Foreplays is a column that explores under-known short films by renowned directors. Lynn Ramsay's Gasman (1998) is free to watch below.Lynne Ramsay’s Gasman is a film about family, and a film made with family—the director’s own brother and niece play, respectively, the central father and daughter in the story. Two siblings, Lynne (Lynne Ramsay Jr.) and Steve (Martin Anderson), go to a Christmas party with their father (James Ramsay), while the mother (Denise Flannagan) remains at home. They briefly meet with a woman (Jackie Quinn) and her two kids (Lisa Taylor, Robert McEwan). The woman leaves, but her children join the party. Gasman is the story both of a perfectly banal evening, and of an exceptional event that serves to fracture the family unit, messing up all its usual roles, and dissolving the very idea of what is familiar. Ramsay achieves this by never losing sight either of the everyday,...
- 6/30/2017
- MUBI
How can cinema be poetic? For video essayist Tony Zhou, it’s when he can “ignore the plot and just appreciate the picture and sound doing something unique.” That’s how he opens his latest episode of Every Frame a Painting, which pays special attention to the works of Lynne Ramsay and analyzes the way in which the director uses small details to convey something important and meaningful. He uses several different shots from “Ratcatcher” and “We Need to Talk About Kevin” to highlight the poetic nature of her films and even devotes a portion of his video essay to Ramsay’s early short film “Gasman,” analyzing her style even further. With Ramsay, “everything is conveyed through the camera, the person’s face, and the details.” And oftentimes, she’s able to imply meaning in the story she’s telling by taking a “less is more” approach. It’s not...
- 5/8/2015
- by Ken Guidry
- The Playlist
With three dark features under her belt – Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar, and We Need to Talk About Kevin – one might imagine a very pensive, conversationally measured personality, but director Lynne Ramsay is anything but. Much like fellow U.K.’er Andrea Arnold, Ramsay is a bright, talkative filmmaker whose exuberance for her craft is palpable. She’s the conversationalist you want to have multiple exchanges with, to get the first layer of thoughts about her art, contemplate them, then dig to the next level. It’s layer upon layer of artistic passion that manifests in myriad ways. Ramsay exploded on the film scene in the late ‘90s, winning Jury Prizes and earning Palme d’Or nominations at Cannes for her short films Gasman and Small Deaths. By...
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- 1/13/2012
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Movies.com
The Scottish director is back with a highly acclaimed adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin. Turns out there's plenty she needs to talk about too
In one of several disturbing scenes in Lynne Ramsay's new film, We Need to Talk About Kevin , Eva, the mother around whom the narrative revolves, walks in on her teenage son while he is masturbating. He doesn't stop, but leers at her half-mockingly, half-lasciviously as, appalled, she backs quickly out of the room.
"I knew that scene really worked when we were checking the focus in post-production in Connecticut and we had to watch it over and over," says Ramsay, laughing, "The projectionist was pissing himself. He kept going, 'Motherfucker!' every time he re-ran the scene. It was magic. You know you've nailed it when you get a reaction like that."
We are sitting under a giant parasol in the garden...
In one of several disturbing scenes in Lynne Ramsay's new film, We Need to Talk About Kevin , Eva, the mother around whom the narrative revolves, walks in on her teenage son while he is masturbating. He doesn't stop, but leers at her half-mockingly, half-lasciviously as, appalled, she backs quickly out of the room.
"I knew that scene really worked when we were checking the focus in post-production in Connecticut and we had to watch it over and over," says Ramsay, laughing, "The projectionist was pissing himself. He kept going, 'Motherfucker!' every time he re-ran the scene. It was magic. You know you've nailed it when you get a reaction like that."
We are sitting under a giant parasol in the garden...
- 10/3/2011
- by Sean O'Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
Lynne Ramsay won the 1996 Cannes Prix de Jury for her graduation film, the short Small Deaths. Her second short film, Kill the Day, won the Clemont Ferrand Prix du Jury; her third, Gasman, won her another Cannes Prix du Jury in addition to a Scottish BAFTA for Best Short Film. Ramsay’s debut feature Ratcatcher, won critical acclaim and numerous awards. She also won the Carl Foreman Award for Newcomer in British Film at the 2000 BAFTA Awards, the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival and the Silver Hugo for Best Director at the Chicago International Film Festival. Morvern Callar made my list of the 100 best films of the aughts and she was rated number 12 in Guardian Unlimited’s list of the world’s 40 best directors working today. So yeah she sort of rocks.
Three clips have been released for her upcoming feature We Need To Talk About Kevin, starring...
Three clips have been released for her upcoming feature We Need To Talk About Kevin, starring...
- 5/9/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Production begins this week in Connecticut on the psychological thriller We Need To Talk About Kevin, which is being directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar) and produced by Jennifer Fox (Michael Clayton, The Informant!), Luc Roeg (Mr. Nice) and Robert Salerno (21 Grams). We Need To Talk About Kevin was written by Ramsay and Rory Kinnear based on the novel by Lionel Shriver. The film stars Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller. Presented by BBC Films and the UK Film Council in association with Footprint Investments Llp, Caemhan Partnership Llp and Lipsync Productions, the film is an Independent / Jennifer Fox production in association with Artina Films and Forward Films. The announcement was made today by Independent, who also holds the international rights to the film.
The film was developed by BBC Films¹ Creative Director Christine Langan (The Damned United, Bright Star) with Paula Jalfon (In The Loop,...
The film was developed by BBC Films¹ Creative Director Christine Langan (The Damned United, Bright Star) with Paula Jalfon (In The Loop,...
- 4/23/2010
- by Staff
- Hollywoodnews.com
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