Project Detail

Cold Fish

Synopsis

Alex is desperate to become a reporter; Jon and Marta Henley (the "cold fish" of the title) are a jaded pair of shock video artists playing games with violent images. When the ambitious Alex gains an exclusive interview with the Henleys, his attempts to further his career draw him into their dangerous world.

David Fairman's Cold Fish may sound like a thriller, but it claims a higher ambition: bringing to light the issues of violence and the role of the media. It also draws for its themes on the huge amount of attention and interest generated by young British artists such as Damien Hirst and Chris Ofili. The film, scripted by first-time writers Graham Christie and PJ Swinburne, controversially uses real news and documentary images of actual death and violence to depict the Henleys' sensational video art.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of film: Features
Running time: 91 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: David Fairman
Producer: Bryan Romaine
Editor: James Bryce
Director of Photography: Roger Eaton
Production Designer: Emily Hill
Music: Barrington Pheloung, Mathew Slater.
Principal cast: John-Paul Gates, Conrad Asquith, Nadia Strahan

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

OPUS PICTURES

20 Langbourne Avenue
London N6 6AL
UK

T/F +44 (0)20 8262 3196

Sales Company

Cargo Films

T +1 323 850 2875

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