Characters are at the center of writer/director Bill Forsyth's movies. They don't announce themselves, but just are. They don't do things to impress an audience, but simply exist and are observed. "Gregory's Girl" was Forsyth's breakout film, going on to win the screenplay award at the BAFTAs, the Brit equivalent of the Oscars. It's a largely story-less affair about the titular character, a gawky Scottish teen who becomes infatuated with the girl who took his spot on the football team. It's not so much that he loves her, but he falls in love with the idea of her, and that singularity of purpose gives momentum to a life that had been rather rudderless.
Gregory's Girl (1980)
Gregory's Girl (1980)
Gregory's Girl (1980)
Characters are at the center of writer/director Bill Forsyth's movies. They don't announce themselves, but just are. They don't do things to impress an audience, but simply exist and are observed. "Gregory's Girl" was Forsyth's breakout film, going on to win the screenplay award at the BAFTAs, the Brit equivalent of the Oscars. It's a largely story-less affair about the titular character, a gawky Scottish teen who becomes infatuated with the girl who took his spot on the football team. It's not so much that he loves her, but he falls in love with the idea of her, and that singularity of purpose gives momentum to a life that had been rather rudderless.