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Trilogie Bill Douglas
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Trilogie Bill Douglas

Jun 18, 2006

Trilogie Bill Douglas
2006 64 min 2 vues
1) Mon enfance - 2) Ceux de chez moi - 3) Mon retour Impossible d'oublier sa petite bouille. Sa tignasse. Ses yeux résignés. Jamie ne sourit pas — si, une fois, au souvenir d'un instant heureux, rappelé par le directeur de l'orphelinat. Il ne pleure pas non plus. Pour maudire son sort, il faut en avoir conscience. Jamie ne se sent pas malheureux, puisque le bonheur lui est inconnu. Dans l'Ecosse de l'immédiat après-guerre, puis au début des années 1950, Bill Douglas le filme dans une trilogie — se filme plutôt, car Jamie, c'est lui — comme le reflet d'un monde où la sauvagerie semble aussi inéluctable que la misère.
Sleepwalker
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Sleepwalker

Jul 05, 1984

Sleepwalker
1984 49 min 11 vues
Saxon Logan's extraordinary 49 minute featurette pitches four people into a class war situation with a vicious sting in the tale.
Horror
Fever
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Fever

Jan 01, 1967

Fever
1967 9 min 1 vues
Displaying the cinematic influence of Bunuel and Cocteau, and inspired by a short story by French writer JMG Le Clézio, Bill’s most experimental short depicts a psychiatric patient who travels to Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, to warn anyone who will listen about the impending nuclear holocaust.
Drama
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
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Bill Douglas: My Best Friend

Sep 05, 2023

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023 77 min 1 vues
The story of the extraordinary friendship between Scottish film maker Bill Douglas and his lifelong companion and collaborator Peter Jewell. Bill Douglas was Scotland’s finest director, celebrated by the likes of Lynne Ramsay, Lenny Abrahamson, Satajit Ray and Yuliya Solntseva. Bill’s life was turned around in the Egyptian desert when during National Service he met the man who would become his lifelong friend, Peter Jewell. The two men had very different backgrounds but they formed a unique bond that channelled a tremendous creative energy. In this film Peter reminisces about the life he shared with Bill in their tiny Soho flat filled with cinema memorabilia. Their shared love of the movies lead them to start experimenting with an 8mm camera. Peter’s memories and musings about the legacy Bill left behind are illustrated with these never-before-seen short films.
Documentary
Home and Away
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Home and Away

Jan 02, 1974

Home and Away
1974 30 min 1 vues
A young boy away at boarding school struggles when his mother and father split up.
Drama
Gracemary
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Gracemary

Jan 01, 1966

Gracemary
1966 5 min 1 vues
A young woman runs to catch the last post with her weekly pools coupon, whilst imagining a more glamorous life for herself.
The Water Cress File
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The Water Cress File

Jan 01, 1966

The Water Cress File
1966 6 min 1 vues
Playing with the tropes of the spy genre, The Water Cress File charts the progress of a mysterious briefcase, passed between several characters on the streets of Soho and, in a metaphysical flourish, into a film showing in the Pavilion cinema.
Fever
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Fever

Jan 01, 1967

Fever
1967 9 min 1 vues
Displaying the cinematic influence of Bunuel and Cocteau, and inspired by a short story by French writer JMG Le Clézio, Bill’s most experimental short depicts a psychiatric patient who travels to Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, to warn anyone who will listen about the impending nuclear holocaust.
Drama
Woman in the Park
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Woman in the Park

Jan 01, 1967

Woman in the Park
1967 13 min 1 vues
A Hitchcockian psychodrama about an introverted man who pursues a woman with whom he becomes obsessed, demonstrating Bill’s improving grasp of advanced film language.
Small World
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Small World

Jan 01, 1968

Small World
1968 7 min 1 vues
A rare “talkie” displaying Bill’s gift for dialogue, Small World is a comedy of manners about two married couples who meet by chance at an outdoor café and think they have met before.
Still Life
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Still Life

Jan 01, 1968

Still Life
1968 12 min 1 vues
An elderly woman is admitted to an asylum and all her possessions are removed by the council. The idea came from Peter Jewell, who was working as a social worker at the time, but is reminiscent of Bill's own family history.
The Ring of Truth
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The Ring of Truth

Nov 06, 1996

The Ring of Truth
1996 29 min 1 vues
Set in the Necropolis graveyard, Glasgow. A comic and magical tale about the meaning of life and a hunt for a missing diamond ring. An ex-B movie starlet and her daughter search for the ring, lost many years ago whilst the mother was making love with a travelling salesman. Their antics are observed by a small boy who is spending the day with his Grandfather, the custodian of the graveyard. As the story unfolds, the day at the graveyard moves from comedy and tragedy to magic, fantasy and resurrection
Comedy