Ray & Liz
| Ray & Liz | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Richard Billingham |
| Screenplay by | Richard Billingham |
| Produced by | Jacqui Davies |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Daniel Landin |
| Edited by | Tracy Granger |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
Ray & Liz is a forthcoming British film written and directed by Richard Billingham, his debut.[1][2] It is produced by Jacqui Davies. The film retells Billingham's troubled childhood growing up in a Black Country council flat during the Thatcher era.[3] It focuses "on his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason."[4]
The film premiered at Locarno Festival in August 2018,[5] where it won Billingham a Special Mention.
Billingham, a photographer, previously published the book Ray's a Laugh (1996), with photographs of his family at the time depicted in the film.
Origins
The film has an origin in Ray, a single-screen video artwork that premiered at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Wales in 2015.[5] Prior to that its origins lie in Billingham's mid-1990s snapshots of his alcoholic father Ray, chain-smoking mother Liz and younger brother Jason, collected in the book Ray's a Laugh (1996) and included in the art exhibition Sensation that premiered in 1997.[2][6]
Selected cast
Accolades
- Special Mention, Locarno Festival for Billingham[7][8][9]
See also
References
- ^ Adams, Tim (13 March 2016). "Mr and Mrs Billingham and Frosty Jack's". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ a b "'Ray & Liz': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Locarno first look: Ray & Liz reveals a troubled family scrap by scrap". British Film Institute. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Film, British Council. "British Council Film: Ray and Liz". film.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ a b "First trailer for Richard Billingham's 'Ray & Liz' (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (7 August 2018). "Locarno Film Review: 'Ray & Liz'". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Locarno Film Festival 2018: Ray & Liz, M, & Menocchio". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Locarno's top prize goes to Singapore's 'A Land Imagined'". Screen International. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (13 August 2018). "'A Land Imagined,' 'BlacKkKlansman,' Women Directors Win at Locarno Fest". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Trailer for Ray & Liz (video)
- Billingham and Davies discuss Ray & Liz (video)
- Trailer for Ray (2015) (video)
- Ray & Liz at IMDb
- Ray & Liz at Rotten Tomatoes
- Ray & Liz at Metacritic