A very strange and a bit of a lacklustre film. Shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio in black and white on 16mm and with very little dialogue this film is I suppose intended to be a real throwback to the days of silent cinema, it's pretty jarring then to see it at 23fps in a modern world with all our appliances and so on. The film features these huge sound effects every time anything happens, even a glass being placed down on a table. The camera angles are very point and shoot and some of the dialogue is hard to follow. There's a strong theme of locals v newcomers, our main character is an embittered fisherman who's seen his village change beyond description, subtly is not a strong point in this film, the main characters daughter literally says she can't understand what the posh new youths are saying, meanwhile our main character is another one of these ticking timebomb characters who we're just waiting for him to go off. The film takes itself very seriously trying to establish a moody atmospheric quality. I appreciate it was probably very low budget and made with care and love but it didn't work that well for me. Rows erupt over parking, noise, changes to buildings and so on, our main character is a man who doesn't understand the modern world and probably voted for Brexit thinking that would sort it all out. There's an almost class war being waged in this film. There's lots of characters but not much happens, after lots of threats and anger, Hugo one of the posh young men decides to hit back with some shocking results. I was also quite confused though about why that never comes up again. I wish they'd made our main character less of a threatening bully. The film doesn't even seem to be prepared to give it's view on whether changes happening to Cornwall are for better or worse. I guess that would take to much clarity of thought. In this film conflicts are just set up but then not resolved, it's very frustrating.
