Taking The Michael
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Thu 6 December 2012 // 19:00
(Thursday 6th Dec / 7pm / £5/4)
(An Outsidefilm production / 70 minutes / UK / 2012)
Matt is an improbable hero for these uncertain times. He's not sure how, or even why, but he knows he needs to go on an important journey and he knows it's got something to do with 2012. 'Taking The Michael' is the story of his unlikely odyssey through ancient and modern Albion.
This documentary traces his and filmmaker Ian Nesbitt's faltering progress down the St Michael's Ley Line from Avebury in Wiltshire to St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. Travelling in a pedal-powered 1968 Bond Ranger on ancient byways and green lanes, the pair's curious pilgrimage is a surreal post-peak oil
exploration of the unique psycho-geography of this green and pleasant land.
Using a combination of pure documentary, anecdotal oral history, and total myth, the film is, among other things, a field investigation of the rich and varied pagan, Christian and mystical heritage of Britain, a search for new ways of considering our collective future, and a vigorous testing of the relationship between documentary maker and subject.
The film features an original musical score by Kill the Captains and Nick Jonah Davis.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XX_WJtG-R4
(An Outsidefilm production / 70 minutes / UK / 2012)
Matt is an improbable hero for these uncertain times. He's not sure how, or even why, but he knows he needs to go on an important journey and he knows it's got something to do with 2012. 'Taking The Michael' is the story of his unlikely odyssey through ancient and modern Albion.
This documentary traces his and filmmaker Ian Nesbitt's faltering progress down the St Michael's Ley Line from Avebury in Wiltshire to St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. Travelling in a pedal-powered 1968 Bond Ranger on ancient byways and green lanes, the pair's curious pilgrimage is a surreal post-peak oil
exploration of the unique psycho-geography of this green and pleasant land.
Using a combination of pure documentary, anecdotal oral history, and total myth, the film is, among other things, a field investigation of the rich and varied pagan, Christian and mystical heritage of Britain, a search for new ways of considering our collective future, and a vigorous testing of the relationship between documentary maker and subject.
The film features an original musical score by Kill the Captains and Nick Jonah Davis.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XX_WJtG-R4