Simon Beaufoy, the British producer who wrote “The Full Monty,” is bringing out his new
movie “This Is Not a Love Song.” The big deal about that is, it will be “the world’s first Internet
premiere,” as the U.K. Film Council terms it. The flick, written by Beaufoy and directed by Bille
Eltringham, is being screened today — at 1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. in London — on
the film’s Web site, thisisnotalovesong.com.
Trouble is, the site says unless you’re in the United Kingdom you won’t be allowed to see it.
(Give it a try anyway. You never know.) If nothing else, you can see the trailer. I just did.
It’s very well produced, though not much help in sorting out the story. All I could tell is
that it had the tempo at times of a chase flick and the look of a horror flick.
The site has a detailed plot summary, but the Reuters synopsis does just fine: “‘This Is Not a
Love Song’ tells the tale of two bad boys on the run from vigilante farmers and has been favorably
compared with hit thrillers ‘Blair Witch Project’ and ‘Deliverance.'” It does give reason for pause,
though. What couldn’t be favorably compared with “Blair Witch”?
