Human Traffic (Justin Kerrigan, 1999)
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Human Traffic (Justin Kerrigan, 1999)
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John Simm in Human Traffic
watching human traffic 1996 and la haine 1995 practically back to back is an insane experience and honestly a double feature i would heartily recommend. pretty much exactly the same time period, one is happening in cardiff and one in paris. one is about parties and drugs and loving your friends and connecting with the world and having fun and forgetting about your awful dehumanising job for a weekend. the other is about police brutality and the desolation of the economically deprived and male ego and isolation and community and class warfare and the spiral of aggression and violence. both are incredibly poignant critiques of capitalism and portraits of friendship/a friend group that each individual feels both a part of and apart from but is necessary to their survival. both are about love and survival. one is completely delighful and feel good and the other is exhilarating and will leave you feeling empty inside and sick to your stomach.
This seems like the right sentiment to wish the wonderful John Simm a
Happy 56th Birthday!
Get boozy, boozy, boozy and remember your youth in all that you do, the plank and the passion. And always tip your bartenders. Well, according to Panic! At The Disco, anyway.
To my fellow Askewniverse enjoyers, I can highly recommend Human Traffic.
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For folks who loved Sinners and want to see other movies based around parties that celebrate Black music I've got two recommendations for ya:
(2020) Lovers Rock by Steve McQueen. It's part of his incredible five film anthology Small Axe spotlighting the lives of Caribbean immigrants in 1960s–80s London. Lovers Rock is set at a house party in the 1980s and covers the whole night from setup to sunrise. It's warm, intimate and gorgeously shot. Here's a BTS:
(1999) Human Traffic, this clubbing cult classic is set over the course of one wild weekend in Cardiff. It's a film whose soundtrack couldn't exist without the cultural diversity of the UK music scene. This film is bonkers in the best way and has some fun cameos like DJ Carl Cox and Howard Marks.
Music from the motion picture.
An additional recommendation to tie the two together: Shaun Parkes who plays Koop in Human Traffic is also in Small Axe. Parkes portrays activist and restauranteur Frank Crichlow in Mangrove, which tells the story of the titular Notting Hill restaurant and the Mangrove Nine's resistance against police violence to protect a vital community space. I think Small Axe is one of the most ambitious and sincere film projects of the 2020s and I can't praise it enough. There's also a BTS for this one:
human traffic (1999)
review from my letterboxd (4th rewatch):
I honestly feel like the intimacy scenes in this film are the most honest and beautifully shot masterpieces I've ever scene, not a single part feels unnecessary and the laughs and love are just so genuine. This film healed something in me.
I am obsessed with this movie, it's still my favourite, I think I found it at the perfect time in my life. Everytime I show this to somebody they enjoy it just as much as I do and I'm so glad, this is forever going to be a cult classic of mine.
Trainspotting is Human Traffic's depressed cousin