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London Kills Me
- Director: Hanif Kureishi
- Writer: Hanif Kureishi
- Producer: Tim Bevan; Graham Bradstreet
CGiii Comment
Sometimes (i.e. most times) writers should not direct...this being Kureishi's one and only stab at the helm.
And, Justin Chadwick is a better director than he was an actor...
The story is strewn with ridiculous scenarios and vermin-like characters...it's not pleasant viewing.
But, it's the direction that kills this film...thankfully, Hanif saw the error of his ways and buried his clapperboard for eternity.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant. But to do this he must come up with a "sensible pair of shoes," an item that his homeless meanderings hasn't provided him. In fact, the shoes become a symbol of his striving to break away from those, like himself, who are caught up in the tragedy of drugs and lasciviousness which is so aptly described... sometimes graphically, always realistically... in this film.
Cast & Characters
Justin Chadwick as Clint Eastwood;
Steven Mackintosh as Muffdiver;
Emer McCourt as Sylvie;
Roshan Seth as Dr. Bubba;
Fiona Shaw as Headley;
Brad Dourif as Hemingway the Restaurant Manager;
Tony Haygarth as Burns;
Stevan Rimkus as Tom Tom;
Eleanor David as Lily;
Alun Armstrong as John Stone;
Nick Dunning as Faulkner;
Naveen Andrews as Bike;
Garry Cooper as Mr. G.;
Joseph Alessi as Plainclothes Policeman;
David Hounslow as Plainclothes Policeman