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DramaComedyDocumentaryAnimationExperimentalMusic
Horseplay
Simon Burrill
average rating from 21 members 
       
drama | 2004 | London | 3 min
Published 08 Mar 05
An atmospheric moment of madness.
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synopsis
A beach: something mysterious washes ashore. The hapless man who discovers it is in for a very bad day…Horseplay is a brief, unsettling dreamlike moment.
short fact
Horseplay won a London XFM radio pitching competition and was subsequently produced for Hype Gallery.
crew
  • director Simon Burrill
  • writer Simon Burrill
  • producer Sharmin Nordien
  • editor Simon Burrill
  • director of photography Tim Spence
  • sound Michael Powell
cast
  • Sean Simpson
© 2004 Simon Burrill

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comment by Ben  Wharton
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posted Apr 3, 2005

Simon -

Atmospheric but I dunno - slight. Really slight. A shrug your shoulders kind of response is what came from me. It's like the possible start of something but... not!

Some of your other work really grabs me.

Ben

comment by Ro  Goodwin
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posted Sep 24, 2007

Very enjoyable idea conceived and executed perfectly.

comment by Frederic  Tschepp
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posted Feb 4, 2006

i saw mr theobald and thought, "what a cool film" now ive seen horseplay and im thinking "what a cool director", let me know the moment you finish another project because i cant wait for more.

comment by Gary  Osborne
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posted Dec 5, 2005

Brilliant idea and Beautifully executed. Truly disturbing yet wonderfully simple. I'm not walking the dogs down the beach again...

comment by Alice  Thomas
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posted Dec 3, 2005

Although I am no great film critic there was something rather...puzzling and very frightening about this film. I can only congratulate the Director that he could create a realistic insight to madness in such a short space of time.

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useful links
  • www.simonburrill.com
  • www.hypegallery.com
film network submission
This film was chosen by the Film Network team through our online submissions process.

funded by
Hypegallery

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