Shallow Grave

Part 12 : The Police Investigation

Hangover
Before Watching:

Read the following extract from an interview with Keith Allen, who plays Hugo, and answer the questions which follow it...

Keith Allen plays Hugo, whose mysterious death and drug world connections fatally upset the balance of order in the flat. "Hugo's not a killer," Allen reckons, "and I don't think he's essentially a bad person. He's just a bit of a naughty lad, a bit of a shady boy who has dipped his fingers in and got out of his depth. He's got an agenda, that's for sure, but he is also a charmer, otherwise he wouldn't be getting a place in the flat. It's one of those parts where your persona permeates the whole film because you're there as a body for an awfully long time."

Questions :
  1. Explain what the words/phrases underlined mean.

While Watching:

  1. What questions do the journalists ask the police?
  2. What have the police found and who do they suspect?
  3. According to David, what was the problem?
  4. Do Alex or Juliet give anything away to the police?
  5. Which characters say the following :
    • "I told you we should..."
    • "If I told you their car was..."
  6. Complete the two sentences above.
After Watching:

Read the following notes about the production and fill in the missing words from the list below :
energeticcorpseappropriateeagerorchestrated

Fast. Funny. Violent. Confrontational. Given the _______ style and subject matter of "Shallow Grave" it is _______ that the film came into being when two ______ young talents came together. Andrew Macdonald, after years of gaining experience across the film industry, had always wanted to move into production; John Hodge, a doctor, had always wanted to write a film script. A meeting between the two was_________ at the 1991 Edinburgh International Film Festival where Macdonald's short, "Dr. Reitzer's Fragment," was screening. "John had in his hand the proverbial foolscap hand-written notes," Macdonald remembers. "But already the basic story for "Shallow Grave" was there -- the three flatmates, the interview scenes, the _____ and the money."

Created and Maintained by: Graham Stanley
All Lesson Plans Copyright Graham Stanley, 1999
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