Low budget zombie movie whips up a storm at Cannes

Didn’t I tell you?

19 May, 2009 (09:26) | Movies

So last night I was channel surfing around 10:45pm and ended up leaving ITV2 on in the background. During one of the commercial breaks there was one of those ‘mini-news’ programs that give updates on the latest headlines. In the entertainment news, they focused on a low budget horror movie that is currently the “surprise hit” at Cannes.

And what is that movie? Colin.

Really, I couldn’t be happier for director Marc price as he’s achieved something incredible by producing such an accomplished movie with no formal film-making experience and no money. Of course, the fact that the film was made for less than £50 makes great headlines as it’s easy for the press to contrast its tiny budget against the glitz and glamour of the world’s most famous film festival.

Apparently a couple of Japanese distributors have shown a lot of interest in the film. On the face of it that sounds like great news, but the Japanese labels do have a tendency to give new artwork and titles to any old crap and sell it purely on the packaging rather than the merits of the film inside. I hope Price can keep a degree of creative control over the presentation of the film to ensure that its integrity remains intact.

Regardless, it’s all great news that this superb film, made with commitment and passion, rather than money, is getting the wider audience and coverage that it deserves.

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