8/18/2023 0 Comments Submarine 2010 linkThe key settings of Oliver’s home and school juxtapose this with a blatantly clean and almost impersonal aesthetic that comes to represent the adulthood awaiting this pretentious teenager in his poster-laden bedroom filled with props like typewriters and cassette players, just in case you’d forgotten that he’s the second coming of Morrissey. The quietly established setting of 80s Swansea provides some visually stunning backdrops, the scenery of which is referenced directly by the lead as ‘making him feel nothing’ and is subsequently pushed to one side as roaming shots of his favoured walks by a dock or on the beach take its place, the autumnal hills instead being referenced only as notes of displeasure from there on out. It is in his misfiring quest to solve such issues and bring about the most solace to himself that the story moves forward, introducing parents Jill (Hawkins) and Lloyd (Taylor) as well as manic pixie dream girl Jordana, the sort alternative, Doc Martens wearing teenager who deals with a crush by insulting them and is played pitch perfectly by Yasmin Paige. It is the sound of our melancholic youth, a bright spot in the tragedy of our own ordinariness and an ode to the want-to-be intellectual in each of us a film with the type of honesty, flair and quietly humourous tone we can each only wish for our own life stories, and a bloody good watch at that.Ĭraig Roberts is a revelation as bumbling intellectual misfit teenager Oliver Tate, a 15 year old school pupil with a talent for accidentally falling into problems both way larger than he can truly comprehend and way less meaningful than he may first assume, something each of us can identify with should we search our true selves for long enough. ![]() Richard Ayoade’s darkly humourous adaptation of Joe Dunthorpe’s coming of age novel Submarine is a movie that feels like a song by The Smiths wrapped in the sort of self-aware cinematic tropes that paint a picture of teenage nothingness as if it is most special and unique in its intricacies. This, his first directorial feature film stands as a marker for a very promising career ahead if he so chooses and you can’t help but feel that he has imbued Oliver with many incidents from his own childhood.Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine Not only is he a comic actor of some range, but he is apparently equally adept at writing and directing. Richard Ayoade is obviously a sickenly talented individual. It’s slightly unnerving at first, but you learn to love these moments. Submarine is happy to linger just a second longer to really immerse you in the experiences of the characters. Hollywood seems to avoid such methods and substitutes this sense of meta-narrative with camera shots that are quickly cut and demand your attention throughout. We all see our lives as films, picturing how a scene would’ve played out and creating narratives with comparison to other films. In fact whilst Considine is superb as sleazy positive reinforcement speaker Graham, this is Oliver Tate’s film, and Craig Roberts, whilst slightly odd, is an intriguing protagonist and is a far cry from the caricatured Hollywood child actors you might be used to. Unlike a lot of films, Oliver narrates the action, whilst commenting on it as if he is aware that he’s in a movie. It is part independent film, part comedy, part tragedy with some stunningly low-key performances and some beautiful shots of unappealing places. Submarine has a rather original and unique style to it. Stuck being trying to resolve both problems he struggles to remain happy as his life begins to unravel before him. Secondly, he is concerned that his parents’ relationship is falling apart due to the re-emergence of his mother’s ex-boyfriend, Graham (Paddy Considine). ![]() Firstly he has a new girlfriend, Jordana (Yasmin Paige) whom he is trying to have sex for the first time with. Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) is a forlorn 15-year-old boy how has two problems in his life. Best known for his comedy work in TV shows like The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, in 2010 he turned his hand to writing and directing in the coming-of-age drama Submarine. It was only a matter of time then before one of our brightest talents Richard Ayoade had his shot. What with Tom Hardy’s rise from obscurity to blockbuster supporting cast, not to mention Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright establishing themselves in Hollywood and Joe Cornish’s sudden emergence as writer and director for a number of incredible films, it shows that there is a slew of new talent from the British Isles finally getting their shot. British talent appears to be spreading across the globe in recent years.
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