks.Singer Charlotte Church will co-star as Polly Garter, a woman pining for her lost lover. Other roles are taken by a host of Welsh actors with guest appearances from rugby legend Gareth Edwards and f stanley cup ormer stanley usa Labour leader Lord Kinnock.Allen and Ifans are producers of the film, along with Stephen Malit, producer of Julien Temples London 鈥?The Modern Babylon. Al |
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