“The beach awaits below the pavement, but what lies beyond the city?”, actor Ian McShane’s voice over asks at a magical moment of How We Used to Live. The city is London, and it is spread out here through the protein-filled archive of the British Film Institute like a huge tapestry, or a landscape, or an epic visual poem. From its reconstruction after the war, London hasn’t stopped growing in series, which this documentary (?) displays as if working with miniatures. People getting on and off the trains, people dancing, people drinking, endless views of brick houses, ominous views of the 1970s council houses, beautiful people in Carnaby Street, and punks in King’s Road. The soundtrack by Pete Wiggs (Saint Etienne) replaces all the songs that could have dated the footage. And that’s so much better: to have the footage move us with its non-narrative neutrality and the music convince us it’s the only possible source for this prodigy. FG
Section: Britannia Lado B: Heavenly FilmsD, F, E: Paul Kelly
G: Bob Stanley, Travis McElbourgh
M: Pete Wiggs
P: Martin Kelly, Simon Egan
CP: Heavenly Films
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Paul Kelly born in 1962 in Farnborough, Hampshire.Taught as a pilot before becoming a musician in his band East Village. He began film making in the early 90's, firstly making music promo videos.2003- Finisterre 2005- What have you done today Mervyn Day?2007- This is Tomorrow2008- Take Three Girls2011- Lawrence of Belgravia2014- How We Used to...
05 May 2015
25 April 2015
25 April 2015
