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Blank City (2010)
An important and exciting document
Unlike other reviewers here I went into this film at a film festival knowing (due to the trailer available online) that this was a documentation of No Wave cinema, a subject about which I knew little, and now know some. While not claiming that the films themselves were anything other than creations of people who felt that their city was collapsing around them, Blank City is more interested in collecting the (far more interesting) stories behind the creation of the films and the nature of the filmmakers environment. While there are some familiar faces, the true stars are relative unknowns, those who risked all they had to make spontaneous no-budget films of a fascinating time in a fascinating city. I highly recommend this as a quick trip through an utterly mesmerizing time and am eternally grateful that these film-clips have a chance to be seen, the music heard and these remarkably lucky and brave people have their (often hilarious and sometimes moving) stories told.
Daybreak (2000)
a tale of urban alienation and the transition from adolescent to adult in the Scottish club-land
Daybreak concerns the lives of Flash (an Edinburgh DJ in real life), Anna, and Jed and the different paths their lives take once they start out as party-happy friends. Giving away more isn't that helpful, but I thought this film portrayed the confusion and alienation of youth well, though the story was fractured and the plot sometimes thin, I thought the acting great and it's always a pleasure to see Jean-Phillipe E'Coffey on screen. Edinburgh by night is a great set for any film, especially one exploring the club scene and the transitions of characters who pass through there. I thought certain narrative trajectories were unexplained, which hindered the film somewhat, but the look and the pacing, the acting and the story itself were compelling and Definitely worth checking out, especially for those wanting a different take on the Scottish club/drug scene than that portrayed by Irvine Welsh.