Ben Crowe
the man who met himself
REVIEWS
the Daily Telegraph
Reviewed by: SF Said
Cinema Netherlands
One of the most remarkable (of the Cannes selection) is The Man Who himself by the 27-year-old Englishman Ben Crowe. The nine-minute debut film about a private detective, in which the images of London and the dialogues of different stories are overlaid, was made less than four hundred pounds.
(tranlsated from Dutch)
iofilm.co.uk
Review by: Elf
The Man Who Met Himself is big on style. Director/co-writer Ben Crowe is keen to keep his audience guessing and the sliced together stills and footage overlain by the evocative phone conversation make for interesting viewing.
This is more of an atmospheric piece than one that let's you get a handle on the plot. Crowe certainly dishes out mood in spades. Give the man a cop drama to direct - immediately.
UpTown Magazine, Winnipeg
Review by: Peter Vesuwalla
Ben Crowe’s The Man Who Met Himself creates the same kind of feeling — but much more indirectly — with a story that seems pieced together from little snippets of footage and telephone conversations. Loosely based around a private investigator’s attempt to find out what happened to a mysterious man, the tale isn’t as important as the way it is told.
It’s only through careful study that this film’s structure becomes clear. At first it seems like a puzzle with pieces missing, and the result is a bold, surreal mindfuck of a movie. I’m not sure whether I love it or hate it, but I admire its audacity.
the Independent (Festival de Cannes round-up)
Helen McCormack
The Man Who Met Himself, by Ben Crowe, got critics talking, not least because it cost £400 to make.
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Short Films
INTERVIEWS
Shooting People - James McGregor interviews Ben Crowe
How did you get started in filmmaking Ben?
About three or four years ago. I was working in a full time job, but I wanted a change to get into something else. I had been writing a lot of short fiction and the idea crossed my mind that I could try and make one of these into a short film. I had no idea how to do that, except to try and get some equipment together and film it myself. So, I left my job and went freelance as a researcher to pay some bills. With a bonus I got a couple of years ago, I went out and bought a little digital camera and started to experiment, to see how you actually tell a story in film. MORE...
the Independent 60-second interview
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