Substantial Films

“I've just sat and watched the Brighton short and was really moved by what I saw. What did I see? To me it was a city I've lived in for more than four decades, though a city I've been blind to for far too long. The film opened up the door and it was like experiencing a completely new space. For a city that's so geographically open (the expanse of the channel & acres of Downs) I found the city in the film claustrophobic, disturbing and scary. Brilliant.”Mike Cobley - EditorBrighton Magazinemagazine.brighton.co.uk''The symphony of the big city' aims to celebrate Brighton's cumulative charms, while contrasting the fortunes of typical city residents. A bin man works along London Road, a stressed computer worker bemoans the digital age, a bus driver wants to works in a cafe because he hates driving and a busker works out her beer budget - all furiously intercut with monolithic flat blocks and random street reportage, the unsettling direction and sound manipulation are sometimes quite Chris Morris' 'Jam' in tone.” (NC)