Another View 2014 / Frank / Ireland, United Kingdom 2014
This untraditional, stylistically bold tragicomedy follows an eager yet untalented musician named Jon, who, in his attempt to extricate himself from his small-town life and everyday work routine, joins the alternative music group The Soronprfbs. The frontman is the eccentric and emotionally unstable Frank, who hides under an enormous papier-mâché head that he never takes off. Michael Fassbender stars in a movie screened at this year’s Sundance.
This untraditional, stylistically bold tragicomedy follows an eager yet untalented musician named Jon, who, in his attempt to extricate himself from his small-town life and everyday work routine, joins the alternative music group The Soronprfbs. The unpronounceable band is organized by the eccentric, talented, and unstable Frank, a musical genius who hides behind an enormous papier-mâché head that he never takes off. Although the weekend gig Jon signed up for results in permanent band membership, and despite the ill will of the other band members and even the loss of all his money, Jon sticks with the band. This playful movie was freely inspired by the life of cult musician Frank Sidebottom (comic legend Chris Sievey) and by Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart, other music-world outsiders. The director pays tribute to them all, as does the excellent Michael Fassbender in the role of Frank. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance IFF.
94 min / Color, DCP
Director Lenny Abrahamson
/ Screenplay Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan
/ Dir. of Photography James Mather
/ Music Stephen Rennicks
/ Editor Nathan Nugent
/ Producer Ed Guiney, David Barron, Stevie Lee
/ Production Element Pictures, Runaway Fridge Films
/ Coproduction Film4, BFI, Irish Film Board
/ Cast Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal
/ Contact Protagonist Pictures, Asociace českých filmových klubů
/ Distributor Asociace českých filmových klubů
www: www.frank-film.com
Lenny Abrahamson (b. 1966, Dublin, Ireland) began making short video films for Trinity Video Society, the production company he cofounded while studying physics and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin; he graduated with honors in 1991. He has shot numerous commercials both in Ireland and the UK. In 2004 his feature debut Adam & Paul earned Best Debut at the Galway Film Fleadh and, a year later, the Grand Prix at the Sofia IFF. In 2007 he followed it up with Garage, screened in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes IFF and awarded a number of Irish film and television prizes. In that same year he shot the four-part miniseries "Prosperity” for RTE television. The film What Richard Did was included in the program of the 2012 Toronto IFF. He is at present working on multiple projects for Element Pictures production company.
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