All Quiet On The Weston Seafront
Documentary
Twenty years ago youths on one of Britain's
worst council estates formed one of England's
most notorious gangs. For over five years,
they terrorized Weston-Super-Mare: no Bank
Holiday weekend passed without a battle.
“Today they are adults-but are they grown up”
The photographer film maker John Gilliam,
who photographed their exploits twenty years
ago tracks them down. Gilliam’s documentary
mixes real-life testimony, still photographs and
original news footage to give a window on the
world. The camera allows the participants to
look back on the days of their youth, which
reveals a telling contradiction between
optimism and nostalgia as these ordinary
males tell and retell their stories.
This fascinating piece of work takes us back
in time and serves up a slice of life that is no
more. It summons up in all of us a feeling of
reflection on adolescence and the process of
growing up.
A Man Without Time
The film follows the story of Guido Massari,
a man who feels stuck in time, unable to move
forward, and trapped by his past. Guido is at a
crucial crossroads in his life: he must choose
between continuing his daily routine or
following his dreams to find himself.
During his journey, he reunites with Elena, a
longtime friend he has always secretly loved.
Their encounter rekindles buried emotions
forces him to reflect on the choices he has
made and those he still has to make. Elena
encourages him to follow his heart and take
risks in pursuit of happiness.
Another key figure is professor Rinaldi, a
former philosophy teacher, who helps him
find the courage to change. Guido realizes
that he has been deeply affected by his past,
especially by his father’s disappearance an
event that has profoundly changed his life.
The protagonist also reconnects with
Francesco, his childhood best friend, with
whom he once shared a dream of traveling
the world and capturing it through
photography.
Francesco, now a theater instructor, invites
him to enroll in a drama course, suggesting
acting might help him rediscover himself.
Throughout the story, Guido embarks on
an intense inner journey: he reflects on his
past, his fears, and the need to forgive himself
in order to move forward.
In the end, he decides to quit the job he hates
and accept Professor Rinaldi offer to work in
his library, where he can take time to reflect
and plan his future.
45 RPM
A young photographer uses his in-depth
knowledge of a major record company’s
interdepartmental flaws to sign a band of
inept musicians to the label.
The film follows Johnny Jake, a jack the lad
photographer scratching a living shooting
press for shots record company’s new artists,
asked by the boys in the press room to
manage their newly formed.
“New wave punk band”
After listening to the bands dreadful demo
tracks, he knows they don’t need a manger but
a miracle to get a record deal.
With this in mind, a smile crosses his face,
the knowledge he has of the dysfunctional
relationships between the various in-house
record company departments, hatches a
plan to hoodwink the record company into
signing them.