Flashbacks of a Fool

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Flashbacks of a Fool
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Directed by	Baillie Walsh
Produced by	Lene Bausager
Written by	Baillie Walsh
Starring	Daniel Craig Harry Eden Eve
Music by	Richard Hartley
Cinematography	John Mathieson
Editing by	Struan Clay
Distributed by	Buena Vista International
Release date(s)	April 13, 2008
Running time	84 min
Country	United Kingdom United States Australia
Language	English
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Flashbacks of a Fool is a 2008 British drama film about a Hollywood actor who reflects upon his life following the funeral of his best friend. The film was directed by Baillie Walsh, and stars Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Claire Forlani and Eve.

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[edit] Synopsis

Daniel Craig stars as a fading British actor, who having had a good run in Hollywood, is now on his way out. The death of his childhood best friend prompts him to journey back home to his English seaside hometown. He begins to think about his life over the years, and more specifically his teenage years. The audience is along for the ride as the character relives his experiences of this time including the tragedy that forces him to flee for a new life.

[edit] Reaction

Reactions to the film range from awful and sordid to deeply moving. Comments on film sites suggest that some viewers failed to understand various points, with one asking "what did he write at the end to make her so very upset". He wrote the words of a song which had an extremely poignant connection to an incident in which a girl; probably the girl he should have spent his lide with, got him to dance innocently to a Roxy Music song while she sang in lip-sync. The lip-sync scene so touched some that it moved them to revisit their old albums[1]. Others, perhaps lacking similar experiences in their own life, are apparently left unmoved [2]. The sordid start to the film which some saw as too slow moving is probably intended to make us ask "what the hell happened to make this guy so depraved", creating a contrast with the second half.

The film could be seen as portraying seeming confusion in the relationship between Joe and Boots. Several scenes such as the masturbation scene between the two boys, the discussion of homosexuals whilst fishing with friends, wearing make-up whilst singing and dancing, and turning down sexual offers from girls, might be thought to suggest homosexuality, but this is a subtle film and those incidents were more likely put in to indicate the fear and confusion of adolescent boys which left Joe susceptible to seduction by an older woman.