How do you make a movie about a hostage situation that unfolds in a single location? Let writer/director Jakub Piątek tell you. In Prime Time, it's New Year's Eve in 1999 Poland. There is some uncertainty about the upcoming millennium, but glimpses of TV screens show happy revelers doing the Macarena and musing on their futures. At one TV studio, just after a call-in prize show begins, a young man storms with a gun and a hostage. He demands access to the cameras to make an announcement. The characters spend the next few hours in a dangerous dance of crisis negotiations, bloated egos, and uncomfortable revelations. The film was shot last year in 28 days, with 20 of those days spent on scenes in the studio. Director and co-writer Jakub Piątek crafts a pressure cooker of a film that relies heavily on the stunning performances of his cast, most of whom come from theater backgrounds. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 2 February, 2021