Project Detail

Learning to Love the Gun

Name: Learning to Love the Gun
Director: Joseph Matthews
Released: 2010
Duration: 29 mins

Synopsis

The myth of Ernest Hemingway frames this journey from a rifle club in Britain to the savannah of southern Africa. Filmmaker Joseph Matthews has never fired a gun before, but makes a surprising discovery about his own attitude to shooting that leads him into the disturbing world of big game trophy hunting.

From Hemingway to present day the film examines whether there is anything we can learn about masculinity from these men who seek their thrills from the power a gun gives to its bearer.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 29 mins
Format: HD
Director: Joseph Matthews
Producer: Kurban Kassam
Editor: Esben B W Asgaard
Director of Photography: Joseph Matthews
Sound: Jussi Honka
Composer: Paul Pringle

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Hemant Sharda

National Film and Television School (NFTS)
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1494 731 457
Fax: +44 (0)1494 674 042

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Sales Company

Hemant Sharda

National Film and Television School (NFTS)
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1494 731 457
Fax: +44 (0)1494 674 042

Visit Website