Coming from EASTERN PROMISES scribe Steven Knight, who recently made his directorial debut with Jason Statham’s HUMMINGBIRD (aka REDEMPTION), we have the first clip from Knight’s next effort, LOCKE. The brilliant Brit Tom Hardy leads the intense, real-time thriller as the successful businessman Ivan Locke, who, after receiving a mysterious phone call, must figure out a way to save his family from a series of violent events. The film premières at the Venice Film Festival on 2nd September.
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul. Directed Locke is a unique cinematic experience that literally puts the audience in the passenger’s seat to watch the driver’s life unfold.
The clip also come with the following statement from the director.
It was a joy and challenge to make Locke in an entirely different way. Shot in real time, Locke breaks new ground in movie making with Hardy holding the screen alone while the camera never blinks. The night time highway is part back drop, part art installation, as a stellar cast play the people Ivan loves and hates and who witness his extraordinary journey to despair and ultimately to redemption. A man’s life transformed in a half a tank of gas. I believe the journey of Ivan Locke is deeply moving and utterly compulsive.
LOCKE co-stars Alice Lowe, Ruth Wilson, Tom Holland, Olivia Colman, Bill Milner, Danny Webb and Lee Ross.
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
