Sightseers
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sightseers |
| Original title | Sightseers |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ben Wheatley |
| script |
Alice Lowe Steve Oram |
| production |
Claire Jones Nira Park Andy Starke |
| music | Jim Williams |
| camera | Laurie Rose |
| cut |
Robin Hill Amy Jump Ben Wheatley |
| occupation | |
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Sightseers (German DVD title: Sightseers - Killers on Tour! ) Is a British black comedy with elements of horror by director Ben Wheatley . The plot revolves around a tourist couple traveling through England in a caravan and venting their anger about society on selected individuals. The main roles are played by Alice Lowe and Steve Oram , who also acted as screenwriters. Edgar Wright appeared as executive producer . It was first broadcast during the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 .
action
Tina lives somewhere in England with her mother Carol and ekes out a life as a social outsider . She is blamed for the death of her dog Poppy by her mother . One day she is picked up by her friend Chris, an ambitious but unsuccessful writer, and the two of them go on a tour north in their caravan. During their first stop in a tramway museum, Chris becomes aware of a man who carelessly throws his rubbish on the floor. He runs over it without further ado and lets Tina believe it was a mistake. The two meet another couple at a campsite . Chris is instantly jealous of successful writer Ian and kills him with a rock while taking a morning walk. His now masterless dog "Banjo" is taken by Tina and henceforth called "Poppy", as her deceased dog is called. They leave the campsite together. In a national park , in front of Tina's eyes, Chris commits another murder of a tourist who orders Tina to remove a dog poop. At a romantic dinner, it is Tina who is made jealous by a group of young women. She follows one of them out into the open and also makes herself a murderer by pushing her into an abyss. This creates tension between Tina and Chris as he has no understanding that Tina killed an innocent woman. The couple later heard on the radio that the police were investigating the murders. At another campsite, Chris meets a recumbent cyclist with whom he gets along straight away. Tina becomes jealous again. She gets in the car and drives away furiously while Chris is in the back of the trailer. Apparently for no reason, she runs over a jogger and is happy about her “first murder together”. Chris, on the other hand, is stunned and legitimizes his own murders by saying that they inspired him to write, Tina, on the other hand, would have a bad influence on him. Recumbent cyclist Martin visits them on their last stop in the mountains. Tina is still jealous and tries to seduce Martin to make Chris jealous. After Chris refuses to kill Martin, Tina pushes his bike and mini caravan , in which he sleeps, over a slope. In a hopeless situation and now in love exuberance, Chris and Tina burn their caravan and decide to take their own life by jumping from the nearby viaduct . As Chris takes a step forward, Tina lets go of his hand and stands still while her friend falls to his death.
production
The two main actors and scriptwriters Alice Lowe and Steve Oram developed their characters seven years earlier after they met on a comedy night. My own childhood memories of various trips, including all prejudices, served as the greatest inspiration. A pitch produced for television was rejected on the grounds that it was "too gloomy". Lowe then posted the short online and contacted Edgar Wright , with whom she had previously worked on Hot Fuzz . He recognized the cinematic potential and gave the green light for a feature film. Lowe and Oram did extensive research with regard to the shoot and dealt literarily with various serial killers . The shooting took place in 2011 at the original locations (see background ). Directed by Ben Wheatley , who made his third feature film with Sightseers .
The prominent executive producer Edgar Wright is best known for his Blood and Ice Cream trilogy (also known as the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy ). An allusion to this cinematic three-pack can be found in the scene in the Tramway Museum when Chris' first murder victim eats a cornetto ice cream and then throws the paper on the floor. A cinematic model found the crew in the British cult comedy Withnail & I .
Anke Engelke and Bjarne Mädel took on the German synchronization of the main roles .
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Location of attractions in England |
Several landmarks in the counties of Derbyshire , Cumbria and Yorkshire serve as locations in the film. In an interview with director Ben Wheatley, Simon Brew described them as "attractions that you enjoy as a child, but which seemed rather cynical to adults". Despite the cinematic content, there were no problems whatsoever with the respective locations. It was particularly important to the film crew not to make fun of the locations, but only of the characters. Steve Oram also claimed to be a big sightseeing fan.
Six sights of the geographically authentic film route are listed below.
- The Crich Tramway Village in Borough Amber Valley is a themed village with the National Tramway Museum at its center . This contains the largest collection of vintage electronic trams in the UK.
- The Blue John Cavern is one of four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire . The limestone cave was named after the locally occurring mineral Blue John . This rare form of fluorite was already made into jewelry by the ancient Romans .
- The Cumberland Pencil Museum is located in Keswick ( Cumbria ). A special feature of the small town in the Lake District is the graphite mining and the associated pencil production . For example, you can marvel at the largest and oldest pencil in the world in the museum.
- Also in the Lake District is the Castlerigg Stone Circle , one of the most famous stone circles in England. He is looked after by the National Trust . It is here that Chris commits his second murder of a pushy tourist.
- The Honister Pass is a mountain pass in Cumbria and is used towards the end of the film as the scene when Chris and Tina burn the caravan.
- The Ribblehead Viaduct shown in the last scene of the film is a single-lane accessible railway bridge that was built in the 1870s. The popular tourist route connects the towns of Carlisle and Settle in North Yorkshire .
Crich Tramway Museum
Entrance to the Blue John Cavern
Cumberland Pencil Museum
reception
Sightseers was first shown in Director's Fortnight at the 65th Cannes Film Festival , where it met well-meaning critics. The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw initially found the film "uncomfortable" and felt that he was "running out of ideas" about the characters and plot. After seeing him a second time at the cinema premiere, however, he revised his opinion and particularly praised the "casual play" of its two main actors. Alex Godfrey wrote for the same newspaper that the film looks like a mixture of Badlands and Nuts in May , but is still a "beast all of its own" and a "fantastically unique black comedy that looks more intoxicating with every watch". Some less euphoric voices, such as those in the Financial Times, noted that "towards the end there is a tiredness that does not go away".
Sightseers has been nominated for several awards, mostly indie awards, and has won a few. At the Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Palm Dog Award for best dog performance. The two terriers Smurf and Ged shared this award for their achievements as film dog Poppy and Banjo, respectively . Alice Lowe won the award for the best female actress at the Catalan Festival of Fantastic Films . In addition, the film was nominated for seven BIFAs , including in the categories of Best British Independent Film and Best Actor and Best Actress . The award was for the best script.
The film received an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 points in the IMDb film database . Rotten Tomatoes scores 85% based on 96 reviews. The consensus of the side describes the film as “a bitter road movie that successfully straddles the line between black humor and horror”.
Web links
- Sightseers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sightseers at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Sightseers in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Approval certificate for Sightseers . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2013 (PDF; test number: 136 879 K).
- ↑ a b c Alex Godfrey: Sightseers: Alice Lowe and the secret terrors of caravanning. The Guardian , November 23, 2012, accessed February 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Simon Brew: Ben Wheatley interview: Sightseers, Freakshift, A Field In England. Retrieved January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ On the set of 'Sightseers'. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 1, 2016 ; accessed on February 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Crich Tramway Village. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 24, 2016 ; accessed on January 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ History of the Blue John Cavern. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Pencil Museum Keswick. Retrieved February 16, 2016 .
- ^ The Settle-Carlisle Railway. Retrieved January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Peter Bradshaw: Cannes 2012: Sightseers - review. The Guardian , May 24, 2012, accessed February 16, 2016 .
- ^ Peter Bradshaw: Sightseers - review. The Guardian , November 29, 2012, accessed February 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Nigel Andrews: Feeding frenzy in the barnyard. Financial Times , November 29, 2012, accessed February 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Cannes 2012: 'Sightseers' terriers win canine prize, the Palm Dog. Toronto Star , May 25, 2012, accessed February 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Sitges - Awards 2012. Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya , accessed on February 17, 2016 (Spanish).
- ^ BIFA Winners 2012. British Independent Film Awards , accessed February 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Sightseers in the IMDb. Retrieved February 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Sightseers at Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes , accessed February 16, 2016 .
