Oh the film poster... Can't wait to see that one, and maybe having one.... ;D

whimsyfox wrote:

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 I don't want to make presumptions, but it seems Damien is attracted to dark(er) roles.  Which makes me so, so happy.  (still would like to see him smile a bit)

and film poster!  squeeee...

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 Absolutely! 

It's strange, but I'm sure that when I first found the site there were 3 stories.  I'm sure I didn't imagine the last one as it involed disposing of some bodies with a lawnmower - not the kind of thing which usually springs from my imagination.........decidedly dark!

Whii! "..it looks very sharp" My my, something tells me that there will be a lot of action! And I can't help imagine Damien in middle of it!

Just one thing puts me down which I have been fearing all this time and I think I need to get it off my chest now: I hope they got good training with guns and this pic is before training. Soldiers/people with training never keep their finger on the trigger unless they are aiming and made the one last decision to shoot. This one rule is global, and it's most important rule for any soldier around the world. Cause if you can't handle your gun, you might as well not have it at all. If you see anyone holding gun like that, you can tell he doesn't know how to use it. Sometimes if I see something like this in middle of movie or series, it sort of takes me out of that world and it's hard to jump in again, it reminds me that they are actors and even actors gets stressed during filming, especially in military films and they forget things like that. So I hope I hope I hope they will not make that mistake and not pay attention one little (and same time big) thing that many people around will. 

Ok that's all! But anyway, have been dreaming about combat trousers and bare chests and intense action scenes. And I think Damien himself will take me very well out of this world no matter what he does. He sort have that kind of effect on me. 

Jozie, thanks for your comment on proper training and gun use. I was raised with hunting rifles and shotguns, and gun safety was hammered into me from early childhood. It is so annoying to see foolish mistakes made in films. Having said that, I'll bet Damien gets it right. He's meticulous and thoughtful in his craft, he pays attention to the details. His authenticity is part of what captivates us. I

'm so looking forward to seeing Tiger Raid! Sunscreen and shades, baby, all the way!

Guns are completely alien to me so this would not be something I'd even notice, and tend to overlook anything which pulls me out of the total immersion in the eacapism in films (and other art) unless it is glaringly difficult to do so.. and it sounds like this would be the case for both of you TJ and Jozie. Damien would probably be doing what he is told to do with the guns, but as mentioned, they have the experts advising so let's assume it will be a non issue.

I am still vey intrigued by the costume.. makeup.. beard... combats... it's going to be a thrill to see Damien in character for the first time!

I've only just registered this little tidbit of info.  So it would seem that the characters names are unchanged from the stage production that it's based on.....but, contrary to what I expected - Damien is Paddy!  Although I guess it's still a bit presumptious to assume that the character of Paddy is the same as the one in the play.....maybe?

Ooh!

It looks as if Paddy does indeed come out as the bad guy at the end. This is the description of Paddy in Mick Donnellan's play, from which the screenplay is adapted:

(I'd not fully registered it before, but love this idea that their make up (which we mentioned a few posts back) gradually comes off symbolic of them revealing more about themselves.)

Donnellan’s writing holds no punches, the dialogue he has created between the two protagonists Joe (Neil Molloy) and Paddy (Callaghan O’Connell), is fast paced, ricocheting off a myriad of emotions, from Joe’s deep despair and loneliness to Paddy’s misplaced feelings of love for former girlfriend Samantha, played by Zaina Newesser.   
The play takes place in the sitting room of the daughter of a bank manager. The men plan to hold her ransom. At first everything seems to be going to plan, but, like many of the plays produced by Truman Town Theatre, things take a drastic and unexpected turn. 
As Joe and Paddy reveal more about themselves to each other, their intimidating, scary clown makeup gradually diminishes, representing their vulnerabilities coming out into the open.
At first, the audience sees Joe as the bad guy, who speaks of killing his brother and wife for having an affair and burying them under his garden, while Paddy comes across as the rookie who wants to patch things up with his ex-girlfriend.
But as the 70-minute play progresses, Joe emerges as the vulnerable one of the pair who describes living alone in his ‘lonely skin’ with a house that smells of ‘mothballs and cheese’. Joe lives for the job, and indeed is prepared to die for the job. And it becomes apparent that Paddy’s darker side involves a long list of abuses of his former girlfriend.

 

 

 

 

woomewithtulips wrote:

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Brilliant news, great info finds Domino & Whimsy!

I have to say I'm liking the idea of a black comedy & the initial casting of Robert Sheehan makes sense to me for it to be this genre. I'm now thinking along the line of In Bruges but set in the desert....

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 Yay! I was on the right lines.

The more I hear of this film the more I like the sound of it.

Yeah....good call Becca!  Are you sure you don't secretly work in the film industry?!

Fifi - I wish!