Summary:
It's the Christmas season. With her mom's help, Lynne, a girl of perhaps eight, dresses up; her younger brother Steven plays with a toy car. The children leave with their dad, who's affectionate with them. They walk down a railroad track where an unkempt woman waits with two children, about the same age as Lynne and Steven. The children go with them. They're all headed to a holiday party at a pub. Lynne notices that the girl acts all too familiar with her dad. What's going on?
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#312(NEW) Gasman (1998) Directed by: Lynne Ramsay (375.96 Pts, 5 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–4 History:312←1313←NA←NA←NAICheckMovies: 278 Checks , 18 Favourites , 1 Official listList of Voters:
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and "Gordon" Liu Chia-Hui/Liu Chia-Liang and Yuen Woo-ping and "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo
This also highlights why I'm glad my wife and I decided not to have kids. I don't want to have to worry about this stuff. I don't want to have to scrutinize every single interaction between my kid and other adults around him/her. The alternate universe version of me who has kids is very uncomfortable right now.
Usually I expect shorts to be either amazing or awful when they appear on this list. This is just a short. I feel no emotions towards this short. I want to say that I'm confused on how this short made the list, but I guess five people liked it enough.
I finally watched this the other day. Really liked it and I thought the director did a fantastic job of putting me into the little girl's shoes, emotionally.
I know this is a stupid question, but can someone explain the title?
weirdboy wrote: ↑March 23rd, 2018, 3:40 am
I finally watched this the other day. Really liked it and I thought the director did a fantastic job of putting me into the little girl's shoes, emotionally.
I know this is a stupid question, but can someone explain the title?
"Gasman is set against the backdrop of Glasgow at a time of great change: once a city powered by gas via the corking of coal, in 1972 the industry – and Glasgow itself – underwent a seismic shift as natural gas from the North Sea oilfields became available. Thousands were laid off and gasmen became a relic of a bygone era. If Ramsay’s Da is still gainfully employed when we meet him, his time as a gasman is running out – as is his time supporting two families."
Found in an article of Senses of Cinema
"Art is like a fire, it is born from the very thing it burns" - Jean-Luc Godard
weirdboy wrote: ↑March 23rd, 2018, 3:40 am
I finally watched this the other day. Really liked it and I thought the director did a fantastic job of putting me into the little girl's shoes, emotionally.
I know this is a stupid question, but can someone explain the title?
"Gasman is set against the backdrop of Glasgow at a time of great change: once a city powered by gas via the corking of coal, in 1972 the industry – and Glasgow itself – underwent a seismic shift as natural gas from the North Sea oilfields became available. Thousands were laid off and gasmen became a relic of a bygone era. If Ramsay’s Da is still gainfully employed when we meet him, his time as a gasman is running out – as is his time supporting two families."
