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Post by germanlady on Jul 9, 2013 8:54:08 GMT
Thank you, ladies, for the links and the pictures.
Enjoy this stream of Rufus work coming to us.
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Post by megagem on Jul 14, 2013 1:51:40 GMT
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Post by kygal on Jul 15, 2013 10:31:57 GMT
LOL. Most people who think they are hip usually are not. Now I am hungry for pancakes!
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Post by kitty on Jul 20, 2013 16:43:36 GMT
Me too, kygal lol....  |
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Post by laban on Jul 31, 2013 6:11:44 GMT
Hallo,
Where can I find the video or DVD of The Brunchers?
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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Jul 31, 2013 6:33:12 GMT
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Post by adina on Aug 24, 2013 14:37:20 GMT
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Post by kitty on Aug 24, 2013 16:44:17 GMT
Very cool! |
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Post by kygal on Aug 25, 2013 12:20:53 GMT
Thanks Adina!
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Post by Laila on Aug 30, 2013 15:00:26 GMT
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 1, 2013 16:04:03 GMT
Thanks for the caps, Laila! Here's the official poster:  According to the film's website that Laila has linked to above, it's also showing at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival, being held from 10 to 14 October. As the producer Pete Sullivan is a friend of Rufus's and the latter will be finished on Hercules by then, I wonder if he'll attend? |
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Post by kygal on Sept 2, 2013 11:27:29 GMT
Thanks for the info Ladies.
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Post by kissmekate on Sept 12, 2013 9:52:13 GMT
According to the film's website that Laila has linked to above, it's also showing at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival, being held from 10 to 14 October. As the producer Pete Sullivan is a friend of Rufus's and the latter will be finished on Hercules by then, I wonder if he'll attend? Wouldn't that be nice! |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Oct 5, 2013 11:55:45 GMT
A Q&A with the director: Q&A: MATT WINN ON "THE BRUNCHERS"
October 4, 2013 by Kristin McCracken
A couple (Tom Burke and Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer) tries to tackle the London brunch scene, but getting a seat is harder than deciding what to eat. Matt Winn’s short film The Brunchers screens before the feature film Tasting Menu at HIFF 2013.
Please describe your film in your own words.
Matt Winn: The Brunchers is a simple story about a couple who wants to get brunch and fails miserably. Their mistake is that, on this particular Sunday, they decide to break the mold of their normal brunch eating habits—they want brunch at a venue that’s a little bit hipper and cooler than they are. What they discover is that in the world of hipster eateries, just getting in a coffee is harder than you think.
The film is a satire on middle class social values. We often spend our time thinking that everybody else is having a better experience than we are: whether it’s in our relationships, our work life, the exoticism of our holidays, or the banality of our choice of brunch venue.
There’s an acronym going around at the moment—f.o.m.o.—‘fear of missing out.’ We’re obsessed with the idea that other people’s experiences are superior to ours. There’s a better party going on somewhere than the one we’re at. But the reality is, of course, that focusing on what we’re missing out on is the surefire way to really ‘miss out.’ The couple in the film (Tom Burke and Natalie Dormer) discover that they are considerably happier and saner than their desperately trendy friends. So there’s a happy ending.
What inspired you to tell this particular story?
MW: Well, they say, “Write what you know,” and this particular scenario (with a few artistic amendments) basically happened to my wife and me. We wanted to go to the hip new brunch place that had just opened, but we failed to book three weeks in advance. What followed was a tortuous journey to a coffee and a cream cheese bagel. It struck me that this little story was really a metaphor for life. We chased the dream, we failed, but we found a little dream of our own. You have a fantastic cast, including Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Tom Burke, and Rufus Sewell. Did you all sit around having brunch every day? What did everyone eat?
MW: I never like to feed the cast on the shoot—it slows them down. Actually, that’s a lie, but we did get catering one day from the restaurant that features as ‘Marmalade’ in the film, and they made an extremely tasty spread of smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels.
What do you want audiences to take away from your film?
MW:  ! That sounds like a very big demand for a little film. I would say that the film attempts to be fairly naturalistic, and I would hope that an audience might be able to empathize with the absurd and neurotic demands of modern living that it portrays. At the end of the day, you can only really be yourself, and trying to chase after other people’s aspirations are pointless.
I would also hope that they might laugh a little as well…
Do you have one piece of advice for aspiring filmmakers?
MW: Do your own thing. There’s enough of everyone else’s thing around already… and remember (to paraphrase William Goldman), nobody knows anything.
What are you most looking forward to at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival?
MW: So many things—but movie wise, I’m probably most looking forward to Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant. And the brunches…
The Brunchers screens before the feature film Tasting Menu at HIFF 2013.
hamptonsfilmfest.org/features/qa-matt-winn-brunchers/ |
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Post by kygal on Oct 6, 2013 12:21:25 GMT
Interesting. Thanks GE2.
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). The only 'exclusive' place here is...um...ummmmm....and then my friends realize there ARE no exclusive places in our sad sorry un-exclusive town, and just go to IHOP 
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