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As visually distinctive as it is narratively satisfying, Bait blends a classic aesthetic with timely themes to produce a thrillingly original and uniquely enriching drama. Read Critics Reviews ...
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- Morgan Val Baker
- Mark Jenkin
- Drama
In one of the most extraordinary movie experiences of the year, this Cornish-set drama unfolds in scratchy monochrome and jumpy, jarring shots, mostly featuring weather-beaten fishermen, and ...
Jan 1, 2000 · The Bait Review. Nathalie, a part-time model, flirts with older gentlemen and keeps their details in her little black book. She then embarks on a killing spree with her boyfriend and flatmate,...
Feb 20, 2019 · Shot on vintage monochrome 16mm film, British director Mark Jenkin's lo-fi debut feature 'Bait' exposes hidden social tensions below the sleepy surface of a picturesque fishing...
- Stephen Dalton
Aug 28, 2019 · Jenkin owes a debt to the pioneering documentary work of John Grierson and Robert J Flaherty, but as an example of elegiac post-modern ethnography, Bait is entirely its own thing. Director Mark Jenkin chronicles a dying way of life in this boldly experimental seaside drama, shot on 16mm black-and-white film stock.
Apr 18, 2023 · Bait: Directed by Mark Jenkin. With Edward Rowe, Giles King, Chloe Endean, Janet Thirlaway. Martin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the harbour.
Mark Jenkin's 'Bait' is a striking movie, but not a particularly subtle one. A portrait of run-down Cornish village is captured on damaged filmstock; uncommunicative characters spend a lot of time just looking at each other with speaking (but what those looks have to tell us!); the disconnection of people is conveyed through splicing together ...
