Talk to Me (2006 film)

Last updated

Talk to Me
Talk to Me (2006 film) poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byMark Craig
Written byMark Craig
Produced byMark Craig
StarringMark Craig
Cinematography Ken Morse
Edited byDan Haythorn
Music by Steve Alexander
Production
company
Stopwatch Productions
Distributed by British Documentary Film Foundation
Release date
  • August 2006 (2006-08)(Edinburgh) [1]
Running time
23 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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]

Contents

Synopsis

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

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

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachel Weisz</span> English actress (born c. 1970)

Rachel Hannah Weisz is an English actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Critics' Choice Award and a BAFTA Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Al Murray</span> British comedian (born 1968)

Alastair James Hay Murray is an English comedian, actor, musician and writer from Hammersmith. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and in 2007 he was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Strong</span> British actor (born 1963)

Marco Giuseppe Salussolia, better known by his stage name Mark Strong, is an English actor, best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), George in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Major General Stewart Menzies in The Imitation Game (2014), Merlin in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Dr. Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019), and John in Cruella (2021).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Curtis</span> British documentary filmmaker (born 1955)

Kevin Adam Curtis is an English documentary filmmaker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Nesbitt</span> Northern Irish actor (born 1965)

William James Nesbitt is a Northern Irish actor and television presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sacha Gervasi</span> British writer

Alexander Simon "Sacha" Gervasi is a British-American film director, screenwriter and former journalist.

Kim Longinotto British documentary film maker (born 1952)

Kim Longinotto is a British documentary film maker, well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. Longinotto has made more than 20 films, usually featuring inspiring women and girls at their core. Her subjects have included female genital mutilation in Kenya, women standing up to rapists in India, and the story of Salma, an Indian Muslim woman who smuggled poetry out to the world while locked up by her family for decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheffield DocFest</span> Documentary festival in Sheffield, England

Sheffield DocFest, short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an international documentary festival and Marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ondi Timoner</span> American film director

Ondi Doane Timoner is an American filmmaker and the founder and chief executive officer of Interloper Films, a full-service production company located in Pasadena, California. Timoner is a two-time recipient of the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for her documentaries Dig! (2004) and We Live in Public (2009). Both films have been acquired by New York's Museum of Modern Art for their permanent collection.

<i>Steal This Film</i> 2006 short film

Steal This Film is a film series documenting the movement against intellectual property directed by Jamie King, produced by The League of Noble Peers and released via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol.

Marshall Curry American film director (born 1970)

Marshall Curry is an Oscar-winning American documentary director, producer, cinematographer and editor. His films include Street Fight, Racing Dreams, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Point and Shoot, and A Night at the Garden. His first fiction film was the Academy Award-winning short film The Neighbors' Window (2019).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Documentary Edge Awards</span>

This article lists awards won at the New Zealand film festival formerly known as the DOCNZ Film Festival, then Documentary Edge Festival and now branded Doc Edge, since its inaugural edition in 2005 until 2012.

<i>Searching for Sugar Man</i> 2012 film by Malik Bendjelloul

Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez's music, which had never achieved success in the United States, had become very popular in South Africa, although little was known about him in that country.

God Loves Uganda is a 2013 American documentary film produced and directed by Roger Ross Williams, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It explores connections between evangelicalism in North America and in Uganda, suggesting that the North American influence is the reason behind the controversial Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, which at one point raised the possibility of the death penalty for gays and lesbians. The filmmakers follow a group of young missionaries from the International House of Prayer in their first missionary effort in another nation, as well as interviewing several evangelical leaders from the US and Uganda.

<i>Citizenfour</i> 2014 film

Citizenfour is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10, 2014, at the New York Film Festival and its UK premiere on October 17, 2014, at the BFI London Film Festival. The film features Snowden and Glenn Greenwald, and was co-produced by Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky, with Steven Soderbergh and others serving as executive producers. Citizenfour received critical acclaim upon release, and was the recipient of numerous accolades, including Best Documentary Feature at the 87th Academy Awards. This film is the third part to a 9/11 trilogy following My Country, My Country (2006) and The Oath (2010).

Nick Ryan is a film director and producer from Dublin, Ireland. Ryan directed A Lonely Sky (2006), The German (2008), Electric Picnic: The Documentary (2008), and the award-winning documentary The Summit(2012); In 2016 he produced the award winning Feature I Am Not A Serial Killer directed by Billy O'Brien starring Max Records and Christopher Lloyd; he was also the producer for Ruairi Robinson's short films The Silent City, BlinkyTM, and Corporate Monster. In 1995 he and two others founded Image Now Films, where they worked on commercials and graphic design. In 2018 he established Titan II Films

<i>Amy</i> (2015 film) 2016 film

Amy is a 2015 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia and produced by James Gay-Rees. The film covers British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse's life and her struggle with substance abuse, both before and after her career blossomed, and which eventually caused her death. In February 2015, a teaser trailer based on the life of Winehouse debuted at a pre-Grammys event. David Joseph, CEO of Universal Music UK, announced that the documentary titled Amy would be released later that year. He further stated: "About two years ago we decided to make a movie about her—her career and her life. It's a very complicated and tender movie. It tackles lots of things about family and media, fame, addiction, but most importantly, it captures the very heart of what she was about, which is an amazing person and a true musical genius."

The 100 Years Show is a 2015 short documentary film that follows the Cuban-American abstract, minimalist painter Carmen Herrera as she celebrates her 100th birthday. The film is directed by Alison Klayman, who also directed Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.

Marc James Francis British film director, producer (born 1975)

Marc James Francis is a British film director, producer and documentary cinematographer.

Ivete Lucas Brazilian Mexican American filmmaker

Ivete Lucas is a filmmaker, documentarian, producer, editor, and director based in Austin, Texas. Her work includes the documentary short films The Curse and the Jubilee, The Send-Off, Roadside Attraction, The Rabbit Hunt, Skip Day, Happiness is a Journey and the documentary feature film Pahokee.

References

  1. "REALLY BOOK (1)". Issuu. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 staff (22 May 2007). "At the tone, please leave a message for posterity". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 Habe-Evans, Mito (18 November 2010). "Art From Analog: 20 Years Of Voice Mail Makes A Movie". NPR . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 Craig, Mark. "Director's statement". Channel 4 . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  5. Stiernberg, Bonnie (18 November 2010). "Awesome of the Day: 20 Years of Voicemails Turned into a Documentary". Paste Magazine . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  6. 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.
  7. 1 2 3 staff. "Talk to Me". BRITDOC Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  8. "Talk to Me" . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "Talk To Me (2006)". AllRovi. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  10. staff. "Talk To Me". Ashland Independent Film Festival.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  11. Pile, Stephen (15 December 2007). "Review of the year: Television". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  12. Pile, Stephen (16 December 2007). "In praise of a simple, shining bloke". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  13. "Hgh Hopes". De Montfort University . Retrieved 8 January 2012.