My Life in Film

Who’s never once thought of his life as a film? For Art, however, it’s his normal course of life. The box office clerk and wannabe low budget director keeps dreaming himself into his favorite films. Alas, reality never quite falls in line with the plots of the classics of cinema. Satirical references to classic movies are a standard device in Hollywood comedies, but screenwriter Mark Chappell is taking the art of citation to new absurd heights in his BBC mini-series MY LIFE IN FILM. Each episode’s music, photography and editing are cast in the mould of a seminal classic, be it a masterpiece of European auteur cinema, such as Fellini’s 8 1/2, or, in the case of TOP GUN, a new low in patriotic Hollywood entertainment.