Strong Language

• Cert:
• Cat.no: PDVD 1535
• Running time: 77 minutes
• Year: 1999
• Pressing: 2000
• Region(s): 2 (UK PAL)
• Chapters: 20
• Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround)
• Languages: English
• Subtitles: None
• Widescreen: 1.85:1
• 16:9-enhanced: No
• Macrovision: No
• Disc Format: DVD 5
• Price: £19.99
• Extras : Scene index, Trailer, Featurette
  

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  Director :

  Simon Rumley

  (Strong Language)

Producer :

Screenplay :

Music :

Cast:

Nathan: Ricci Harnett
Phillipa: Kelly Marcel
Zoe: Tania Emery
Tatty: Julie Rice
Boy Racer Triton: Thomas Dyton
Corrine: Robyn Lewis
Mark: Stuart Laing
Narrator: Darren Groves

Strong Languageis definitely contained within this 77-minute vox pop diatribe as 16 peoplefrom different walks of life aged 20 to 31 tell their life stories commentingon various parts of life from Britpop to Beer, One Night Stands to Ecstacyand Clothes to Aids.

The film centres around a downbeat narrator who describes a nightmare in hislife, from which all the other conversations spin off.

Some of the characters appear to be filmed with a proper camera, while othersare shot using a camcorder.

And that’s it.

Yay! It’s a Planet title that’s WIDESCREEN! It’s the theatrical ratio of1.85:1 but isn’t anamorphic and doesn’t look too hot, mainly because most ofthe footage is shot on a camcorder.The average bitrate is a steady 5.53Mb/s.

The sound is mainly dialogue, dialogue and more dialogue, with some dancetunes occasionally thrown in.

English language, occasionally strong, but no subtitles.

And there’s more… :A two-minute Trailer and a 12-minute Featurette featuringchat from the cast and crew at the film’s premiere. Okay to watch once butnever again. Menu :

The menu is silent with four characters standing still against a backdropof words and punctuation floating past behind them, plus the options to startthe film, select a scene or watch the extras.

I normally go a bundle for most docusoaps on TV, particularly Big Brother.However, this isn’t an off-the-cuff, fly-on-the-wall docusoap. It’s a prescriptedfilm and because of that it just doesn’t grab you at all. If it was a TV show,it would feel more like a Channel 4 Cutting Edge programme on ‘yoofculture’ – something to watch part of before switching over and not somethingto spend £20 on.

At the end of the film the narrator says he wants to put the whole nightmarebehind him and closes with, “That’s all I want to do now… just forget”

I know how he feels…

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