MIFF Day 5
Action Boys
It never really finds its rhythm, but this documentary about the 8th graduating class of a Stunt School in Korea is an interesting insight into the lives of stuntmen. There's some really funny moments, especially a staged re-enactment of how two of the guys realised that stunt work could be their calling. The producers weren't in on the joke, so when you discover that they met by one running the other over with his car, it's both shocking and really funny. Several years on, only one of the graduating class remains in stunt work, and the sobering reality of the job is driven home with the death of a stunt director they all looked up to on the set of The Good, The Bad and The Weird. It's far from the best documentary I've seen, but the men it profiles made it a great watch.
Red Riding: 1980
More grim death and corruption in West Riding, Yorkshire. This time Paddy Considine is a Manchester detective sent to review the Yorkshire police's failure to apprehend the Ripper. The murders are only the backdrop to a tale of police corruption that dovetails into the events of 1974. The mood of the piece is excellent, with a creeping paranoia that something rotten but unseen has fingers and eyes everywhere. There are revelations, answers and a lot more questions. I can't wait for the final installment tomorrow.
It never really finds its rhythm, but this documentary about the 8th graduating class of a Stunt School in Korea is an interesting insight into the lives of stuntmen. There's some really funny moments, especially a staged re-enactment of how two of the guys realised that stunt work could be their calling. The producers weren't in on the joke, so when you discover that they met by one running the other over with his car, it's both shocking and really funny. Several years on, only one of the graduating class remains in stunt work, and the sobering reality of the job is driven home with the death of a stunt director they all looked up to on the set of The Good, The Bad and The Weird. It's far from the best documentary I've seen, but the men it profiles made it a great watch.
Red Riding: 1980
More grim death and corruption in West Riding, Yorkshire. This time Paddy Considine is a Manchester detective sent to review the Yorkshire police's failure to apprehend the Ripper. The murders are only the backdrop to a tale of police corruption that dovetails into the events of 1974. The mood of the piece is excellent, with a creeping paranoia that something rotten but unseen has fingers and eyes everywhere. There are revelations, answers and a lot more questions. I can't wait for the final installment tomorrow.
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