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and terrible memory loss. He can access memories from before his accident, but can't imprint new ones. As he puts it, "the recording machine in my head doesn't work". As an antidote to depression he chose to live "completely in the now" according to the bizarre mottoes delivered to him whilst in his
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as "the best documentary of 2008". The reception to it was so positive that the director was encouraged to turn it into a film. The film was produced by Rob Alexander, Kat Mansoor, and
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second coma. A tiny flat completely filled with a collage of memories, reminders and erotic art, Drako's house acts as a metaphor for his extraordinary mind.
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Filmed over four years, the director starts off making a film exploring Drako's lurid and exotic back story including work with DalĂ­, , Les
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and hanging out with The Stones. But he can't remember yesterday. Following a severe head injury Drako has serious
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The film music was composed by Adam Peters, who made his debut as a solo movie score composer on
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and was pitched in the 2008 MeetMarket. It was also shown at the
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Toby Amies
Dogwoof Pictures
Sheffield Doc/Fest
documentary film
Toby Amies
Brighton
Salvador DalĂ­
brain damage
Folies Bergère
Derek Jarman
BBC Radio 4
Miranda Sawyer
The Observer
Toby Amies
Savages
Oliver Stone
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Cork Film Festival
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Cambridge Film Festival
Brighton
Cinecity
East End Film Festival

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