Brief Introductions
This Blog was set up to keep people informed on the developments of Bash The Rich, Ian Bones autobiography being adapted into a film by Writer/ Director Greg Hall. If anyone that was around during the books setting wants to drop a line then please do. Or if you are just interested in knowing how things go then I hope you find these posts informative.
A bit of background I suppose. To kick things off. If you google Greg Hall The Plague Film then a lot of stuff comes up. Shot it aged 22 for £3,500, with untrained actors, across london. Picked up awards, screened at festivals, got some really amazing write ups and finally distributed in cinema, on dvd, on TV type thing. Then aged 25 I got commissioned to shoot whatever I wanted funded by the Manchester International Festival as long as I edited it to composer Steve Martlands score. The Festival was part of the gentrification of the city, but a cultural gentrification completley funded by the City Council and Business cabal. They probably wanted a film that would advertise the wonderful regenerated city. But they gave me complete creative freedom and so I contemporarised a handful of dark fairytales and made a bleak and difficult film telling the lost voices being killed by gentrification called Kapital. Might as well experiment on someone elses budget. Some people loved it – The Metro gave it 4 out of 5 stars – but some people hated it. Even described as “unnecessarily bleak”. Which I thought sounded quite cool and was going to get it put on a t-shirt. So I find myself in a position where I have a sense of integrity that is respected within the film industry. Cool. I don’t ever want to make advertising or shit television. What would be the point. I want to make pieces of cinema that evoke a reaction. Absolutely broke as fuck but do what I love.
Ian Bone – what can I say about him that hasn’t already been said before. I’m sure most people checking this probably know about him. But if you don’t then go buy the book you tight bastard. I know some people are going to be annoyed about this book being made into a film because they may recollect events differently or not agree with Ians views. I think it’s a funny and informative read full of passion and down to earth humour. It’s a very subjective book because it’s Ians autobiography. Film making is a subjective form, the idea of it being objective is bullshit, you are manipulating images and sound to create meaning. I know Ian’s book will translate well into a funny and entertaining film and it will give a massive platform to the ideas of anarchism. You can be cynical and think that it will just be recuperated. But it’s better than doing nothing.
