Hey everyone, Steve McQueen - director of 12 Years a Slave - has a new film coming out in Blitz. This film just had its premiere at the BFI London Film Festival and since I'm in Manchester for university, I was lucky enough to attend one of the LFF on tour screenings that was held in Manchester (on the same day as its world premiere)! So, is Blitz primed to be the major OSCAR player that everyone is predicting it to be or is this an example of a top-class filmmaker who isn't quite at the top of his game? Find out in this review!
Blitz:
Written and Directed by: Steve McQueen
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, Anita Overland, Michael Schaefer, Adam Sommer
Executive Producers: Natalie Lehmann, Sheeraz Shah, Anna Smith Tenser
Music by: Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by: Yorick Le Saux
Edited by: Peter Sciberras
Casting by: Nina Gold
Production Design by: Adam Stockhausen
Costume Design by: Jacqueline Durran
Cast: Elliott Heffernan, Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson
Synopsis: In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him.