There’s something comforting about taking in a film and realising you know every location intimately.
Rye Lane is a comedy romance that is centred on Peckham, Brixton and Herne Hill. It’s a nicely put together piece that occasionally had me floundering at the modern jargon, laughing at the absurdities and enjoying the strange moments that, on film stand out but which in real life are just part of the normal backcloth to life in the urban jungle that is home. After its quite normal for a serge-blue besequined cowboy on a seguey to be selling oranges, isn’t it?
Naturally I lost track on occasions when I was engrossed in a Bovril sign, trying to recall where it was (next to the Tate library facing Windrush Square in Brixton) rather than the plot. But this isn’t Stoppard so you don’t need to hang on every word in fear of becoming utterly discombobulated.
Do I recommend this piece. Yes, it stands alone as a dip into the culture and mores of the grimy streets I call home. Its well acted and engaging and several of the minor parts are well rounded. And if you’re interested in my mean streets and what they look like, you might do worse…
It’s also a touch distracting because there’s a tendency to be waiting for the next ‘that’s Brixton msrket’ ‘that’s the walled garden in Brockeell Park’ moment rather than focused
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Many movies are filmed in the Vancouver area and we often recognize familiar places and yes, it can be distracting. I arrived at work one morning to find the street blocked off and dead bodies all over the street in front of my office. A weird feeling.
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HR hard at work?
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LOL!!!
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Sounds good to me.
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Great fun. Will look out for it. Wasn’t ‘ serge-blue besequined cowboy ‘ the regular solicitor office dress?? 😎
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I did once try a sequinned tie but the head of department suggested I might have misjudged the levels of tolerance and forbearance management had been keen to display
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Chuckles…
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I always like movies set in Chicago so I can pick out places I know. I doubt this movie will make it to the US, though – maybe on Netflix?
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It may prove confusing to those unfamiliar with sarf londin patois. Though you could put on the automated subtitles.
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We do that a lot with films set in Scotland and Ireland and even some British ones!
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Even I’ve cried out for it for films in Liverpool and Newcastle!
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Thanks for sharing.
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My small town was featured in only one movie – something called Moneyball. Though if you blinked you’d miss the scene!
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Which bit of bringing down capitalism did you guys play?
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Did you have the disconcerting experience of seeing someone walk one way down a street, then arrive somewhere from a completely different direction.
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That happens all the time though that’s mostly a result of the atmospheric passive narcotics
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It’s similar here in Liverpool, so many films and tv programmes are made in the city. We regularly play spot the landmarks during films. We watched Batman twice because the first time we were too distracted with the scenery !
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I need to come and see your Bat Cavern!
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Commonly known as the Liver buildings.
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Your film was obviously more authentic than when Kevin Costner went from the south coast to Sherwood Forest by way of Hadrian’s Wall. I hope to watch the film when it becomes available on the small screen.
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It’ll bring back a few memories. And most things Kev Baby does leave teeth marks of frustration
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Found the trailer in YouTube – looks like fun. 😀
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