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Everyday Something

Synopsis

Based on the filmmaker's collection of British newspaper cuttings, Everyday Something features interlocking private moments that give strange glimpses into everyday life. The characters demonstrate their longings as we witness their thwarted lives and strategies for survival eg a woman who can't stop jogging, a man obsessed with Claudia Schiffer.

Details

Year
2002
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
14 mins
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Carol Morley
Producer
Arts Council of England, LFVDA, London Arts, East London Fund
Editor
Diarmid Scrimshaw
Screenwriter
Carol Morley
Director of Photography
Mary Farbrother
Sound
Viv Acidus
Principal cast
Louise James, featuring the voice of John Peel

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Cannon and Morley Productions

Contact: Cairo Cannon
53 Parfett Street
London E1 1JR
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7247 0664

camp@dircon.co.uk

Sales Company

Cannon and Morley Productions

Contact: Cairo Cannon
53 Parfett Street
London E1 1JR
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7247 0664

camp@dircon.co.uk

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