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Gasman

  • 1997
  • 15m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.8K
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Gasman (1997)
Psychological DramaDramaShort

It's the Christmas season. With her mom's help, Lynne, a girl of perhaps eight, dresses up; her younger brother Steven plays with a toy car. The children leave with their dad, who's affectio... Read allIt's the Christmas season. With her mom's help, Lynne, a girl of perhaps eight, dresses up; her younger brother Steven plays with a toy car. The children leave with their dad, who's affectionate with them. They walk down a railroad track where an unkempt woman waits with two chil... Read allIt's the Christmas season. With her mom's help, Lynne, a girl of perhaps eight, dresses up; her younger brother Steven plays with a toy car. The children leave with their dad, who's affectionate with them. They walk down a railroad track where an unkempt woman waits with two children, about the same age as Lynne and Steven. The children go with them. They're all heade... Read all

  • Director
    • Lynne Ramsay
  • Writer
    • Lynne Ramsay
  • Stars
    • Lynne Ramsay Jr.
    • Martin Anderson
    • James Ramsay
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lynne Ramsay
    • Writer
      • Lynne Ramsay
    • Stars
      • Lynne Ramsay Jr.
      • Martin Anderson
      • James Ramsay
    • 91User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Lynne Ramsay Jr.
    • Lynne
    • (as Lynne Ramsay)
    Martin Anderson
    • Steven
    James Ramsay
    • Da
    Denise Flannagan
    • Ma
    Jackie Quinn
    • Woman
    Lisa Taylor
    Lisa Taylor
    • Girl
    Robert McEwan
    • Boy
    • Director
      • Lynne Ramsay
    • Writer
      • Lynne Ramsay
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    7b-93813

    visual story telling

    Lynne, 8-9 year - old girl goes to a Christmas party with her father and brother. At the party, she notices that another girl treats his father as if he is her real father and get jealous and learns something surprising then. Although the story turns out to be not that complicated, I love this movie because it has a nice structure. While I am watching this film, it leaves many questions to my mind, for example, "Why mother does not go to the party?" "Why are there only father and their children in that party?" or "Why the girl is so familiar to Lynne's father even though she is supposed that they are stranger?" and all those questions are answered at the end of the film. I thought that this structure makes the movie interesting and the audience satisfied.
    7ayane-57200

    A Life Changing Point

    "Gasman" is a short film which is about a girl's life changing point. One day, the girl goes out with her father and her brother, and she meets a little girl who looks very similar to her. I like this film's introduction. In the house, the girl polishes her shoes and puts her cute dress on. Her mother cares about the girl, and the boy plays with his toy car. We can't understand why she polishes her shoes and wears a dress, so we can guess the destination. And it makes us very excited. The last scene is also one that I like. We can consider her feeling and her thoughts from now on as we like. This film is not bright, but I think this film has something attractive. When you finish watching this film, you may bask in the afterglow of this film. I don't like thisk ind of dark film usually, but this movie is interesting. So, if you like dark films, you should watch it, and even if you don't like dark films, you should try to watch it.
    dshed

    I like it, but I'm like that

    Gasman is a proper short film - little plot, none of it told explicitly, but a larger story going on around the camera. Like most of Lynne Ramsey's stuff (Ratcatcher being the best and most enjoyable example, because it isn't a short)it feels like and probably is 1970s/80s East-end Glasgow, the struggling classes and a fairly grim outlook, but you see the little sparks of interest in real lives, and being a small story told very much from a child's point of view, it's much more hopeful, interesting and happy than it could have been. The characters, so few, and so little seen in the short still have immense believability and completeness. Most people will find this dull, but if you're the kind of person who knows how to get hold of a copy, you're probably the type of person who'd enjoy it. Arty, but not impenetrable, simple but thought-provoking.
    le-94371

    The story of dark Christmas

    This story is sort of a sad story, but its content is so deep. A girl in the movie faces a family problem. Her father cheats on his wife and has another daughter and son with a secret lover. It is just too complicated for the girl to know what is going on. Needless to say, she comes to hate them. In the movie, you know everything and why she is upset also how this girl understands her circumstances. Additionally, you should check how cameras work in the movie. Mostly, it's dark. There are few lights so that you might think it's a little bit too dark. For me, it is. The content is also dark, but more than that, it's hard to see facial expression because of darkness. However, it is amazing how it expresses that girl grows up. This is not just a dark story, it shows the growing strong girl.
    7user-704-392173

    complicated

    One of the most difficult problems to solve is the people relationships.

    The father has two families, which means the four little children have blood relations. However, maybe of course, they do not know that.

    In the Christmas party the main character girl is coming to feel uncomfortable about the other girl who is her half sister indeed. In the last scene, when they are coming back home, the order of the people especially the girls mentions the very touchy feelings of them. The girl is so confused but does not know the truth. This is a very interesting film and is questioning us about what to do with such a problem.

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      This short film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Ratcatcher (1999).
    • Connections
      Edited into Cinema16: British Short Films (2003)

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 1998 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Газiвник
    • Production companies
      • BBC Scotland
      • Holy Cow Films
      • The Scottish Arts Council
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    • Runtime
      • 15m
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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