Lenin’s Lunch

Film-maker Agnes Hay has been a great supporter of the work of The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor, and was keen to collaborate on the production of a short film.

With a script by Penelope Dimond the film was designed to be lo-fi, using a single fixed camera, and deals with Lenin’s attempt to eat his lunch whilst being besieged by well-wishers and admirers. We shot the piece in a garden in North London on a single afternoon.

I both directed and edited, and played Lenin (in costume).

The production photos were taken by Daisy Wormell.

July 2010 – London

Here’s the film…

and here’s the Director’s cut…