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Dusty Gozongas · « **Reply #30 on:** December 05, 2009, 08:50:45 pm »

Precisely :-)

weekender · « **Reply #31 on:** December 05, 2009, 09:40:36 pm »

It's not my fault my parents worked their way up from working class to middle class.

James "End-To-End" Benton · « **Reply #32 on:** December 07, 2009, 12:28:30 am »

Quote from: weekender on December 05, 2009, 07:56:43 pm

seeing those videos from MC Riz has made me excited, and if he is collaborating with Morris then that makes me excited too

Hmm. Apparently while filming, Riz had a lot of attacks of conscience about the film's politics. Hopefully that doesn't mean the script is built on that bullshit about suicide bombers being nihilistic 6th-formers

Languid · « **Reply #33 on:** December 07, 2009, 08:28:11 pm »

Quote from: James "End-To-End" Benton on December 07, 2009, 12:28:30 am

Hmm. Apparently while filming, Riz had a lot of attacks of conscience about the film's politics.

Just wondering what your source was for that?

James "End-To-End" Benton · « **Reply #34 on:** December 07, 2009, 10:58:57 pm »

He used to be quite close with a friend of mine, who says she regularly got angsty texts during filming. She hasn't seen him recently though.

Wait and hope, I guess

Clint Hollow · « **Reply #35 on:** December 08, 2009, 12:16:26 am »

Any idea what was said in the messages she recieved?

Still, it hopefully means the script isn't simple black and white, so to speak.

Whug Baspin · « **Reply #36 on:** December 08, 2009, 11:28:37 am »

Having heard that I have quite high hopes for it. I hope it is silly as hell and leaves people in a mess trying to justify it.

eluc55 · « **Reply #37 on:** December 09, 2009, 04:27:43 pm »

I dreamt about this - and you lot - last night.

In it, we all met in Wales (?) in a huge palatial Factory where there was an outdoor premier of the film. The only scene I can remember now featured the lead character walking out into the middle of a dusty street, and producing a "wacky" weapon with long red foam pipes emerging from the hand-held unit (like long bendy fingers).

Unsurprisingly, no-one laughed, although I felt compelled to as I wanted to enjoy it. Then the verbwhore next to me looked round and glared at me.

Take from that dream what you will.

Clint Hollow · « **Reply #38 on:** December 12, 2009, 06:15:33 pm »

A page has been put up on warp.com about Four Lions

http://warp.net/films/four-lions/four-lions-officially-selected-by-sundance#2

It has a page dedicated to upcoming screenings, though Sundance is the only listed one.

There is also a new, funny, still from the film.

Tuesday · « **Reply #39 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:24:05 pm »

Thanks for the link!

This is going to be marvellous isn't it?

Ballad of Ballard Berkley · « **Reply #40 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:48:58 pm »

Quote from: Tuesday on December 12, 2009, 07:24:05 pm

This is going to be marvellous isn't it?

Don't jinx it!

But yes, I hope so. That picture of the crow did make me smile, so that's something at least.

ThickAndCreamy · « **Reply #41 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:57:12 pm »

I'm know I'm just reiterating what I've said before here but I really cannot wait for these. I can see myself adoring it even if there will be a lot of inevitable moaning about how he's 'past his best'. Everything about it sounds almost too good to be true, like a dream for what I would want Chris to do next.

The Boston Crab · « **Reply #42 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:42:17 pm »

Those stills actually made me chuckle. I just pray that the script is up there with his best. I don't give a shit about the target or datedness. If it's written and performed well enough, I'll be happy.

Richter Scale · « **Reply #43 on:** December 15, 2009, 03:52:17 am »

I wonder if Morris will come out of the woodwork and actually go to Sundance? Maybe he will, since he's virtually unknown in the US.

Tuesday · « **Reply #44 on:** December 15, 2009, 05:58:18 pm »

Quote from: confettiinmyhair on December 03, 2009, 09:33:00 am

If Riz Ahmed tops this perfomance MC Riz - Post 911 Blues then we are looking at a good film.

We watched "Taking Liberties" at college today and I was pleasantly suprised to see Riz Ahmed and his Post 911 Blues turn up. I had no idea that he'd been detained at Luton airport after the Road to Guantanamo.

backdrifter · « **Reply #45 on:** January 06, 2010, 10:10:04 pm »

So is anyone going?

mogwai84 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 14, 2010, 01:19:20 pm »

*stalker alert*

I went to the Showroom cinema in Sheffield last night to watch The Road and was surprised to walk straight past Chris Morris. He was suited and booted and looked very Denham-esque! There seemed to be some event going on, and at a guess it would have been a private screening for Four Lions as Warp Films are based above the Showroom.

ThickAndCreamy · « **Reply #47 on:** January 14, 2010, 07:39:32 pm »

Congratulations on your detective work, you deserve a Blue Peter badge for it! I still have faith in Chris, although him in a suit is still quite a bizarre idea if not done amusingly.

An tSaoi · « **Reply #48 on:** January 14, 2010, 07:53:27 pm »

Anything would be better than what he usually wears.

Quote from: warp.net

Four Lions is based on three years of meetings with imams, community leaders, moderates, radicals, police, security services, ex mujahideen and a wealth of surveillance material from major trials.

Do you reckon that was entirely for research, or might he have fooled some of the Imams into giving BrassEye style interviews? I'd love to see Muslim clerics appearing in nonsensical vignettes in the film.

ThickAndCreamy · « **Reply #49 on:** January 14, 2010, 07:59:31 pm »

I find his normal clothes endearing, fuck fashion when you can wear flowery shirts. I do generally have a distaste for smart clothes though, especially expensive suits, I just find them too... detached.

An tSaoi · « **Reply #50 on:** January 14, 2010, 08:29:13 pm »

Well I'm the opposite. People who wear sandals anywhere other than on holidays should be gassed. And shirts should not have more than one colour.

vrailaine · « **Reply #51 on:** January 15, 2010, 12:26:42 pm »

Quote from: An tSaoi on January 14, 2010, 08:29:13 pm

Well I'm the opposite. People who wear sandals anywhere other than on holidays should be gassed. And shirts should not have more than one colour.

Have you a warddrobe full of identical clothes or something?

purlieu · « **Reply #52 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:27:31 pm »

Quote from: An tSaoi on January 14, 2010, 08:29:13 pm

And shirts should not have more than one colour.

What the fuck?

Ballad of Ballard Berkley · « **Reply #53 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:34:00 pm »

Quote from: An tSaoi on January 14, 2010, 08:29:13 pm

Well I'm the opposite. People who wear sandals anywhere other than on holidays should be gassed. And shirts should not have more than one colour.

You sound like that crackpot dictator in Woody Allen's Bananas: "Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now 16 years old...."

The Boston Crab · « **Reply #54 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:34:30 pm »

Tablecloth colour.

An tSaoi · « **Reply #55 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:40:12 pm »

Quote from: purlieu on January 15, 2010, 05:27:31 pm

What the fuck?

That was a joke there.

Ballad of Ballard Berkley · « **Reply #56 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:47:55 pm »

Quote from: An tSaoi on January 15, 2010, 05:40:12 pm

That was a joke there.

Ah, I see. Sorry, I must be suffering from the same problem you had with Why Bother!

purlieu · « **Reply #57 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:50:46 pm »

Quote from: An tSaoi on January 15, 2010, 05:40:12 pm

That was a joke there.

All jokes should be punctuated with j/k.

Friendly_Milk · « **Reply #58 on:** January 15, 2010, 05:52:09 pm »

Quote from: An tSaoi on January 14, 2010, 08:29:13 pm

Well I'm the opposite. People who wear sandals anywhere other than on holidays should be gassed. And shirts should not have more than one colour.

I read this in the voice of the father from the Nice family in Absolutely.

Clint Hollow · « **Reply #59 on:** January 18, 2010, 04:50:16 pm »

Premier is this Saturday! Can't wait to hear the reaction to it.

Another new photo here, at the top of the page - http://warp.net/films/four-lions

Anyone from here going?