Project Detail

Interview With A Politician

Synopsis

Peter Kandinsky, a freelance journalist and documentary film maker has decided to invest his own resources in a project - an interview with an openly gay politician and an ex-MP, Jeremy (Gerry) Robertson, to examine his personal life and views.

The viewers are led on a narrative journey - sometimes misleading sometimes mischievous - by ever evolving characters. Although the storyline is entirely fictional, the film is reflective of the youtube and myspace generation, where almost anyone can have access to publishing their own (including partial or deliberately misleading commentary) video films and online web contents.

Interview with a Politician is a fictional and yet racy, seemingly topical exploration of the ups and downs in mainstream politician’s life, as if through a stage-managed docu-drama.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 mins
Format
HD
Director
Niranjan Kamatkar
Producer
Niranjan Kamatkar
Editor
Jack Wang, Graham Thomas, James Page
Screenwriter
Niranjan Kamatkar
Director of Photography
Jeremy Read
Production Designer
Lea Yehud
Composer
Robert Jarvis
Principal cast
Antony Wheeler, Maurice Ord, Carloline Boulton, Susan Cummins, MaryAnn O' Donoghue, Tim Hoyle

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Production Status

Production Company

Niranjan Kamatkar

Wise Thoughts / Blue & Yellow Productions
2nd Floor Wood Green Central Library
High Street Wood Green
London N22 6XD
UK

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