tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post3255965443417637344..comments2024-01-31T18:37:07.424+00:00Comments on The Agitation of the Mind: WINTER OF DISCONTENT: SightseersNeil Fulwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-34480051723026005532014-01-04T19:15:33.895+00:002014-01-04T19:15:33.895+00:00Strangely enough, it was a couple of American frie...Strangely enough, it was a couple of American friends who suggested 'Sightseers' for inclusion in the Winter of Discontent. I've only just tuned into Wheatley's work and while I appreciated 'Kill List' and 'A Field in England' on a technical level rather than actually liking either of them, 'Sightseers' hit the spot for me. It's the only Wheatley film that plays out unambiguously as a comedy. 'Kill List' has a couple of almost comedic moments, and 'A Field...' deals in absurdism, but for me 'Sightseers' absolutely got the right tone.<br /><br />But, yeah, I can imagine it was a hard sell outside the UK. And I can imagine that non-British audiences now have a very dim view of my fellow countrymen.<br /><br />I would like to state, for the record, that wild horses couldn't drag me to a fucking pencil museum.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-53182542916464203402013-12-29T15:25:53.051+00:002013-12-29T15:25:53.051+00:00It's such a hard film to sell, especially when...It's such a hard film to sell, especially when the black humour throughout is so decidely British in that like so much of the film it frequently verges on depressing. This of course only makes it harder to pitch to the perspective viewer and even more so when the spoiler heavy trailer gives away most of the best jokes. <br /><br />I know after watching it I was curious to know how it would play outside of the UK and as such sent it off to various American critics, especially with the idea of the caravan holiday being so decidedly British. <br /><br />I can say it won me over any more to Wheatly's work, which still fills me with an overall feeling of Meh, but it is one of his better ones, even though your only likely to watch it the once. Elwood Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661750406352159996noreply@blogger.com