Starsuckers (12A)
Lively, thought-provoking attack on the impact of celebrity culture
on us all
Director: Chris Atkins
With: Max Hastings
UK, 2009, 1 hour 43 minutes
Mon 1 March 6.15pm, Tue 2 4.00pm The Courtyard Hereford
From the director of Taking Liberties comes this dark, satirical polemic that probes our irrational obsession with fame and the insidious techniques the media uses to propagate it. Hard-hitting and hilarious, Starsuckers highlights the problems that over-consumption of celebrity-dominated media has inflicted on our children and ourselves. Its methods: a combination of dazzling animation and undercover exposés of the PR industry. A blisteringly paced, anarchic ride that uses scathing wit and mischief to expose the immoral, corrupt and illegal practices of some of the biggest names in the business.
Director Chris Atkins will introduce the screening on 1 March
"an intelligent, revelatory polemic for our time." London Film Festival
On 1 March BAFTA and Screen WM present a Q&A with Chris Atkins after the screening of Starsuckers, followed by a networking reception. More events
