Faced with the sudden praise from the critics, director Sean Mides himself modestly said that "it was a series of magical and dazzling mistakes that made this film." At first, the director prepared to shoot a short film with the support of Eurostar train company. Later, he made a beautiful mistake. He made this short film into a 75-minute feature film, so another came from Edinburgh in 2008. The beautiful "mistakes" of the film festival followed one after another. "Somers Town" defeated the popular "Edge of Love" and "The Tightrope Walker", and won Powell named after the outstanding British director Mike Powell. Movie awards. Film critics also gave it thumbs up like Albert, praising the film as a well-deserved winner of the "British Film of the Year". Although the story of the film is not as bizarre as the Hollywood blockbusters, and although the beautiful scenery of London in the film is nothing new, the friendship between a teenage Polish immigrant and a child who ran away from home in the film is impressive. . It can be said that "Sumers Town" is Midas' most moving film.
Sommers Town is a small town in south London, located at King’s Cross Underground Station, St. Between Pancras Station and Euston Station. Benson, the star of the film, is a local. He said, "My family has lived here for three generations. The locals are familiar with each other, but because of the foreign population, people cannot establish a long-term relationship of trust. Midas Capturing this point, he accurately restored the indifference and problems between people in modern society. Marco came to England from Poland to live with his father; Tomo jumped on the train and left home When they left and came to Summers, they knew each other and then separated. People nowadays are always migrating, hurrying, and hurrying to live. They have already left their lives behind."
Although he was shooting his own country, Mides did not whitewash the peace. He used his own lens to show the ragged, decayed and shabby side of Sumos. London is becoming larger and more prosperous, and the surrounding areas will have to pay a heavy price for this. Large jet airliners are flying on residents' heads. "I don't know that the operation of London requires the sacrifice and effort of so many people." The old actor Benson praised Mids without hesitation, "Some people say that he is a new generation of Ken Rocky, but I think he is better than Ken Rocky." The last few shots of the film were shot in Paris. The two little actors were very excited. This was their first trip on the Eurostar train and also their first trip to Paris. "Paris is so fun, people are very friendly, and Western food is delicious," Turgues said with a wink. "The Eiffel Tower looks much bigger than on TV."
The screenwriter of the film is the director's childhood friend Paul. In the process of writing the original short film script, due to his improvisation and emotional bursts, the short film gradually turned into a feature film. At the same time, the town of Summers involved in the film seems to be rejuvenated along the Eurostar train, full of stories. Due to the investor's reasons, Mides is worried that his film will become a soft advertisement for Eurostar. "I'm not willing to shoot any commercials," he said, "but when they put a full power of attorney in front of me, my worries disappeared." In the film, in addition to the obvious friendship between the two boys, Midas quietly reveals a social phenomenon: due to the absence of parents, children have to find support and comfort on their peers or toys or pets. The absent parents and the gray youth are the motifs of Mides' film. In "This is England", Mides uses a group of bald punks' "Cruel Youth Story" to explain his views on today's indifferent society.
The 16-year-old Turgos played Tommo running away from home in the film. Two years ago, he appeared as a bald boy in the film "This Is England" by Mids. This role won him the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the British Independent Film Festival. "I have been keeping in touch with my friends on the crew, and that film changed my life." Two weeks after the filming of "Sumers Town", Eden Lake gained extremely high popularity. In the film, he played the role of A Fei, a young man who made trouble everywhere. "Up to now, I have played the roles of bastards and demagogues." Leike said, "Of course, in life, I am not a model teenager myself. ".
It took 17 hours a day to shoot, and it took only 10 days to complete the shooting. Medstein Cheng "This is perhaps the most freehand and boldest film in the shooting process of my personal film career." Shooting with black-and-white film and shooting location in Poland. This is the first time Mides left the UK to shoot a film; the film script was not written by the director himself... If these were not enough to make the director retreat, then Midas would be the day before the filming started. Si broke his leg but he retreated in his heart, "All the signals are suggesting that I shouldn't make this movie at all." During the shooting, the crew also lost a laptop.
There is never a lack of new creative skills and improvisations in the crew of Mids, which he uses to bring vitality to the filming of the film. Actor Gajello said, "What we have is the most basic story frame. On the set, we can use our own experience to interpret the characters instead of sticking to the script." This shooting technique brings several unforgettable scenes to Mides' films. At the shooting scene, Mides looked at the friendship between the two children, and he couldn't help but recall his friendship with the screenwriter Fraser. Paul is not just a screenwriter, he has participated in almost all of Midas' films. "Like the relationship with the children in the movie, Paul and I cooperate closely. I am a person with a bit of domination desire," Midas said, "but he has been able to support me silently, just like Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei. I think it’s very interesting to look at the path I took in the movie. In the movie, the two children end up intimately as one person."
In "24 7", Mides expresses the aesthetic pursuit of a director of a literary and artistic film, shows his understanding, sympathy and smile for the working class people, which makes him absolutely comparable to Ken Rocky. Now, Midas is preparing his new film "The King of Gypsy", the film is adapted from the story of boxing champion Bartley Gorman without boxing gloves. ""Sumers Town" made me feel the ups and downs and fragility of the human world," Midas said, "I would like to continue to explore this theme with my future actions."
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