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Ryan Philpott
The London Short Film Festival served up a selection of mostly depressing fare. So why so few funny films?
Just over a year ago my friend Tim Mackenzie-Smith asked me to make a brief appearance in a short film he was making. The story was a simple one: an everyday bloke, Stephen Mann (Ryan Philpott), down on his luck and trying to get to an all-important job interview finds London ganging up on him and trying to thwart him in the guise of transport problems, hoodies trying to mug him, weirdos hassling him ("It's called Paruresis – when you can't piss in public") and various other mishaps.
It sounded amusing yet plausible, everyone has faced some kind of situation where they are late for an important event and then it seems the world is against them. I happily agreed, and it was an exciting and enlightening experience seeing how a film is actually made,...
Just over a year ago my friend Tim Mackenzie-Smith asked me to make a brief appearance in a short film he was making. The story was a simple one: an everyday bloke, Stephen Mann (Ryan Philpott), down on his luck and trying to get to an all-important job interview finds London ganging up on him and trying to thwart him in the guise of transport problems, hoodies trying to mug him, weirdos hassling him ("It's called Paruresis – when you can't piss in public") and various other mishaps.
It sounded amusing yet plausible, everyone has faced some kind of situation where they are late for an important event and then it seems the world is against them. I happily agreed, and it was an exciting and enlightening experience seeing how a film is actually made,...
- 15/01/2011
- por Saptarshi Ray
- The Guardian - Film News
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