New Beg Steal Borrow production in need of a title!

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In late July 2013, Beg Steal Borrow will be putting into production its latest film – an art house zombie flick set in the south of France.

The film is about a bunch of generation Zers who spend their time around the pool on the beautiful estate of Blondel, near Monpazier in France. And then the zombie apocalypse happens – only they don’t necessarily know it.

The cast is set to include Beg Steal Borrow regulars Alex Chevasco, Dennis Chua, Nick Marwick and Laura Murray, as well as performances from Edward Chevasco (Alex’s highly talented brother!), William Brown and others.

Tom Maine will, as ever, be heading up the photography of the film, while the production team will include Andrew Slater and maybe Deanne Cunningham and Charlotte Wolf (although both might at present be a bit too busy with other projects).

However, the project is in need of a title…! William Brown has two alternative titles, one slightly more pretentious than the other. The first is the simple Generation Z, while the slightly more pretentious option is Ur: The End of Civilization in 90 Tableaus.

Which do you think we should opt for? If you want to let us know, write to begstealborrowfilms@gmail.com.

Informal feedback on Beg Steal Borrow films

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It is with great pleasure that I’d like to share some informal feedback that I have received on various Beg Steal Borrow films.

First of all, the great Mohsen Makhmalbaf contacted me briefly to write: “I like En Attendant Godard.”

Secondly, the prolific Josh Hyams also wrote to say that that he “thought your films are beautiful.”

And thirdly, the excellent academic David H. Fleming wrote to say:

“China: A User’s Manual: I adored it. Really. It spoke with me. To me. It was like memories and thoughts I too have had. A prosthetic memory. Like I was on the back of the screen mirror. I knew some of the stories of course from talking to you. But they were also like reruns of my memories. Memories I did not know we shared. It’s so dense and yet light and free. Antonioni, Marker, the third-image. The epistolary form so like Montesquieu’s Persian Letters in light and sound. I had read almost all the books and stories you mentioned. Knew all the films and scenes you were referencing. The news stories and made up ones too. And recognised a China that I know and feel. I felt like you were talking to me. And wondered if it was not me, and I did not know you, would it be the same. We need to do something with this film out here.

“I really like Common Ground, too. Haunting… It was a dream-like recollection of Afterimages and to a lesser extend En Attendant Godard. Totally appreciate you sending them. A breath of fresh air.”

What wonderful feedback from such esteemed people. I am humbled, but also inspired by this feedback. Many thanks! Let’s carry ourselves with confidence to the next Beg Steal Borrow shoot, provisionally titled Endemic, scheduled for shooting in France in July 2013!

China: A User’s Manual (Films) discovered and presented by Beg Steal Borrow

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In 2006, filmmakers Christian Bouche-Villeneuve and Sandor Krasna allegedly sent the footage taken in this movie to filmmaker Sir Hamlet Auberjena.

Auberjena recently sent the film on to Beg Steal Borrow, knowing that we are film lovers.

Although no one by the name of Christian Bouche-Villeneuve or Sandor Krasna has – to the best of our knowledge – claimed to know anything about the film, we are presenting it to interested parties (first DVDs available now).

Although the film is presumably unfinished, we have decided to follow what appear to be the original filmmakers’ intentions and to call the project China: A User’s Manual (Films).

We are not sure that we will submit this film to any but the most exclusive of festivals, but if you want to copy of the film, get in touch and we’ll try to get a copy to you.

First review of Common Ground posted online

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The first review of Common Ground has been posted online – with hopefully many more to follow.

Trent Griffiths, who blogs under the name Dusty Roar, has been particularly warm about Common Ground, making us blush with embarrassment.

You can read the review here.

As per the review, we hope that the film makes some festival screenings soon!

Common Ground on IMDb

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The Internet Movie Database page for Common Ground has been created – meaning that the film is one step closer to being real in the eyes of the world.

The film has also been submitted to various festivals – and so fingers are crossed that the film will soon be screened in various places.

If you want a copy, want to arrange a screening, or know anyone who might – then please put them in touch with us.

As for the IMDb link, to see the page click here.

First Common Ground trailer released

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The first trailer for Common Ground has been placed on YouTube.

To take a look at the trailer, which features music by The King’s Will, click here.

Afterimages mentioned in Films of the Year 2010

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Esteemed film critic and academic Catherine Wheatley has mentioned Afterimages among her Films of the Year 2010, alongside work by Gaspar Noé, Lucrecia Martel and Catherine Breillat.

If you want to look at Wheatley’s list, click here.

Wheatley says that she would take films like Afterimages “over the likes of the overblown and overrated I Am Love any day of the week.” We are honoured.