There is nothing extraordinary about Norma. A sweet-natured and caring elderly lady, she bears a crown of hair curlers on her head and the weight of decades of marriage on her shoulders. But today is Norma’s birthday and she has finally had enough of her daughter’s constant complaints and her husband’s barely concealed resentment. Written and directed by Emily Munster during lockdown No.1, Norma is a character study of a woman trapped in her house and in the memories of her long-lost youth, giving the nine-minute darkly funny short huge emotional heft and crowd appeal. Grounded by a winning central performance by Susie Blake, the film showcases the importance of dreaming and seeking happiness at every stage in life, without ever slipping into saccharine or self-pitying waters. We are celebrating the online premiere of Norma with cake and plenty of insights from Munster – from the reasons behind...
- 9/6/2023
- by Serafima Serafimova
- Directors Notes
After last week’s cool headphones from 500 Days of Summer we’re sticking to the musical theme with this week’s gadget spot. Since being released on DVD in August we’ve seen loads of cool Hannah Montana: The Movie stuff, and this week we’ve got something awesome: Hannah Montana’s (Miley Cyrus) Gibson acoustic guitar, which she plays in the movie. There’s definitely a trend of guitar wielding females in films recently, think Sa5m (Vanessa Hudgens) in Bandslam, so why not grab a guitar for yourself and transform into a rock chick?
As a young pop starlet only the best will do for Hannah Montana, and obviously she needs a rocking guitar to play her songs on. Gibson is one of the coolest names in the guitar world, and has been making guitars since the late 1890s. Their acoustic guitars are used by musicians all over the world,...
As a young pop starlet only the best will do for Hannah Montana, and obviously she needs a rocking guitar to play her songs on. Gibson is one of the coolest names in the guitar world, and has been making guitars since the late 1890s. Their acoustic guitars are used by musicians all over the world,...
- 9/10/2009
- Boxwish.com
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