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HERE LIES - Trailer (2015) Duncan Ward

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Channel: Indie Film Worldwide | BritFlicks · 2015 · Entertainment

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HERE LIES is the meta-fictional return to the big screen of British director Duncan Ward (Boogie Woogie) setting out to make a biopic of the controversial artist Ernst Hellmann (Daniel O’Meara), notorious for misogyny, hell-raising and suffering a mysterious demise. All the while, Ward is being shadowed by students documenting the making of the film. As life and art begin to mirror each other in mysterious ways, both begin to unravel.

The film’s central theme is Hellmann’s lifelong search for the perfect muse, having lost his first, great love at the start of his fame. Ward’s film reconstructs scenes from Hellmann’s life with actors, as well as using interviews with real people connected with the late artist.  At the same time, the film shows a group of film students, making a documentary that follows a film crew, which is making a film about an artist, each strand carefully woven to give insight into all three layers.  Ward took on actual film students and up-and-coming acting talent to fulfil major roles.

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As rehearsals and filming get under way, Ward becomes increasingly entrenched in problems on and off set, tensions mount and the film, and his life, start to unravel. The first part shows the Director rehearsing and filming a difficult scene between the Artist and the Muse, his model and lover. There are continual interruptions to the filming, in the form of interviews and straight to camera commentary and it becomes clear that the lead actress is unhappy in her role and the production.

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