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Attack
Timothy Smith
average rating from 39 members 
       
drama | 2005 | London | 8 min
Published 29 Mar 06
Things are not always as Black & White as they appear.
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synopsis
Steve, the leader of a local gang apprehends a neo-Nazi skinhead in a park, because he has attacked two of his black teenage friends in a nearby alley. The police arrive and take statements from Steve and the two teenage boys. Malcolm, the skinhead, lies unconscious. As we are taken backwards through the story we realise that perhaps the boys aren't necessarily telling the whole truth and things may not be as Black and White as they first appear.
short fact
We shot over two nights in June 2005, just before the summer solstice, as a result we only had 4 hours of shooting time each night before we lost our black sky. So it was a struggle to get all 62 shots done. But we managed, and are very happy with the result. I self funded the film as I got tired of waiting for the various funding schemes to re-open. I hope the film makes the audience question their preconceived notions about how someone should behave based upon the way they look.
crew
  • director Timothy Smith
  • writer Timothy Smith
  • producer Jana Riedel
  • editor Samuel Martin
  • director of photography Adrian Brown
  • sound Christiano Sossi
  • music Christiano Sossi & Tyronne Lewis
cast
  • Malcolm Callum Walker
  • Ephraim Marcel McCalla
  • Tyrone Michael Ellis
  • Max Eugene Washington
  • Steve Tyronne Lewis
  • Cop1 Robert Clarke
  • Young girl LaCharne Jolly
  • cop 2 Maria Mathurin
  • format
    35mm/Super 35
    budget
    £7000
    © 2005 Timothy Smith

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    comment by Jonathan  Jones
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    posted May 16, 2008

    Loved the cinematography, loved the idea, but just felt like I was watching an 'Irreversible' spin-off.

    comment by Ricardo  Clarke
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    posted Apr 6, 2008

    I realise that since the director is gay, and judging by prior comments, Smith was probably trying to tackle gay stereotypes and well-done on that. But it says very little, and only seems to reinforce black stereotypes. (Heterosexual) Blacks are violent, homophobic and then accuse the white man as being racist because they're narrow minds cannot come up with anything better for an excuse. It almost seems hypocritical if the directors intentions were to tackle stereotypes.

    comment by Lou  Smith
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    posted Jun 30, 2007

    The film was excellent. It dealt with our stereotype of people with shaved heads. Ignorant people assume that anyone with a shaved head and a army bomber jacket is a racist skinhead. Gay skinheads are much different than racist skinheads. The theme is simple--don't judge a book--er--bloke by its cover. The editing was very well done. The lighting gave the short a claustraphobic feel.

    I'm fowarding the web address so many of my friends can watch this.

    comment by Tom  O'Leary
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    posted May 13, 2007

    This movie is yet another work of art by gay filmmaker Timothy Smith. Like his short movie LE WEEKEND, ATTACK is a subtle and surprising and affecting story. All of the ingrediants are smashing: good acting, directing, and story. Timothy is a filmmaker to watch. May he make a million more movies in his career!

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    posted Feb 15, 2007

    I thought the editing was very good. Good to see alternative perspectives. Too bad for the characters' orientation, I thought they were nice.

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