This film will only appear for a short time at the cinemas in the run up to the Olympics so if you are as negative and critical of the games as I am then this might be the movie for you.
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| Iain Sinclair and Andrew Kotting on their water based odyssey |
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Film Preview: Swandown
Despite looking like a drunken pedalo ride from the seaside at Hastings to Hackney and the site of the London Olympics but is actually more of a thoughtful piece which also blends in archived footage and composed sequences to the footage of the journey. Iain Sinclair, who is on the journey to promote the negative impact the Olympics is having on his beloved Hackney, and film director Andrew Kotting are joined by various people during the trip including comedian Stewart Lee who can be counted on to add some interesting moments.
This film will only appear for a short time at the cinemas in the run up to the Olympics so if you are as negative and critical of the games as I am then this might be the movie for you.
Swandown is having a limited UK release from this Friday 20th July and will be showing at the Cornerhouse cinema in Manchester amongst other more independant cinemas in the UK. The short trailer is embedded below:
This film will only appear for a short time at the cinemas in the run up to the Olympics so if you are as negative and critical of the games as I am then this might be the movie for you.
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