Screening
Artist's Choice | An Evening of Animated Short Films
28 Apr 2017
CAST
Helston, United Kingdom
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still from 'Radio On', 1979, courtesy of the British Film Institute
Screening
Artist's Choice | Radio On
9 Sep 2017
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free admission
Address
- 3 Penrose Road
- Helston
England - TR13 8TP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Helston
- Redruth Station
Event map
Filmmaker Mark Jenkin will introduce a screening of Chris Petit’s cult classic 'Radio On', a striking debut in British cinema.
About
The film stars David Beames as a young London DJ on his way to Bristol to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. As he travels through factories, motorways and cafés the dull grey lifelessness of urban Britain bleeds into the damp, equally grey rural belt. Crammed with evocative depictions of the English landscape and weather, Radio On offers a unique and compelling vision of late 1970s England.
Shot in black and white by Martin Schäfer and driven by a soundtrack featuring artists such as David Bowie, Kraftwerk and Ian Dury, this stylishly gloomy road movie is a peculiar exception in a British cinema rarely given to following highways.
This film has been chosen by filmmaker Mark Jenkin who will give a short introduction.
CAST Café food from 7pm, something hot and something sweet for £7.
