Talk to Me (2006 film)
| Talk to Me | |
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| Directed by | Mark Craig |
| Written by | Mark Craig |
| Produced by | Mark Craig |
| Starring | Mark Craig |
| Cinematography | Ken Morse |
| Edited by | Dan Haythorn |
| Music by | Steve Alexander |
Production company | Stopwatch Productions |
| Distributed by | British Documentary Film Foundation |
Release date |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Talk To Me is a 2006 British documentary film directed by and starring Mark Craig.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The film won 'Best Short Doc' upon its debut at the Boulder International Film Festival in 2006.[9]
Synopsis
[edit]The film follows Craig's relationships over a twenty-year period using answer phone tapes and photos of the time. The recordings were originally kept as 'a sort of diary' though this eventually developed into the film.[2][3][4][9]
Release
[edit]The film screened in 2007 at the Ashland Independent Film Festival in Ashland, Oregon,[10] and in June that year at the National Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England,[2] It was previously available on More 4, 4od and DVD with some of the original soundtracks removed due to copyright reasons. This version is available on archive.org.
Reception
[edit]The Daily Telegraph wrote that Mark Craig's use of onscreen photographs of his various callers from over a 20+ year period was a "brilliant collage" and "so inventive that it aspired to the condition of drama". They lauded the film, writing "The cleverness of this work was that it gave a complete portrait not only of the callers, but also of Mark [the filmmaker]", and that it "conveyed a real sense of non-communication and of life's dramas."[11][12]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2006, won 'Best Short Doc' at Boulder International Film Festival[9]
- 2007, won 'Grierson Innovation award' at Sheffield International Documentary Festival[7][13]
- 2007, won 'Special Mention' for 'Best Short Doc' at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "REALLY BOOK (1)". Issuu. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ a b c staff (22 May 2007). "At the tone, please leave a message for posterity". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b Habe-Evans, Mito (18 November 2010). "Art From Analog: 20 Years Of Voice Mail Makes A Movie". NPR. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b Craig, Mark. "Director's statement". Channel 4. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie (18 November 2010). "Awesome of the Day: 20 Years of Voicemails Turned into a Documentary". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Mahoney, Elisabeth (15 February 2011). "Radio review: The Call - "Dominic Arkwright's conversation with Mark Craig about his 20-year collection of answerphone messages was brilliant radio"". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b c staff. "Talk to Me". BRITDOC Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Talk to Me". Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b c Deming, Mark. "Talk To Me (2006)". AllRovi. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ staff. "Talk To Me". Ashland Independent Film Festival.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Pile, Stephen (15 December 2007). "Review of the year: Television". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Pile, Stephen (16 December 2007). "In praise of a simple, shining bloke". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "High Hopes". De Montfort University. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
External links
[edit]- Talk to Me at IMDb
- Talk to Me at 4docs.org
- At the tone, please leave a message for posterity, 2007 Guardian article about the film