{"id":9223,"date":"2014-08-17T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=9223"},"modified":"2014-08-17T18:08:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T23:08:37","slug":"a-field-in-england-2013-ben-wheatley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/9223","title":{"rendered":"A Field in England (2013, Ben Wheatley)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Beer has its own way of sorting things out.”<\/p>\n

Julian Barratt (Mighty Boosh’s<\/em> Howard Moon) seeks Whitehead, is looking for a field, then abruptly dies. Whitehead (Reece Shearsmith, a lead in The League of Gentlemen<\/em> series) will be our movie’s lead coward, joining with some companions in a field in the midst of a filthy war in search of his dead master’s nemesis O’Neil, who stole some papers I guess.<\/p>\n

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Companions: hood-wearing Friend (that’s his name, took me all movie to figure it out) played by Richard Glover (minor role in Sightseers<\/a><\/em>) with a great low voice, wide-hatted Cutler (Ryan Pope of TV’s Ideal<\/em>), Jacob (Peter Ferdinando of serial killer movie Tony<\/em>). They finally find O’Neil (Michael Smiley, the lead guy’s co-hitman in Kill List<\/a><\/em>) at the end of a long rope (?) and a struggle ensues.<\/p>\n

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The point is less the war, the companions, the stolen papers and struggle than the weird ride. There’s a game of tug-o-war vs. mystical forces, poop humor, many mushrooms are consumed, Whitehead fasts then vomits runestones and the dead don’t stay dead. Maybe it’s Jodorowsky-influenced, seeming mythical without making any proper sense.<\/p>\n

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Set during the English Civil War, 1650ish, which reportedly caused some trouble coming up with period-appropriate words. The dialogue is great when you can make it out, which we couldn’t on my dad’s surround system (was fine in headphones). Writer Amy Jump and cinematographer Laurie Rose also worked on the other two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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