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Interview: Simon Rumley on ‘The Living and the Dead’ - 39th Sitges Film Festival

Posted by Blake on Thursday, September 6 2007 at 12:17 pm

The following is an interview from last year I did with Simon Rumley on his brilliant film, “The Living and the Dead.” This is part of my 39th Sitges Film Festival coverage that I will be reposting up here in the following days. Cinema is Dope is still my relatively new home (along with contributing over at Twitch) so I’m glad to find all my previous coverage a home.

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THE LIVING AND THE DEAD INTERVIEW

“The Living and the Dead” is easily the film that hits me closest to home this year. In that respect, it’s the most personal film I’ve sat through. Dealing with the death or sudden loss of a loved one is never an easy experience. You go through those spells where you firmly believe your will and determination will prevent them from dying. Surely it cannot be their time to goÖ not yet. Life as we all know often times has other plans. When death arrives and takes them away, it feels like someone has pushed you into another reality. You want to believe youíre in a bad dream just needing to be woken up. When that doesnít happen and it sinks in that they have passed there comes a surge and thirst to know that you are definitely 100% still in reality. This surge of emotions, hurt and hope is one of the most intense passageways life takes us through. In “The Living and the Dead” director Simon Rumley takes us through this odyssey and somehow at the end as the credits roll and you walk out onto the street the sun suddenly feels bright and warm again. I recently had a chance to catch up with Mr. Rumley on “The Living and the Dead” (some spoilers) and his future projects.

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