Project Detail

Heated Gloves

Synopsis

Captain Maurice Seddon, an inventor and eccentric in the great English tradition, made electrically heated clothing for ‘paraplegics, sclerotics, arthritics, rheumatics, the poor and landscape painters’. The details of his extremely modest, uncompromising way of life are here unpicked through a rich weave of incredible archival TV appearances from around the world (he featured on amongst others, the David Letterman show) plus very touching 16mm and mobile phone footage shot by friend and director William English. 'Heated Gloves' evokes Ben Rivers' 'Two Years at Sea' and the Maysles brothers' 'Grey Gardens', whilst highlighting the codes of television reportage and remaining in and of itself very special and unique – just like its subject. (LFF brochure)
BFI London Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 120 mins
Director: William English
Producer: William English
Editor: Lucy Harris
Screenwriter: William English
Director of Photography: William English
Sound: William English
Principal cast: Maurice Seddon
Post Production: Jo Griffin, Prime Focus

Genre

Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

William English Limited

48 Galway House
Radnor Street
London
EC1V 3SL

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Sales Company

LUX Film and Video

Shacklewell Studios
18 Shacklewell Lane
London
E8 2EZ

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