The Animal Drums

Story

Synopsis

Charting the particular, baffled and morbid character of English attitudes to mortality, The Animal Drums depicts the specific influence of urban space on the psyche. Recalling the tableu film-making of Peter Greenaway and the lyrical disjunction of Harold Pinter, The Animals Drums is one of the first significant British feature-length poetry-films of the 21st century. London disappears under the ground of the film’s ambiguous protagonist, who is half victim, half perpetrator. Gently mad, positively lost, we follow our host through the bounds of a changing, money-washed capital city. Fusing documentary technique, montage and theatrical set pieces, the film features appearances from authors like Iain Sinclair and Stewart Home, alongside actors like Edie Deffebach and Lotje Sodderland, The Animal Drums is unique representation of modern London in old England.

Directors

Steven J. Fowler, Joshua Alexander

Writers

Steven J. Fowler

Language

English

Release date

11 April 2020

Ensemble

Cast

• Steven J. Fowler

  themselves

• Stewart Home

  themselves

• Iain Sinclair

  themselves

• Lotje Sodderland

  themselves

• Simon Christian

  themselves

• Edie Deffebach

  themselves

• Andrew Breaks

  themselves

• Stuart Westerby

  themselves