Billy and the Vampire
Regie:
Alan ClarkeDrehbuch:
Trevor PrestonKamera:
Clive TicknerMusik:
George FentonBesetzung:
Phil Daniels, Alun Armstrong, Bruce Payne, Ben Cole, Caroline Quentin, Danny Webb, Trevor Cooper, Richard Ridings, Don Henderson, Neil McCaul, Liza SadovyInhalte(1)
This bizarre spectacle, combining horror, rock opera, and an ostentatiously faked mise-en-scène à la gothic, was perceived in the Thatcher era as a parable with socio-critical overtones. Billy the Kid is a young cockney while demonic snooker champion Maxwell Randall is an unscrupulous predator – but here they symbolize a generational conflict or the struggle between good and evil. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(mehr)Kritiken (2)
Billy Kid und der Billard-Vampir ist zweifellos das skurrilste Musical, das ich bisher gesehen habe. Und möglicherweise einer der merkwürdigsten Filme, mit denen ich bisher in Kontakt gekommen bin. Und ja, es geht tatsächlich nur darum, dass Billy Kid und der Vampir Snooker spielen. Es ist schwer zu beschreiben - man kann nicht abschätzen, was die Absicht der Macher bei der Produktion dieses Films war. Jedenfalls sind die Charaktere, Dialoge, Verhaltensweisen und sogar die Namen der Charaktere wie aus einer anderen Dimension und die Zuschauer amüsieren sich tatsächlich großartig dabei. Trotz der ungewöhnlichen schauspielerischen Leistungen, der verrückten Songtexte und weiterer fragwürdiger Elemente dieses Bizarren kann man darin auch Momente wirklich guter Regie und interessanter Kameraführung erkennen. Wirklich ein bizarres Juwel!
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This film is an illustrative example of how the theoretical concepts of story and narration differ from each other. Strictly speaking, the film consists of a single billiards duel and the previous performance of its protagonists and organisers. But it is precisely the depiction of this event in the film’s narrative that is stunningly enchanting – if one does not have an aversion to modern musicals. In a minimalistically stark setting, but with all the more colourfully stylised figures, the film sets out a phantasmagorical féerie about the ultimate battle of two generations and their life and (pop-)cultural styles. During the first minutes, the film puts a silly grin on one's face, which does not disappear until the closing credits. At the 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Caban brothers presented the film as their carte blanche, noting that they did not remember the film at all and would like to watch it again (which, by the way, is a great approach to a dramaturgical concept that is obstinately taken seriously). Thanks to last year’s screening of their Don Gio at the same festival, some surprising parallels with the Cabans’ debut became apparent when watching the invigorating and hyper-stylish and meagrely minimalist British musical – mainly in the minimalist film set and avant-garde theatricality, which offsets the hyper-expressiveness of the characters, as well as in the masterful camera work.
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