The Somnambulists
The Somnambulists
Synopsis
Richard Jobson’s new film surrounds 15 testimonies from British
servicemen and women who were involved in the Iraq conflict in Basra. They have a ghostly presence as they talk about their experiences in a near documentary style, after each testimony the camera glides into the lives that might have been and the people they left behind.
Jobson says ‘Like many people I was angered by the Iraq war and like most people did nothing about it. This is my response to that apathy. In the film although it appears that the speakers are the ghostly presence, it is in fact we the audience who are the Somnambulists, it is we who were sleepwalking in the build-up to the war and its tragic aftermath.’
The story was heavily influenced by the work of photographer Joanna Kane whose exhibition 'The Somnambulists' at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery left Jobson deeply impressed by its haunting vision of the space between life and death.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 96 mins
- Format
- DSLR
- Director
- Richard Jobson
- Producer
- Alan Mckenna, Richard Jobson
- Editor
- Steve Sander
- Screenwriter
- Richard Jobson
- Director of Photography
- James Stoneley
- Production Designer
- Jude Hanly
- Sound
- Tim Stevens, Andrew Jones
- Music
- Tim Stevens, Andrew Jones
- Principal Cast
- Jack Monaghan, Michael Nardone, Jack O’Connell, Scott Arthur, Steven Robertson
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 28th September 2011
