Based on a popular 2003 mini-series by the BBC, Kevin Macdonald's State of Play is fast becoming one of the most popular thrillers of the last few years. Reviewers never fail to point out that while most thrillers resort to red herrings and impossible plot twists to keep up the tension, State of Play has a tighter script which manages to keep the suspense without resorting to cheap gimmicks.
The music is courtesy of Alex Heffes, the regular composer partner of Macdonald who've been scoring the director's movies since the humble beginnings of doing documentaries. Their feature films didn't stray too far away either: Touching the Void told the story of a dangerous mountain expedition while The Last King of Scotland was based around the character of Uganda's fearsome dictator Idi Amin (although this latter film contained fictionalized elements as well).
In the following interview Alex talks about working with Kevin,...
The music is courtesy of Alex Heffes, the regular composer partner of Macdonald who've been scoring the director's movies since the humble beginnings of doing documentaries. Their feature films didn't stray too far away either: Touching the Void told the story of a dangerous mountain expedition while The Last King of Scotland was based around the character of Uganda's fearsome dictator Idi Amin (although this latter film contained fictionalized elements as well).
In the following interview Alex talks about working with Kevin,...
- 6/1/2009
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