Four Lions Press Archive: Post British reviews/interviews etc here

[Jemble Fred]

On one hand I think using twitter reviews is a bit desperate

That can't be the case here though, as they've had a long long list of appreciative reviews for ages. It must have been a deliberate decision to use Twitter reviews, they were far from desperate.

[An tSaoi]

Yes, what I should have said is "Using Twitter reviews seems desperate to Your Average Man On The Street looking at the poster without knowledge of the overall critical opinion", but in this case it isn't.

[Neil]

Gee, I wonder if I can get my twitter on a poster, if I post something positive!!  #forcingtrends

[DuncanC]

RT @Neil  Gee, I wonder if I can get my twitter on a poster, if I post something positive!!  #forcingtrends

[JPA]

Audio Interview with Riz Ahmed and Nigel Lindsay:

http://www.filmdetail.com/archives/2010/05/17/interview-riz-ahmed-and-nigel-lindsay-on-four-lions/

[dfurnell]

Hi gang;

I got a copy of 'Sight and Sound' and although their (excellent) review of 'Four Lions' is online there is a box of text which apparently is written by Chris Morris. And also in the back of the magazine there's the full movie credits and a synopsis of the story which gives away the whole film plot. They seem to post credits for every film out in the UK; which can be interesting if you like reading such things (which I do). But first before clicking these I must repeat these are VERY spoilery so be warned.

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z56/tguk999/DSC01942r.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z56/tguk999/DSC01943r.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z56/tguk999/DSC01944r.jpg

Oh and here's a zip file with the three images a little bigger and hence easier to read:

http://rapidshare.com/files/389473593/fourlionspress03.zip

[dfurnell]

Not seen this referenced here:

'Interview: Riz Ahmed and Nigel Lindsay on Four Lions' it's an audio interview which I've not actually listened to yet...

http://www.filmdetail.com/archives/2010/05/17/interview-riz-ahmed-and-nigel-lindsay-on-four-lions/

[sirhenry]

Yorkshire Evening Post piece. (Halfway down, titled 'Farcical face of terror')

[Paaaaul]

A rubbish photo of a Poster

[Neil]

http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/lowri-257/four-lions-chris-morris-q-and-a-2978/

Report on the Morris Q&A at Curzon.  Good read, but they seem completely oblivious to the fact Morris has been doing loads of other Q&A's.  Just pushing the usual 'he doesn't do interviews' bullshit narrative.

[Serge]

There's a middling (three stars) review and one page interview with Chris Morris in the June issue of 'Uncut'. Can't find it on the Uncut website and don't have a scanner, so maybe a 'whore who does could do the honours? Nothing earth-shattering in the interview, to be honest.

[dfurnell]

There's a middling (three stars) review and one page interview with Chris Morris in the June issue of 'Uncut'. Can't find it on the Uncut website and don't have a scanner, so maybe a 'whore who does could do the honours? Nothing earth-shattering in the interview, to be honest.

It's a few pages back... here: http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,23955.msg1270757.html#msg1270757

[Serge]

Bugger. I didn't know how long the issue had been out, it's the first copy I've bought in a while, and I did check back a couple of pages to see if anyone had posted it. I should have gone further...

[Glebe]

AVForums.com - Four Lions Review.

[JPA]

Spoiler alert

Some scenes just go on too long, and are telegraphed well before they happen – the humour suffering as a consequence. One example of this is when one of the characters has bought a massive amount of chemicals from a local wholesaler. When he explains it is ok because he used a different voice everytime he went in – that concept is funny. To have one of the characters then quiz him on it, and him giving us an example of each voice (they are all the same – his own) just overeggs the pudding and labours the point beyond the point where it is funny.

[close]

Spoilered just in case, but bah - that's a really funny scene in the way it builds.

[Boycey]

It says pretty much bugger all, but for the sake of completeness, here's a small piece from the Manchester Evening News about Mohammad Aqil who played Omar's son:

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1240972_little_star_lands_big_screen_role

[An tSaoi]

Aw that's nice. Imagine being 11 and having to audition on front of Morris though!

[JPA]

There's a bit of discussion over Four Lions in this weeks Kermode Podcast (though it's actually Floyd and Boyd hosting this week). It's pretty much straight away as it comes when they are discussing the top ten. Both of them thought the film was good, though one says they didn't buy into the Omar character and wanted to know more about his motivations. They were also remarking on how well it's done about Morris' fanbase.

[Ignatius_S]

*bump*

Film School Rejects interview with Morris here.

Same site plugging the film here.

[El Unicornio, mang]

Interview from Opie and Anthony:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/chu6vw

Approx 45 mins so plenty to listen to