"Like a kick in the balls, with a hug"
We've collated some of the emails we received after last week's crew & funders screening. Admittedly, they're biased, but still...
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Hey both, just wanted to say congrats on the FANTASTIC film! Seeing the finished product yesterday was very exciting, and it really, really got me deep down inside, yet again. Wow. I hope you're feeling proud of it. M
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Franny, Easy to say "well done" just after a screening with friends. but the film is seriously brilliant. As are you.The use of Pete is economical and skillful. The docs thread together seamlessly. and the graphics are beautiful, informative and never preachy. Stunning. Stunning. And Stunning. S x
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Dear Lizzie and Franny, The final cut is very impressive it really is, thank you for arranging the opportunity to see it with fellow investors. Met some lovely interesting people working in all sorts of different ways to Be the Change, very inspiring for me right now. I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye before I left, I was feeling rather emotional actually. Thank you again for your incredible dedication and work, however successful it is in financial terms it will surely make a difference and contribute positively to creating wider understanding amongst ordinary people and inspiring them to take determined action. All good wishes
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Dear both, It's not often in any of our lives that we can feel that we have really found and answered our vocation, but you two can be sure of that. We joke about saving the world, but this may just be a real piece of helping that salvation come in time. Bless you and thank you both, With love, P
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Hi Lizzie, Thanks so much for inviting me to the screening - my head's still buzzing with it.
Can't wait to see it again and tell everyone else to see it too. Congratulations - it's an absolutely amazing film.
Awestruck, A
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Dear Franny and Lizzie, My Goodness you're a talented pair! I was absolutely thrilled with "Stupid". What a tremendous achievement. It's really powerful; a knockout indeed and I loved the music. Not only is "Stupid" crammed with info but it has its funny moments and is touching too - both R and I had tears in our eyes at times. I feel privilieged to have been able to support the making of it. Love from B. P.S Have just remembered that tantalising comment you made about the subtle joke that viewers have missed.....mmmmmm.
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Unsure why... but at some level i curiously feel deeply lifted and liberated... now, the morning after the film
Thought you should know... The power of a question mark .... ? Maybe you’ve created a feelgood movie where the feelgood only kicks in after 18 hours. Kinda “surprised by joy”. know it’ll wear off, but if others get the same delayed action high kick, it’ll be worth every penny at the box office. What if at some deep level we all decide we’re worth saving, Happy D
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Hi, Sorry I left without seeing you all on Saturday but I felt I should drive home while I was still awake! I was so pleased with how it sounded at the cinema, and as I keep saying how incredible it looked. Thanks again for letting me be so involved in such a great project. N
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hi franny and lizzie, oh congratulations! what an epic achievement..i loved the film. so did the friend i came with. he said it was excellent, and appreciated the unique angle on climate change. i thought it was really smooth, flowed, very engaging throughout, not a word out of place, 90 mins passed by in a flash. excellent mix of macro/micro stores and the animation. it was a bit of a tear jerker seeing the children in jordan knowing how much you did for so many children out there...and so much fun seeing things you've sent pics of..it was brilliant, the characters and stories were so strong. oh what incredible representatives of the world you found..i keep thinking of different parts of the film. i want to see it again. i take back my reservations of the title, i can see it fits the film now...i hope it doesn't put anybody off, but im sure it will attract lots too. ill keep my fingers and everything crossed for you now. what an incredible journey you've been on! D x
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hi Franny, Lizzie, Many congratulations on an incredible film. It looks fantastic, beautifully filmed, and it's so consumingly stimulating, with so many aspects to it, there's no way you could come out and talk about other things like you do after so many one-dimensional films. I loved the animations, too. best of luck, S x
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Absolutely awesome! I am sooo excited... You deserve to sleep well tonight. You must be / should be / immensely proud. I am so pleased i was able to be a funder... and.... at same time.... i want to be so much more now... I am ready to mobilise and help get the film out there... and do something to help the next phase...
My networks are pretty good... Much love D
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Hi Lizzie and Franny, Just to say Congratulations - it's a fantastic film and I so enjoyed seeing it this morning. Hope it will be out as a DVD so I can give it to everyone in my life and convert them. G
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Dear Lizzie, Franny and others in the team- Thanks for showing us such a well-made, thoughtful and convincing film and for organising the Premiere so well. It is fab! Well done. Best wishes, A
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Lizzie, it was really really great. I’m still kind of reeling; it was very powerful, v affecting. xx F
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Hi! Just a quick e-mail (I am sure you have had loads!) to congratulate you on The Age of Stupid. I came along this morning with my husband (sorry unable to stop for champagne and lunch) and we were both really impressed - thought provoking stuff. I would love to hear your plans for it now it is made. I hope you will be able to continue to keep everyone informed - I have loved following the e-mail story. Hope your heads aren't too sore as you read this! R
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Hello again,
I was blown away. Sorry I couldn't stay around for the party today. Just got out of the library and before I head off to a Shropshire village fete (don't ask) I wanted to say once again how impressed I was with how powerful the film is. Like a kick in the balls with a hug, I felt. I was on the verge of tears throughout. It's a fantastic piece of work and I really hope it wakes people up - I think you've done everything possible to make the message accessible without diluting it. Well done again. Love, D
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Dear Frannie and Lizzie, I was absolutely blown away by your film. I thought it'd be good, but it was amazing. Heartbreakingly beautiful. C
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If I were a film critic my review would be filled with words like moving, powerful, and must see! As a member of the audience I was totally engaged from beginning to end and was converted, without any preaching or lecturing, from being mildly concerned about climage change to a party bore on the urgency of the issue. I am convinced I will be the first amongst many converts and hope that this film gets the widest possible audience. Everyone I speak to asks the same question "what can i do?". The first thing I will be doing is telling everyone to go see "The Age of Stupid". Great job! and thanks for inviting me to be a part of it N
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Hi Lizzie and first of all many congratulations to you and everyone else involved for a fantastic film! My main objective in putting some money into the project, especially now the film has been made, is about making a contribution to something that might actually change people's attitudes and habits. However worthy the film might be, unless it can actually change behaviour, then it would be rather pointless. I have no doubt you have been constantly debating this point as you went along!
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Hi Franny, Had a very profound experience at the screening - with your film and with hearing you speak. Seeing someone so completely committed and true to themselves and their artistic vision. I actually can't quite convey the impact you had on me, so I'll just say hat off to you. Very selfishly hoping this wasn't your last film. With respect, C
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Hi Franny and Lizzie, I watched Leonardo di Caprio's Eleventh Hour on Sunday evening. At roughly the same length, with a celebrity frontman and similar message, competition bells rang. I needn't have worried. It was talking heads (lots of Yankee profs, boffs and Stephen Hawking) talking history, showing traditional stats, in right-n lecture mode - even Leo came over all ponderous. It had none of the zip and impact visually, artistically or dramatically as Year of Stupid. Though, of course, it's all to the good if (some) Americans are getting the message but this effort will have the opposite effect on the general masses if they don't nod off in the first few frames. Your film was extraordinaryly powerful and engaging with the issue brought stunningly alive by the individual dilemmas facing the Shell-employeed, gentle good-guy Katrina survivor; the would-be African doctor forced to sell blackmarket oil in water bottles to fund her education; the Indian airline magnet who believes he's helping eradicate poverty and the windfarm developer fighting the NIMBY battles. love J
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I would like to say that I left the Curzon feeling a whole host of emotions. I felt anger (I knew a little about the Shell issue in Kenya and have been boycotting them for some years now), despair, I laughed in places and I actually welled up in places. Your film is magnificent and I've been telling anyone who listens about it! I don't quite know how these things work, but it needs to be shown to as large an audience as possible, on television. Regards, A
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I really really loved the film. Sorry I didn't stay around for the party. I was actually completely overwhelmed and had to go and cry for ten minutes. Protracted sleep deprivation and nerves relating to imminent Serbian exam no doubt contributed to my emotional state, but the film seemed very powerful to me. I don't think we see such nuanced characterisations in documentaries very often - particularly not in issue driven films. Charlotte
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Hey F & L, You made me cry, and I wasn't alone. All yr investors, we were holding our breath hoping you'd done a good job. It was better than I'd dared hope. Awesome. Thank you for your gift to the world...I'll shut up now cos guessing you don't like gushing, and it's very tempting ;-) S
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Age of Stupid screening was amazing. I'm so proud, impressed and blown away by the whole thing. Especially watching 11th hour the next night, there's no comparison. Age of Stupid is the kind of film you want
everyone you know to see. Love K
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Hi Franny and Lizzie! Sorry it's a little bit belated, but I just wanted to say a huge congratulations for 'The Age of Stupid'. I felt really privileged to have been at the London premiere - I knew I was watching an important film! I wish you every success with getting it out there for people to watch. Very zeitgeisty (did I just ruin a word?), with really broad appeal - but grounded in real, credible science. It was, more importantly, also really moving - something I think other climate change docs just haven't managed to achieve yet and something people will surely connect with more than any pie-charts and ex-democrat presidential candidates. You've made a really powerful, inspiring film - so congratulations once again! Best wishes E
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I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS and how much I enjoyed the film and to say a huge thanks for inviting me to the premiere and especially for ITN Source’s presence! The archive footage from ITN Source looked stunning and I can’t tell you how proud I was to see how you’d used it in the film!
The film itself was a masterpiece and a prime example of first class British film making from a very talented crew and cast. I will do everything I can to get word out across the industry about ‘The Age of Stupid’ and seriously wish you every continued success for the big autumn cinema release. Best wishes, K
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I was so impressed by the film. I loved the tonal balance of the story - to use climate change terms, which would seem fitting - not too hot, not too cold, just right - a real makes you laugh, makes you cry and most importantly makes you think kind of film.
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Congratulations to you both, the film has everything – emotion, (dark) comedy, goodies and baddies, great animation, and Pete Postlethwaite! Let’s hope there’s a happier ending in reality.
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I'm sorry I didn't write straight after the premiere as lots of other people did. I was just too overwhelmed for several days.
I loved the final cut. It's a tremendous piece of filmmaking not just for what is on the screen but the whole way you made it happen and involved so many people like me and Z and H who now all feel we were really part of the project, even though our contribution was only a few seconds!
But I was so shocked by the urgency and seriousness of the film that I couldn't really celebrate in the way you would a normal film. I sat in traffic jams on the M25 and A3 for three hours driving to a school reunion and was overcome by the sense of how much and how fast we have to change our lifestyles to make any difference.
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Can I say with complete sincerity that you are both so fucking clever! What an amazing film and what an amazing response! All I can add is that seeing Age of Stupid finally completed on a big screen was probably the proudest moment of my career, better even than winning my BAFTA. So powerful and so moving, I seemed to blubbering most of the way through. The ground you've (we've) covered since I first saw the film last September is phenomenal, everything worked, all the loose ends tied up and as a maker of much smaller films I know how hard that is to achieve. Hats off to both of you! I'm so happy that you asked me to help on what is definitely the most important piece of work I've ever been involved with - apart from my kids that is. See you soon and much love, Jx
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