We're Getting Better, Mick! - Short Film | Ben Pisacane
Channel: EpicBlooFox
Date: 2022-06-09

behind the scenes: https://youtu.be/lEpcsqy1PEE

"We're Getting Better, Mick!" is a dramatisation of a recorded extract of Seán O'Casey's "Sunset and Evening Star," in which two Irishmen of the 1950s discuss the prosperity of their country and the tensions of the Cold War.

I'll be honest, I don't know why I made it either. 

I found an old record in the library that had a recording of Irish Dramatist Seán O'Casey reading the final volume of his autobiography and for some reason was fascinated by this dialogue. The characters felt distant but familiar; although the topic of conversation is specific to the time and place, it sounds like every pub chat/argument you will ever hear between two men clouded by certainty on subjects about which nobody can be certain.

So for whatever reason, I really wanted to dramatise it. If nothing else, it was an experiment to see how well I could get the lip syncing to a tee! As well as trying to embody the different characters as much as I could.

My new approach to ideas is just to bugger off and do them without thinking too much about whether it's necessarily a good one, or one which will be well-received. So out of that comes this. Hope someone enjoys!