Continuing the theme of Thatcher’s legacy, Paul Duane revisits Contact, Alan Clarke’s 1985 drama about the British army in Northern Ireland.
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Natan – Part 2
Part 2 of David Cairns’ recounting of the strange story of Bernard Natan. Part 1 was published yesterday.
Natan – Part 1
MostlyFilm regular Paul Duane, who has written about his films Barbaric Genius and Very Extremely Dangerous in these pages, has teamed up with the most excellent David Cairns to make an acclaimed documentary about the once-notorious, now obscure, Bernard Natan, which will receive its English premiere this weekend. In this 2-part essay (the 2nd part will be published tomorrow), David recounts the whole strange story.
Are you sure you want to do this? The making of Barbaric Genius
by Paul Duane
I spent four years making Barbaric Genius, my first feature documentary. I’ve been a director for about twenty-five years, but I learned more about every aspect of filmmaking – and more about life – in those four years than in the first twenty put together.
The film is finally getting a cinema release this week, a year after its festival debut, and it felt like it might be a good time to try to figure out how to pass on some of the things I’ve learned, for what they’re worth.
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