Coombs

Coombs (2017)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2017-09-08
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Crystalness films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Karel Dolak

Summary

If Samuel Beckett had lived in Scotland and made a great film, it would be this: a lucid, sometimes funny, and profoundly compassionate study of extreme old age, death, grief and loneliness. These facts of life are revealed in an act of virtuoso film-making that is dedicated, laconic and ultimately - impossible as it may seem - uplifting. A unique experience, this is a very significant and totally original film that will test, and reward any audience. The challenge is to spend time with lonely old people and Dolak is unflinching. He handles words, sounds and image with extreme care. His film is composed of long takes that juxtapose a daily routine alongside the expansive and empty landscapes of the north east, and both shot in exquisitely beautiful monochrome. Everything seems settled and inevitable until the film makes a completely unexpected move into another realm and intimates a further reach of the imagination.

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  • Tom Coombs

    as Himself
  • Gertrude Coombs

    as Herself
Production Irune Gurtubai Producer
Editing Karel Dolak Editor
Directing Karel Dolak Director
Art Ryoko Tamura Art Department Manager
Sound Pete Smith Sound Editor
Crew Alastair Mackintosh Cinematography
Camera Martin Allison Additional Photography
Sound D. W. Robertson Music

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