BBC - Film Network - Mr. Theobald

Simon Burrill

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experimental | 2004 | London | 9 min

Published 07 Mar 05
Mr. Theobald is just another cog in society's machine until something changes his way of thinking forever.

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Live action and animation, silent performances and intertitles tell a darkly humorous and visually inventive fairytale, examining the deadening impact of routine through the helpless Mr. Theobald.

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director Simon Burrill
writer Simon Burrill
director of photography Will Elliott - Bex
sound MBD / Simon Burrill
music MBD

cast

Mr. Theobald Sean Simpson
Passenger Charlotte Purton

� 2004 Simon Burrill

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comment by martin booker
posted May 16, 2005 Shades of Metropolis and 1984. Black, white and a dash of colour tell the story for me. Excellent.

comment by ROB HUGHES
posted Apr 24, 2005 David Lynch meets Atom Heart Mother down a Berlin back street,about time too. Great fun to watch. cyberROB77.

comment by Colin Metcalfe
posted Mar 17, 2005 Excellent, I don't think I have enjoyed an experimental short so much. Great atmosphere and delightfully silly but not so daft you lose the meaning. Thank you very much Mr Theobald, sorry I eman Mr Burrill.

comment by john lilley
posted Jul 29, 2006 chinz 1984 meets david lynch distguised by being a brit. loved it!

comment by Simon Wates
posted Dec 22, 2005 Speaks volumes and I agree about the Eraserhead comparison but still very original and intimately human. Possibly of no interest whatsoever but the bird singing is a Willow Warbler between April and June.

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