he is playing the bit parts or supporting artist but yeah, he s the centre of the story here and it s great. yeah, and known for television, and here he is in a film and this point about it was filmed in one take now, is that really the case? because we know that they can be tweaked a bit, they can be spliced. it s not the longest film in the world but nonetheless, to do it in one take is extraordinary. it really is. it s very unusual. i mean, films like birdman have sort of claimed it or simulated one take but they have been edited. and there was a film called victoria, which i love, which did it in one take and this has a similar idea. they genuinely did four takes and picked the best one. it s amazing. that s definitely one to watch. take us on to take us back to the 1970s. yes, indeed, so this is paul thomas anderson s film licorice pizza, and it s based a lot on his recollections and also the recollections of a friend who was a child star and then went on to become a bit of an
ok, so we re low on quite a lot. good, anything else from you guys? no, just, we need to push the veg and we need to push the fish. - 0k, push veg, push. we need to take a selfie for the instagram. hey! everybody in. ooh, see, i m feeling very slightly tense watching that in a good way. it is a stressful film, it s meant to be a stressful film, but it s so involving, it s immersive notjust knowing that it s shot in one take but feeling that authenticity you can feel it. it s actually written and directed by phil barantini, who used to be a chef, so he knows. 0h, did he? 0h! he knows, yeah, and you just kind of feel this is authentic and, of course, they throw a lot of drama at the situation. it almost feels like a lot of episodes of fawlty towers put together in a really serious, dramatic format, because you have the food critic in, you ve got the proposal, there s a potential allergy, you know, everything is kind of stacking up against them, but itjust feels real. well, that s i
it s set over one night over a busy london restaurant. it s called boiling point, and it stars stephen graham. then we re going for a slice of licorice pizza. this is set in 1973 and it comes from the great paul thomas anderson. and finally, we re looking at a film starring ben benedict cumberbatch, the electrical life of louis wain. that looks like something for everyone. so, tell us about boiling point. this is a fascinating film. this was shot in one take in a london restaurant and the idea is that stephen graham plays a chef who s struggling. he s having a bit of a hard time with this family, with his financial woes, and then it s the busiest night of the year in this restaurant and it s really an ensemble drama, so you see everybody working together in this restaurant, trying to make a busy night work. let s have a look at a clip. 0k. hey, my friday, it s going to be busy, which is good, and we picked some more covers up today. what? so, we re looking at about 100. so, we ve got
in films, so much as i did enjoy all the things you talk about it, i did have a problem with that. yes, yes. and well, the cardinal thing, you see, the cardinal thing i did halfway through. i loved the first 45 minutes and then i started doing this, and that s never a good sign, is it? i felt. i know you talked about an episodic structure, but it dragged in the middle. picks up at the end, but it really drags in the middle. i think it s too long. i ve seen it twice and i think i enjoyed it more the second time because i prepared for that and ijust relaxed into it. and i think if you relax into it, it s very funny. there s laugh out loud moments it is a good laugh, but, yeah, if you re expecting a normal structure, you may be disappointed. yeah! anyway. don t go for the structure! what s your third choice this week? so the electrical life of louis wain. 50 louis wain i had not heard of him, i thought, but as soon as i saw the pictures that he drew of cats with big eyes, sometimes pl
that s a good warning. if you can get past the gore. let s hold that thought. a quick thought about dvd or streaming, because there s a really intriguing documentary, it seems to me, that s out. the rescue. this is a fascinating film from the directors of free solo, and it s about the dramatic thai cave rescue from 2018, so the football team of boys who were rescued and it really is an incredible story, and they talked to two british men who were cave divers who had to kind of problem solve, along with a lot of other people throughout the world, who were trying to figure out exactly how to get these boys out and it s a real lesson in strategy and working together, and it s very inspiring. yeah, and everyone, i think, will remember. we all followed that news story. you didn t have to be a news junkie to know about that and everyone was gripped by that, so to hear how the rescuers did it, ithink is i haven t seen it yet, but it sounds fascinating. even when you know what happened, it