An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Told in episodic narrative bursts, it is fitfully engaging and rousingly acted.
Think My Week With Marilyn but with Dylan Thomas and shot in luscious black and white and you’ve got some measure of Andy Goddard’s debut feature.
Benefits from crisp monochrome cinematography and two solid lead performances, but the end result feels somewhat flat and it’s difficult to see who the film will appeal to.
A fittingly flawed tribute to a deeply flawed artist.
The story of how the poet was lured to the States and set off down the road to ruin fails to engage.
Set Fire To The Stars offers a slice of biographical remembrance without a great deal of substance.
Black-and-white cinematography cleverly evokes period detail in budget-saving fashion, but it’s the drama that really lacks colour.
Dylan Thomas’s booze-sodden 1950 tour of the US is the basis for a slight but diverting tale.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday November 14, 2014, until Monday November 17, 2014. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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