CULTURE: FILM
FILM GUIDE For virtually as long as I can remember, film has been a big interest of mine. As a child, my dad would often take me to what he called the pictures; Maidstone’s Granada cinema being a regular haunt, where, as well as the likes of Star Wars and James Bond films, I’d be treated to insightful magazines such as Photoplay and Film Review. By Wayne Imms
I’d always been interested in behind the scenes; the making of films had always fascinated me. In recent years, my passion for film had grown even more. My experience of contributing to and producing radio programmes, including documentaries for Radio 2 and The Geekend, my weekly show for Brighton’s Radio Reverb, has seen me interviewing many names from film, such as Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park, actress Sigourney Weaver, film director Alan Parker and the actor Jeremy Irons. Back in the mid nineties, I was lucky enough to attend the BAFTA Film Awards, complete with a hired tuxedo, in which, after stowing away on a VIP coach, I rubbed shoulders with the likes of Kate Winslet and the late Nigel Hawthorne. Anyway, I’ll stop the name-dropping; well, at least for a couple of sentences. Each month in this fine magazine that’s currently within your grasp, I’ll be giving my humble opinions on some of the latest film releases, interviewing various film figures, and filling you in on the current goings on within the world of film. I’ll also be covering local filmmaking community. As you may know, Brighton has a plethora (one of my favourite words) of film related talent, organisations, from Lighthouse to the Brighton Filmmakers Coalition, as well as top venues, such as the marvellous Duke of York’s cinema. Over the last couple of years, I’ve had the honour of organising a few sell-out events at the Duke of York’s. These have tended to mark anniversaries of popular films, from Alien to Raiders of the Lost Ark. After screening these films, we’ve presented interviews with
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key people who helped make them, such as editors and art directors. Of these events, a highlight for me was A Movie Music Master Class with the composers David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day) and Anne Dudley (The Crying Game, The Full Monty). I’ve organised these events with The Space (Southern Performance and Creative Energies), an organisation I founded back in 2006. As well as the film ones, we hold regular events at Komedia. Each one has two interviewees from virtually every area of the creative industries. It seems that we now have more film related guests than any others. All of the above reflects my aim to document an interest which I’m particularly passionate about. www.thespace.uk.com