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THE
UN-GONE |
| directed by: |
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Simon
Bovey |
| screenwriter: |
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Simon
Bovey |
| location: |
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Worcester,
England, UK |
| official website: |
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www.theungone.co.uk |
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| synopsis: |
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An
apparent golden age of travel
without boundaries has its shadow
side. When the system malfunctions,
a traveller discovers a shocking
reality behind the corporate facade. |
| runtime: |
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8.5
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| screening: |
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Short
Program 6 [ refer
to schedule ] |
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| Dark Romance Review |
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| Review
pending Shriekfest screening. |
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| How
long did your project take
to create, from conception
to final completion? |
| About
eight months. Seems a long
time but The Un-Gone was
selected for a scheme run
by the UK Film Council which
had a prescribed development
and production schedule
to it. And my God the screenplay
went through a lot of drafts.
We shot for three days just
before Christmas, the editing,
SFX and music took about
two and a half months. It
was a wrench when it finished. |
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| Where
did your inspiration come
from? |
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idea for The Un-Gone was
sparked by a frustrating
fog bound wait at Birmingham
airport. I and all the other
expectant travellers were
wandering around staring
zombie like at the same
old duty free like the un-gone.
I thought then that a matter
transportation system to
solve the problems of global
travel seemed so enticing. |
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Horror or Sci-Fi your primary
creative interest? |
| Yes
sci-fi is by far and away
the genre I write in the
most at the moment. But
it's certainly not the only
genre in which I have an
interest. Love the action
thriller, the war film,
so many others. |
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| Can
you describe a typical day
in the creative process? |
| Well
every project is different
but basically I punch the
clock on writing work in
the morning and clock off
in the afternoon/evening.
I don't believe in waiting
for inspiration, I think
you have to go and hunt
it down, graft away at an
idea to make it work. Though
to be fair some ideas do
spring fully formed, but
not often enough damn it! |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest horror writer? |
| Richard
Matheson - or is he sci-fi? |
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you recall the first horror
film that left a lasting
impression on you? |
| Them!
I think I must have been
about 5 or 6. Scared the
pants off me. Never looked
at ants in the same way
again. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest 'Master of Horror'? |
| Uhm,
tough one. Pioneering screenwriter
Nigel Kneale, best known
in the UK for the Quatermass
TV serials and films has
to be in there. John Carpenter
for The Thing, Dario Argento
for displaying no sense
of self censorship whatsoever. |
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| How
did you find your cast? |
| Through
a casting agent. It was
quick and remarkably easy.
I'd worked with her before
and she always found people
that were spot on. The cast
for The Un-Gone I thought
were exceptionally right. |
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| What
is you most memorable moment
while making your film? |
The
first shot. So much adrenalin,
so much hope, belief and
potential riding with you.
It's the hottest, most addictive
drug I know. I can't remember
the last shot so that should
tell you something.
The editing was pretty memorable
purely because it was so
much fun. In fact editing
is always a hoot. Editors
are funny guys, must be
all those hours holed up
in small dark rooms. |
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| What
can you tell us about the
editing process? |
| Ah
appropriate question to
come after my last remark.
First assembly, then first
cut, polish, then polish
again. Then we submitted
it to the UK Film Council
for notes and I went away,
watched it a few times,
spoke to the composer, and
made notes of my own. I
had far more than the Film
Council came back with actually,
and raised all the same
points. Then we went back
and re-cut, polished, polished,
polished. Always trying
to get the film as pithy
and concise as possible.
Pursuit of brevity is a
dying art. |
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| Did
you shoot on film or with
digital cameras? |
| We
shot on HD using the Panasonic
Varicam, a piece of kit
which I have a very high
regard for. It's the second
time I've used it and I'd
use it again in a heartbeat. |
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| How
many members of your cast
and crew? |
| 4
castmembers, 20 people in
the crew. |
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| If
you could choose any famous
actors to work with on future
projects, who would they
be? |
| Oh
John Wayne, no hesitation.
Love the big guy. Then James
Stewart, but they're both
dead so the chances of working
with them are slim I confess.
Living, top of the list
would be Tom Hanks, then
Daniel Craig, Wes Bentley,
ah good grief there are
soooo many! The guy who
plays the telepathic cop
in Heroes, isn't he fantastic!
Oh, oh, Michael Caine, what
British director would turn
down the chance of working
with the guvn'r. |
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