From the filmmaker:The film was made very quickly -- written in one night, after a few
beers in Brick Lane, we shot it a few days later on five rolls of film.
The total budget, including film stock and processing was £750.
I
needed someone who could sing and incredibly managed to get Hugh
Cornwell, from The Stranglers -- Hugh hadn't acted before, but held his
own I think with veteran Charles West and my two just about
all-time-favourite actors: cousin Richard Fallon, and Steve O'Donnell.
The
crew, all 1st or 2nd year students at the film school, have all gone on
to do brilliant work: Matt Lipsey was gaffer and grip, and also
composed and played the haunting saxophone music; Bryn Higgins:
assistant director; Philip Shotton: camera operator; Mark Plummer:
Lighting cameraman. Simon Shore: Sound; Mark James: Art Direction.
Check out those names!
There's a HORRIBLE edit at 09:32,
that even now brings tears to my eyes. But when I got into the cutting
room I couldn't see any way round it; I didn't have the footage and a
re-shoot was out of the question.
On a happier note; we needed
snow for the final scene, and London had been clear of it for weeks. I
bought two bags of fake snow, but it wouldn't have been enough to cover
more than a square yard. Then on the last day of the shoot -- when we
had 40 ft of film left -- it snowed. The final shot of the clicking
fingers was literally the last shot of the shoot -- we ran out of film a
second later. 1986 BAFTA Awards - Best Short Film - Nominee
Directed by Chris Fallon Writing credits Chris Fallon
