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Post by joe17 on Sept 15, 2007 19:55:59 GMT 1
Notice that 'The Stringer' is being given an airing on BBC2 in the early hours of Monday morning. It has taken ten years for it to be shown on a non-digi channel. Why now?
Bet Pavlikovsky is thrilled, since he has all but disowned the film. (He has also practically entirely blamed Anna for its failure. She was what, nineteen, when it was made?)
Would love to be party to the TV scheduling decision process. To call it Byzantine would be a gross understatement.
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Post by Dave on Sept 16, 2007 17:05:40 GMT 1
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Post by joe17 on Sept 17, 2007 11:25:20 GMT 1
First time I'd ever seen it. Wish I hadn't bothered. Anna clearly too young and badly miscast in a totally underwritten role. Where were her agents when she needed protecting from stuff like this early in her career? Asleep on the job as usual! Grim.
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Post by Dave on Sept 17, 2007 20:14:11 GMT 1
I recorded it at the time it was first on and I have a BBC video promotional copy of it (which I mastered to DVD), but always good to get a digital master copy .. It is a very downbeat piece and can see immediately from the subject matter why this was never going to take off and get any kind of substantial audience.... to some extent I can see 1 reason why Anna would have done it - experience outside of "Brookie"... sort of the need to get something out of the ordinary under her belt (desperately trying to find a positive here...  ). It is a very very underwritten role - the main story being about the main male character with Anna's role almost secondary to the plot... |
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Post by Bernardo on Sept 2, 2010 23:50:56 GMT 1
I imagine that The Stringer and The Tribe - although two completely different projects - were Anna's (misguided) attempts of working with independent directors, not really main stream but fairly respected in the bizz. That's the case (I guess) with Pawlikowski and Stephen Poliakoff.
The problem is that though somewhat competent as a documentarist, Pawlikowski obviously didn't yet have the skill to direct a feature film, and his lack of experience is flagrant. The movie is slow, boring, and Sergei Bodrov - God rest his soul, poor fellow - was a horrible actor and had to carry the whole movie, being utterly unprepared for the task. As always, a waste of Anna's beauty and talent.
As far as Poliakoff goes, he reminds me of those directors that are extremely respected, but no one really knows why...
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Post by davec on Sept 6, 2010 0:17:39 GMT 1
I imagine that The Stringer and The Tribe - although two completely different projects - were Anna's (misguided) attempts of working with independent directors, not really main stream but fairly respected in the bizz. That's the case (I guess) with Pawlikowski and Stephen Poliakoff. I've always been of the opinion that Anna's agents at the time were just desperate to get her exposure. Lot's of young British soap stars before and after Anna have vanished without trace and they (and Anna) were scared that might happen to her. 'The Stringer' caused barely a ripple in the UK and even now has only ever been aired a couple of times on obscure and now discontinued BBC satellite channels. 'The Tribe' caused a huge tidal wave of publicity and kept Anna in the tabloids for ever - just as no doubt planned by her agents. However, that film has only ever been shown twice on UK TV and the BBC seem to want to disown it. They are both unintelligible tripe and I agree with much of what you say about the creative forces behind them. 'The Tribe' however benefits from a couple of very memorable scenes which will remain the stuff of dreams forever. ;D [Sent from sunny Cincinnati - just waiting for the fireworks to start  ] |
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