Bananaz
Synopsis
Levy started shooting immediately, following these two unlikely pioneers with his camera.
For the first time the virtual walls come down and the audience sees the true brain child of Hewlett and Albarn; the work that went into the drawings, the animation, the music and the voices. As one radio interviewer puts it; 'It's a parallel universe - these guys aren't in the band but they know the animated characters who are'.
Bananaz is the funny, riotous and compelling film which gives a never seen before account of the working relationship of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. An inspiring, unsanitised, free-wheeling, rather puerile
comment on what can be done when creative minds meet in the spirit of collaboration.
Details
- Year
- 2008
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 92 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Ceri Levy
- Producer
- Jamie Hewlett, Damon Albarn
- Editor
- Seb Monk
- Director of Photography
- Ceri Levy
- Composer
- Gorillaz
- Principal cast
- Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, De La Soul, Dennis Hopper, Ibrahim Ferrer
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Head Film Ltd/Gorillaz/Bananaz Ltd
Sales Company
HanWay Films
24 Hanway StreetLondon, W1T 1UH
UK
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