Arriving home I was in the mood to watch a short film. Having seen the superb The Black Panther (also reviewed), I felt it was tine to play the bonus film.
View on the film:
Coming out after spending decades in the vault, the BFI present a great transfer, with the graininess of the film print being a fitting match to the rustic setting, and the soundtrack being clean.
Detailing in a commentary over behind the scenes footage that the film was shot where The Luxton tragedy had taken place, co-writer (with Paddy Fletcher) / director Bob Bentley & The Duke of Burgundy (2014-also reviewed) cinematographer Nicholas D. Knowland farm an errie True Crime atmosphere from icy, long lingering wide-shots gazing at the farm and listening in on the rustic sounds, with Bentley making the most of the real location, (filled with all the household items the Luxton's used in their daily lives) in jagged panning shots across the cramped, isolated farmland.
Refusing to give any easy answers to the Luxton murder case, (played by the terrific trio of Derek Smith, Maurice Denham and Ann Tirard, who each express in their understated body language, the tension the family shared, in being no longer able to run the family farm) the screenplay by Fletcher and Bentley explores the sinking feeling each family member feels, that the life they have known for decades, is fading away, with the reclusive state of the farmers being laced by the writers with possible incest, laying at the heart of the farm.
View on the film:
Coming out after spending decades in the vault, the BFI present a great transfer, with the graininess of the film print being a fitting match to the rustic setting, and the soundtrack being clean.
Detailing in a commentary over behind the scenes footage that the film was shot where The Luxton tragedy had taken place, co-writer (with Paddy Fletcher) / director Bob Bentley & The Duke of Burgundy (2014-also reviewed) cinematographer Nicholas D. Knowland farm an errie True Crime atmosphere from icy, long lingering wide-shots gazing at the farm and listening in on the rustic sounds, with Bentley making the most of the real location, (filled with all the household items the Luxton's used in their daily lives) in jagged panning shots across the cramped, isolated farmland.
Refusing to give any easy answers to the Luxton murder case, (played by the terrific trio of Derek Smith, Maurice Denham and Ann Tirard, who each express in their understated body language, the tension the family shared, in being no longer able to run the family farm) the screenplay by Fletcher and Bentley explores the sinking feeling each family member feels, that the life they have known for decades, is fading away, with the reclusive state of the farmers being laced by the writers with possible incest, laying at the heart of the farm.