Vous pouvez regarder le film set the thames on fire en streaming dans le cable tv ou cinema au montreal canada et france avec son original en. Set the thames on fire is a dark comedy fantasy film about two boys, art and sal, who fall through the clockwork of a grotesque, nightmare london, and together endeavour to survive, escape and perhaps find hope. Set the thames on fire 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The reason i chose to produce set the thames on fire is because i think that it is a very strong script and ben has a unique vision. Receiving its uk premiere to a sold out audience at the bfi southbank, london on 21 april 2016. If you say that someone or something wont set the thames on fire, you mean that they are not very exciting and are not likely to be extremely successful. According to the director the film is the darkly comic story of two dirty angels, two boys, art and sal, living in a dreamcity london of huge. Set the thames on fire 2015 works archive of our own. The film was selected to premiere in competition at the palm springs international film festival on 8 january 2016.
Set the thames on firethe impresario set the thames on fire. Set the thames on fire feels like the kind of bizarre black comedy you might have accidentally discovered on bbc3 at 2am. Set the thames on fire is one of this years three loco discovery award. Set the thames on fire british board of film classification. Two innocents seek escape from corruption and debauchery in a dark comedy set in east london. Fire at sea captures the quiet details of life on lampedusa the migrants themselves pass through the film almost too quickly for individual lives to be registered, except one nigerian who tells. From longman dictionary of contemporary english set the thames on fire set the thames on fire usually in negatives british english oldfash to achieve something unusually good or interesting, which makes people notice you phil was making a living as a writer. Definition of set the thames on fire in the idioms dictionary. The baronet will never set the thames on fire, but there seems no harm in him 1884, ws gilbert, princess ida, the complete annotated gilbert and sullivan, oxford university press 1996, p. Set the thames on fire 2015 when two boys fall through the clockwork of a nightmarish london, they endeavor to survive and escape.
Brimming with visual invention, if not dramatic urgency, set. Information and translations of set the thames on fire in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Set the thames on fire 2016 dvdrip full movie watch. What is the origin of the phrase hethey wont set the thames on fire not sure of the exact origin of your phrase but the sense of the phrase goes way back. Set the thames on fire was selected for the raindance film festival 2015 and premiered at the 21st annual palm springs international festival earlier this year. Sadie frost to produce ben charles edwards feature debut. Two boys fall through the clockwork of a grotesque, nightmare london, endeavouring to. Set the thames on fire was my only excellent rating of all the films i saw at our palm. Vous pouvez telecharger set the thames on fire 2015 sans frais. Set the thames on fire is a 2016 british science fiction fantasy comedydrama film directed by ben charles edwards in his directorial debut. Great fire of london replica set on fire in watch it burn. Definition of set the thames on fire in the dictionary. I have worked with ben on many projects over the last seven.
Announcements spread by speakers are common resources in all three movies and the costume design shows a pretentious futuristic fashion with influences. Set the thames on fire teaser trailer from blonde to black pictures on vimeo. Trailer for set the thames on fire, which screened at psiff london is drowning, and piano playerpetty thief art lives by the river. Famous buildings including st pauls cathedral, the royal exchange, and the. About the event a recreation of the great fire of london will set the thames ablaze on 4th september in a spectacular culmination of a series of events to commemorate 350 years since the blaze that ripped through the city of london, destroying homes, businesses and iconic structures such as st pauls.
Set the thames on fire seems to put across the idea that homosexuality is. A guide to set the thames on fire, the 2016 film set in a nightmarish london. Set the thames on fire was the ma thesis project of student sadie frost, who produced and starred in the feature film. Noel fielding is to appear in a new film due out next year set the thames on fire is written by al joshua and directed by ben charles edwards. Following the uk festival premiere at the bfi southbank, critical. Set the thames on fire also establishes a dialogue with terry gilliams work, particularly brazil 1985 and the zero theorem 20, with colourful tyranny and absurdity spicing up the movie. Based on characters created by edwards and al joshua. Set the thames on fire marks the feature directorial debut of ben charles edwards, who received acclaim for his awardwinning short films. Free fire is a 2016 british black comedyaction film directed by ben wheatley, from a screenplay by wheatley and amy jump. With lily loveless, noel fielding, sadie frost, sally phillips.
A replica of 17thcentury london on a barge floating on the river thames burns in an event to mark the 350th anniversary of the great fire of london, in london on september 4, 2016. Just exactly how did this excuse for a movie get to be rated at 7. And theres a film projection onto the walls of st pauls cathedral, christopher wrens greatest masterpiece, which rose from the ashes of the blaze. Great fire of london 350th anniversary, river thames. Set the thames on fire posted by brian on november 01, 2000.
The film stars michael winder and max bennett, alongside an ensemble cast featuring noel fielding, sadie frost, sally phillips, david hoyle, and lily loveless. Coincidentally, a smallscreen outing in the early hours might have suited this concept better than its current format, which feels a bit stretched, even considering its short runningtime. Set the thames on fire 1h 23min comedy, drama, fantasy 16 september 2016 uk two boys fall through the clockwork of a grotesque, nightmare london, endeavouring to survive and escape. The film has also been listed as one of the top london films to see in 2016 by the londonist.
Like midnight cowboy by way of terry gilliam, set the thames on fire follows the two young men as they wander through this heavily stylised vision of a future dickensian london, drifting past beautiful matte paintings and encountering a variety of felliniesque characters, while an orwellian tannoy system informs the residents of london of their ongoing plight. The postapocalypse gets strange in set the thames on fire. Destined for cult veneration, ben charles edwardss debut feature is a laudably ambitious agony in three acts set in a flooded future london. Set the thames on fire posted by victoria s dennis on march 14, 2009 at 22. Definition of sets the thames on fire in the idioms dictionary. Scifi comedy and debut feature from director ben charles edwards the film follows two boys as they attempt to. The great fire of london will be recreated on the river thames next month to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the historic event. Preparations are underway to create the 120metrelong model of.
Set the thames on fire idioms by the free dictionary. Set the thames on fire received its uk cinema release at selected picturehouse and everyman cinemas september 2016. Ben charles edwards utterly uncategorisable work is one of the strangest british films of recent times. Under fire 2016 a widowed police officer goes under cover to solve the same case that got her husband killed. Art, a struggling piano player and sal, a compulsive liar, embark on a string of ludicrous escapades.
A series of floods have left the city a gritty, waterlogged nightmare, lorded over by a mad impresario whose grotesque halloween fete offers art an opportunity to earn a muchneeded penny. Its produced by sadie frosts blonde to black pictures which specialises in nurturing young talent. To achieve something amazing, to do something which brings great public acclaim set the thames on fire meaning. The only element of provocation is the film s homosexual undertones that run throughout the film. Loco 2016 opens with the uk premiere of british director ben charles edwards first feature film set the thames on fire, starring max bennett, michael winder, noel fielding, sadie frost, sally phillips, lily loveless and morgana robinson. Two boys fall through a grotesque, nightmare london, endeavouring to survive and escape, and perhaps find hope, in this dark comedy. Set the thames on fire is a dark comedy fantasy film about two boys, art and sal, who fall through the clockwork of a grotesque, nightmare london, and together endeavour to survive, escape and perhaps find hope art, a struggling piano player and sal, a compulsive liar, embark on a string of ludicrous escapades through a dystopian london, ruled over by a grotesque and tyrannical impresario.