The Animal Drums

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The Animal Drums (2020)

Directed by Joshua Alexander, Steven J. Fowler

Documentary · 1h 15m

Charting the particular, baffled and morbid character of English attitudes to mortality, The Animal Drums depicts the specific influence of urban space on the psyche. Recalling the tableu film-making of Peter Greenaway and the lyrical disjunction of Harold Pinter, The Animals Drums is one of the first significant British feature-length poetry-films of the 21st century. London disappears under the ground of the film’s ambiguous protagonist, who is half victim, half perpetrator. Gently mad, positively lost, we follow our host through the bounds of a changing, money-washed capital city. Fusing documentary technique, montage and theatrical set pieces, the film features appearances from authors like Iain Sinclair and Stewart Home, alongside actors like Edie Deffebach and Lotje Sodderland, The Animal Drums is unique representation of modern London in old England.

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Cast

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Steven J. Fowler themselves
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Stewart Home themselves
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Iain Sinclair themselves
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Lotje Sodderland themselves
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Simon Christian themselves
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Edie Deffebach themselves
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Andrew Breaks themselves
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Stuart Westerby themselves

Crew

Director
Joshua Alexander, Steven J. Fowler
Writer
Steven J. Fowler
Editor
Joshua Alexander

Details

Release date
2020-04-11
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English