Written and Directed by Sean Ellis.
Starring Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Stuary Goodwin, Michael Dixon and Michael Lambourne.
Cashback centres on an aspiring art student, Ben (Sean Biggerstaff), who spends his nights working the graveyard shift at his local 24 hour supermarket. While his co-workers all have their own methods of wasting time as the clock ticks down on their shift, Ben has his own unique technique for fending off boredom by imagining that time stands still, giving him the freedom to explore his creative side.
Although Cashback received some criticism towards its excessive nudity, the short went on to win 14 awards including Best Narrative Short at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, while it was also nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in March 2006, losing out to Martin McDonagh's Six Shooter. Cashback also went on to inspire the full-length feature of the same name, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival before receiving theatrical runs in the UK and North America.
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I kinda liked this short. Really interesting for me as I've worked the night shift at my local supermarket. However, mine wasn't a 24-hour one.
ReplyDeleteAs for the nudity, while the fist nude shot is quite shocking, it's beautifully shot and composed incredibly well. The rest of the nudity is actually very tasteful and never feels puerile or degrading.
Perhaps the director could have had women of more shapes and sizes just to further prove the point lead Ben was making. But overall, I think this is a really decent movie.
Quite thougtful and beautiful. A nice juxtaposition between the internal and external worlds of Ben. The nudity, and the appearance of the women Ben is fixated on, seems quite realistic considering he is a young art student. Am looking foward to seeing the feature after viewing this. Biggerstaff needs a bigger career, especially now that his days of Oliver Wood in HPDHP2 are almost over, and he a a man, not a boy.
ReplyDeleteQuite thougtful and beautiful. A nice juxtaposition between the internal and external worlds of Ben. The nudity, and the appearance of the women Ben is fixated on, seems quite realistic considering he is a young art student. Am looking foward to seeing the feature after viewing this. Biggerstaff needs a bigger career, especially now that his days of Oliver Wood in HPDHP2 are almost over, and he a a man, not a boy.
ReplyDeleteI kinda liked this short. Really interesting for me as I've worked the night shift at my local supermarket. However, mine wasn't a 24-hour one.
ReplyDeleteAs for the nudity, while the fist nude shot is quite shocking, it's beautifully shot and composed incredibly well. The rest of the nudity is actually very tasteful and never feels puerile or degrading.
Perhaps the director could have had women of more shapes and sizes just to further prove the point lead Ben was making. But overall, I think this is a really decent movie.