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Directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Synopsis
A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.
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Cast
Timothy Spall Lindsay Duncan Liam Cunningham Billie Whitelaw Emilia Fox Arj Barker Andy Serkis
DirectorDirector
Stephen Poliakoff
WriterWriter
Stephen Poliakoff
Country
UK
Language
English
Genre
Drama
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Review by loureviews ★★★★½
This gem from writer-director Stephen Poliakoff aired on the BBC to popular and critical acclaim, and was a surprise hit of a drama-lite year.
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Of the excellent cast, four stand out - Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Billie Whitelaw, and Liam Cunningham. The images really provide the crux of the series though, as we see a path through time and follow one character through from one reality to the next. The fabulous music also helps the process, and all things combined make this a really superior piece of small-screen drama.
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Review by Isaja Karadakovska ★★★★
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The relationship between life and death structures the photographic event...
to keep something in the light of day (the object of the photograph) silently presumes that it is mortal, it speaks to its mortality; figuring and anticipating death.-Eduardo Cadava, Theses on the Photography of History, 1997
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Nah man. Boring, bad cinematography and mise-en-scene, obnoxious, flat, and unbelievable characters and acting. I really didn't like watching it, and it put me in a funk for the rest of the day. Thinks it's better than it is. Not. A. Fan.
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Review by Ashe (yes that one) ★
Lowkey jealous of Oswald while watching this movie.
Don’t bother
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boring as fuck
