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* [http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=111259 The film at Film4] |
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* {{IMDb title|0304720|Skin}} |
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* [http://www.vincentoconnell.co.uk Director's website] |
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Revision as of 19:35, 4 December 2021
| Skin | |
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| Directed by | Vincent O'Connell |
| Written by | Sarah Kane |
| Starring | Ewen Bremner Marcia Rose |
Production companies | Tapson/Steel Films for British Screen Channel 4 Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Skin is an 11-minute short film directed by Vincent O'Connell and starring Ewen Bremner and Marcia Rose.[1] Produced by Tapson/Steel Films for British Screen and Channel 4 Films (now Film4 Productions), it was filmed in September 1995.[2] The screenplay was written in the summer of that year by British playwright Sarah Kane.
It was first screened at the London Film Festival in October 1995, and was later given its television debut on Channel 4 at 11.35pm on 17 June 1997. An original airtime of 9.40pm was pushed back after television executives became worried about the depiction of violence and racism in the film,[2][3] Vincent O'Connell was nominated for a Golden Bear award in the category "Best Short Film" for the film at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival.[4]
The film's screenplay was only Kane's second work, written after her 1995 debut Blasted but before 1996's Phaedra's Love. The screenplay appears in the complete collection of Sarah Kane's work, Sarah Kane: Complete Plays, published in 2001 by Methuen.[5]
Bremner and Rose, who had never met prior to making the film, became romantically involved during its shooting, and subsequently had a child together.[6]
Plot
Billy, a young skinhead, joins in a racist attack on a Black wedding party in Brixton, London, but then finds himself drawn to Marcia, a Black woman whose flat is visible from his window. He visits Marcia and the couple have sex. From this point, the power dynamic between the two begins to reverse: in separate scenes, she slaps his face repeatedly as he is tied to the bed, feeds him dog food, and scrubs off his tattoos with bleach, including a tattoo of the Union Flag Billy had gotten tattooed on himself. Finally, Marcia carves her name on his back. Despite his pleas, she rejects him, finding solace with Kath, her flatmate, while Billy unsuccessfully attempts to overdose on drugs and is saved by Neville, a black man living in the same apartment building as him.
Cast
- Ewen Bremner as Billy
- Marcia Rose as Marcia
- Agnieszke Liggett as Kath
- Yemi Ajibade as Neville
- Dave Atkins as Mother
- James Bannon as Terry
- Dominic Brunt as Martin
- Gregory Donaldson as Nick
References
- ^ "Skin (1995) - Channel 4 film review". channel4.com. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
- ^ a b "IN-YER-FACE THEATRE". Aleks Sierz. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
- ^ Sierz, Aleks; Saunders, Graham (3 June 2004). "Skin.". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
- ^ "Skin (1995)". imdb.com. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
- ^ Kane, Sarah (2001). Sarah Kane: Complete Plays. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-74260-1.
- ^ Hattenstone, Simon (1 July 2000). "A sad hurrah". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2007.