Essay question: "To what extent is Sexy Beast a successful British film?"
Consider the following: genre, characters and themes, style (including camerawork, editing and sound), box office/DVD sales, awards and criticism/reviews, representations (gender & class).
Use notes taken in class and personal research work to inform your answer. Use quotes where appropriate.
6 comments:
The review of the film on the film four website is more of an advertisement for the film, which is understandable given that film four were behind it. It is less analytical than Eye Weekly's review. I think Eye Weekly is right in saying it is similar to Lock Stock, maybe not as funny but is similar.
This is a brilliant cover for the film, I love it how they've used the shadow of the Don to show him as evil, and Gal lying in the sun to show him as good. Brilliant.
really liked 'sexy beast'. one of the best british films i've seen in a long time. breaks a lot of conventions (gal having a reformed gangster image). good film.
If you thought Sexy Beast was a financially unsuccessful film look at this one - just found it on wikipedia - sorry to go off the British Cinema lines but this is hilarious!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyzzyx_Road
This film, 'Zyzzyx Road' cost $2million to make and took just $20 at the box office! This really did make me 'lol'!
anyone else having trouble having a look at the eyeweekly.com?i am and not sure what to do since its important for the essay.
Az
Any reviews will do - don't worry if the eye weekly link does not work anymore. Just go to rottentomatoes.com or any other film review site or do a google search. The main reason for reading reviews is to see how the film was recieved critically. That will give you some evidence as to how 'successful' the film was. Just remember critical acclaim is just one way of measuring the success of any film.
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