“We Are the Freaks”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Edgar wrote, directed and produced the film. He describes it as "A film about growing up in Birmingham" The script was derived from old home movies he had made with friends when he was 18 and 19. He states "I’ve still got the tapes at home and they are quite funny.” Regarding the period setting he states “I wanted to set it 20 years ago because I think you need that distance, like American Graffiti and Quadrophenia did, otherwise your film can age very quickly".^[1] He states he wanted the film to have a scrappy feel as though it came from the head of a teenager.^[2]

The film was shot on location and edited entirely in the city of Birmingham, something that Edgar is very proud of.^[1] According to Edgar the film was shot in 15 days on a tight budget in March 2012. He shot little coverage so was able to edit very quickly, having a selling cut ready in about a week. the film was bought for UK distribution by Metrodome following its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival.^[3]

Edgar views the film as highly political and says he was inspired to write it by the 2010 United Kingdom student protests "As I was writing the student riots happened and then the summer riots and the period when I was 20 in 1990 seemed to have a lot of resonance for modern youth". "Thatcher had a huge impact on this country. I’d compare her to Franco, Salazar or De Gaulle. I think there should be a real examination of that period by more serious minded films than this one and its a shame there isn’t yet."^[4]

Release

The film was released in UK cinemas on 24 April 2014^[5] and has also sold to Germany, the United States, Canada, Luxumbourg, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Critical response

The film's cast was praised by Allan Hunter writing in Screen Daily, who stated that the film is a "Likeable breezy British teen comedy" that "offers a fantastic showcase for a talented, charismatic young cast who make the most of the script’s jocular wit",^[9] while Guy Lodge, writing for Variety, described the film as "amusing, appealingly performed and sensibly brief"^[10] Andrew Blair, reviewing for Den of Geek, gave the film four stars and thought it able to "provide the most successful representation of male teenagers I've seen at this festival" he went on to note the films political resonance and that "It has a lot of anger bubbling under its surface"^[11]

The film's style was praised by Catherine Bray in Time Out, who thought that "the strength of ‘We Are the Freaks’ is that it never feels like a cookie-cutter teen movie" and that it had "raw energy that allows its lack of polish and occasional tonal missteps to come over as endearing".^[12]

References

1. ^¹²{{Cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/qa-birmingham-filmmaker-justin-edgar-7078226|title=Justin Edgar: Birmingham has become my film set and I love it|last=Young|first=Graham|date=8 May 2014|website=The Birmingham Post|publisher=Mirror Trinity Midlands|access-date=}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://battleroyalewithcheese.com/2014/04/six-of-the-best-we-are-the-freaks-director-justin-edgar/|title=SIX OF THE BEST: We Are The Freaks Director Justin Edgar|last=Williams|first=Alton|date=24 April 2014|website=Battle Royal with Cheese|publisher=|access-date=11 April 2016}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://battleroyalewithcheese.com/2014/04/six-of-the-best-we-are-the-freaks-director-justin-edgar/|title=SIX OF THE BEST: We Are The Freaks Director Justin Edgar|last=Williams|first=Alton|date=24 April 2013|website=Battle Royal With Cheese|publisher=|access-date=11 April 2016}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://battleroyalewithcheese.com/2014/04/six-of-the-best-we-are-the-freaks-director-justin-edgar/|title=SIX OF THE BEST: We Are The Freaks Director Justin Edgar {{!}} BRWC|last=Williams|first=Alton|website=BRWC|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-11}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2302969/combined|title=internet movie database|last=|first=|date=|website=IMDB|publisher=|access-date=}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/we-are-the-freaks-heads-to-benelux/5073510.article|title=We Are The Freaks heads to Benelux|last=Crowcroft|first=Carolyn|date=25 June 2014|website=Screen Daily|publisher=|access-date=}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/we-are-the-freaks-heads-to-germany/5076717.article|title=We are the Freaks heads to Germany|last=Rosser|first=Michael|date=28 August 2014|website=Screen Daily|publisher=|access-date=}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/we-are-the-freaks-heading-to-us/5084055.article|title=Justin Edgar's We Are The Freaks heading to US|last=Sandwell|first=Ian|date=9 March 2015|website=Screen Daily|publisher=|access-date=}}
9. ^{{cite web |last=Hunter |first=Allan |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/we-are-the-freaks/5057654.article |title=We Are The Freaks |work=Screen Daily |date=24 June 2013 |accessdate=7 May 2014}}
10. ^{{cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |title=Edinburgh Film Review: ‘We Are the Freaks’ |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/edinburgh-film-review-we-are-the-freaks-1200562378/ |date=12 July 2013 |accessdate=7 May 2014 |work=Variety}}
11. ^{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Andrew |title=We Are The Freaks review |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/we-are-the-freaks/26216/we-are-the-freaks-review |date=1 July 2013 |accessdate=7 May 2014 |work=Den of Geek}}
12. ^{{cite web|last=Bray|first=Catherine|title=We Are The Freaks|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/we-are-the-freaks |work=Time Out London |date=22 April 2014 |accessdate=7 May 2014}}
13. ^¹²{{cite news|last=staff|title=We Are The Freaks: Modest and likeable British teen comedy|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/472316/We-Are-The-Freaks-Likeable-British-teen-comedy-set-in-the-90s|accessdate=7 May 2014|newspaper=Daily Express|date=25 April 2014}}

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