In this episode of the podcast, Alex Heeney reviews and discuses the British independent film The Old Man and the Land, which stars Rory Kinnear and Emily Beecham.
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In this episode, Alex Heeney discusses the new independent British film The Old Man and the Land, which was just released in the U.K. The film is told almost entirely as a series of voicemails from a farmer’s two adult children (played by Rory Kinnear and Emily Beecham).
On screen, we only ever see the farmer (their father) tending to the land, doing his chores and daily activities. We never see the people whose voices we hear. The film raises interesting questions about how the film differs (or not) from a radio play in how it tells the story. What does the disconnect between sound and image in cinema offer for the story?
The episode is spoiler-free.
Show notes on The Old Man and the Land
- Read our book on God’s Own Country, which also deals with farming in Britain
- Read our interview with Hope Dickson Leech about her farming and mental health film The Levelling
- Discover our interview with Rory Kinnear on working with Mike Leigh in our ebook Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration.
- Sign up for the Reel Ruminators Free Trial. The discussion session happens on October 13 at 12 p.m. EST.
Podcast Credits for The Old Man and the Land
This episode was edited, produced, and recorded by Alex Heeney.
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