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After seeing THE SURVIVALIST I decided to catch MAGPIE Stephen Fingleton's short film that became a feature length movie . There's something dubious about this in that a couple of cast members will appear later in THE SURVIVALIST and in some ways this leads to the sensation that you're only watching an out-take from another movie in much the same way as you think THE HOBBIT is assembled from the cutting room floor of LOTR
The opening sequence is reused later in THE SURVIVALIST and again this type of scenario that sets up a future world that didn't entirely convince me it would herald a return to the dark ages . In its defence you're watching a short film thereby the scenario probably isn't as important as it would be in a feature length movie but in hindsight perhaps Fingleton should have come up with a better and different apocalypse with THE SURVIVALIST ? One also can't help viewing this short as a prequel to the latter film when it's not due to a very significant plot turn
Despite any shortcomings it does show the strengths of Fingleton as a director . One thing he's very good at is that he has an ability to communicate what the characters are thinking and motivations for their actions without having to resort to dialogue and this is an overlooked skill amongst directors and one looks forward to what this talented film maker has planned for the future
After seeing THE SURVIVALIST I decided to catch MAGPIE Stephen Fingleton's short film that became a feature length movie . There's something dubious about this in that a couple of cast members will appear later in THE SURVIVALIST and in some ways this leads to the sensation that you're only watching an out-take from another movie in much the same way as you think THE HOBBIT is assembled from the cutting room floor of LOTR
The opening sequence is reused later in THE SURVIVALIST and again this type of scenario that sets up a future world that didn't entirely convince me it would herald a return to the dark ages . In its defence you're watching a short film thereby the scenario probably isn't as important as it would be in a feature length movie but in hindsight perhaps Fingleton should have come up with a better and different apocalypse with THE SURVIVALIST ? One also can't help viewing this short as a prequel to the latter film when it's not due to a very significant plot turn
Despite any shortcomings it does show the strengths of Fingleton as a director . One thing he's very good at is that he has an ability to communicate what the characters are thinking and motivations for their actions without having to resort to dialogue and this is an overlooked skill amongst directors and one looks forward to what this talented film maker has planned for the future