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London Orbital: 20th Anniversary Edition

London Orbital is a road movie, a cinematic excursion into the futuristic literature of a century past, and a film dialogue between two writers who are also filmmakers (and vice versa). London Orbital is, among other things, a meditation on the difference between driving and walking. On Bram Stoker’s “undead”, on H.G. Wells and J.G. Ballard. On time and memory. On the difference between film and tape, sound and image. On trance states and the terror that lies beyond boredom; on shopping and terrorism; on Kabul and the leisure mall. On the invisible triangle of Thatcherism (covert arms deals, Essex gangsters, and drug dealing). On Pinochet and Thatcher as vampire lovers. Iain Sinclair is the author of London Orbital, a book about his walk around the 120-mile road. Chris Petit elected not to make ‘the film of the book’ and chose instead to drive and to capture in images the peculiar hallucinatory state that driving provokes. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of London Orbital we met up with Chris and Iain to talk about their work and it’s relevance today. Click To Read more

Bonus Content

20th Anniversary Chris Petit & Iain Sinclair in Conversation

28m
Director
Director
Writer
Writer
Cast
Year
2002
Duration
1h 40m
Country
UK
Language
English
Subtitles
English
Studio
Illuminations

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