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'Human Traffic' director, Justin Kerrigan, did a hugely fantastic job in creating a low budget, British film master piece. He used a lot of solid imagery to get his point across fully, my favourite part being the sexually paranoid Jip (played by Mr. Simm) seemingly wearing a t-shirt advertising ... Read review
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vinyl, blagging the guest list, mobile phones, trainers, combats, care-less, monged, mashed, sorted, safe. And it's right here in first time writer-director Justin Kerrigan's Human Traffic, in all its pupil-dilated, teeth-grinding, club-hopping glory. The film focuses on the lives and loves of five individuals, who spend their week working mundane jobs, waiting for the weekend so that they can immerse themselves in a whirl of pubs, clubs and parties.Revolving around a single, meticulously planned and titanically drug-addled night out in Cardiff, Human traffic is the first and last word in club-culture. With Pete Tong's soundtrack and featuring FatBoy Slim, Orbital, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld and Armand Van Helden, and cameos from DJ Carl Cox, comedienne Jo Brand and 'Mr Nice' Howard Marks, Human Traffic treats you to one night out you won't want to miss.
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Human Traffic is the real story of youth culture and club life. The film focuses on the lives and loves of five British twenty-somethings, who spend their week working mundane jobs, waiting for the weekend so that they can immerse themselves in a whirl of pubs, clubs and parties.Revolving around a single meticulously planned and titanically drug-addled night out in Cardiff, Human Traffic is the first and last word in club-culture. The weekend has well and truly landed.
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the vinyl blagging the guest list mobile phones trainers combats care-less monged mashed sorted safe. And here it is in all its pupil-dilated teeth grinding club-hopping glory. The weekend has well and truly landed... Featuring a soundtrack including artists such as Fatboy Slim Orbital Carl Cox Primal Scream and many more!
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Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Great acting, unforgettable characters and awesome production Disadvantages: Plot wavers a little in places
...of it. The making of Human Traffic is probably the best extra on here.
All in all, I really enjoyed this DVD. The plot wavered a bit in places and the ending is a little bit naff (all in the name of humour I should point out) but don't let that put you off; the characters and their actors make up for this as well as the brilliant production of the film.
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Being a new found fan of John Simm, I was eager to get my grubby mitts on anything starring him; I now credit him as one of the finest actors of the generation, his eye for a good script meaning that he wouldn't appear in any old rubbish just for the sake of a job.
'Human Traffic' director, Justin Kerrigan, did a hugely fantastic job in creating a low budget, British film master piece. He used a lot of solid imagery to get his point across fully, my favourite part being the sexually paranoid Jip (played by Mr. Simm) seemingly wearing a t-shirt advertising his, uh, little problem for the whole world to see. Perhaps it is just with me being a media student (now overly susceptible to effects used in films) but I found these parts a great way of really getting to know the characters and having the ability to sympathise with them through out.
The main plot of the story focuses on Cardiff's 1990's club scene by a group of friends who live for the weekend where clubs, parties, pubs and sex rule their drug and alcoholic fuelled 48 hours away from the grind of being a slave to the wage; Jip in a clothing shop, Nina (Nicola Reynolds) in a fast food restaurant. Her oppression is shown exceedingly well in a scene where she discusses their robotic moods, another part where comedy helps get the point across significantly well.
Each character has their own role in the story, all of them sharing a common bond through their own exploited lives and passion for raves; Jip because of 'Mr. Floppy' and his Mum's chosen career path, his best mate Koop (Shaun Parkes) because of his girlfriend Nina's flirtatious and promiscuous attitude. Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington) can't seem to find the courage to tell Jip how she really feels about him (until towards the end) and Moff (played to a 'T' by Danny Dyer) who feels that communication certainly has let him down in life both in terms of family matters and his own career prospects. With all of the characters having their own perplexing issues, it helps to progress the plot in a logical, well thought out style and also makes them more likeable to you as a viewer.
All of the actors in this play their characters very well. Lead man John Simm did a great job (as usual) in a role most of his fans may not expect to see him in as a party animal with a huge appetite to let go of his inhabitations, one way or another. Danny Dyer's Cockney, cheeky attitude was entertaining but heartbreaking by the end of the film where he faces a few home truths about his current lifestyle.
Whilst the plot was not the strongest thing about this production, the atmosphere created was electric; Kerrigan did a fantastic job of getting across the club scene in perhaps a stereotypical yet very precise way. And, although drug use was one of the main aspects of the film, nothing too offensive was shown which is why I think it's a little strange that this was granted an 18 certificate. However, the language was perhaps a little bad in places so that could be the reason.
The Remixed copy of the film includes over 60 minutes of 'brand new extras'. Comical deleted scenes featuring Jo Brand and some insightful information on how the movie was made is another real selling point for me personally as I'm very interested in the production side of it. The making of Human Traffic is probably the best extra on here.
All in all, I really enjoyed this DVD. The plot wavered a bit in places and the ending is a little bit naff (all in the name of humour I should point out) but don't let that put you off; the characters and their actors make up for this as well as the brilliant production of the film.
With unforgettable catchphrases galore, there is only one thing left to say: The weekend has certainly landed!
Advantages: Choc-block full of been there, done that giggly moments! Disadvantages: Not that many extra features for a special edition
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HUMAN TRAFFIC REMIXED
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Imagine being sat in your front room on a Saturday night with a couple of mates. It's a week away from pay-day and between the lot of you there's enough cash on the arm of the sofa for a couple of bottles of industrial strength white cider and a DVD to pass away the time. Wouldn't life be wonderful if there was a film you could watch that was almost exactly the same as going out ... ...the norm for everybody, but HUMAN TRAFFIC will probably make you feel like they are. Honestly! This is the definitive weekend guide for anyone who ever heard of the chemical generation but couldn't be bothered to ask.
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THE STORY
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HUMAN TRAFFIC tells the story of Jip, a disenfranchised product of retail employment. The only thing that causes Jip more concern than his dead end job is his sexual paranoia. The only thing in his ...
paulmiceli 08.04.2006 (10.04.2006)
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...chilling out at home.
Human Traffic has become one on my recently acquired DVD's and even though it is a relatively old film, featuring a very young Danny Dyer, which if I had watched it when it was first released I don't think that attraction would have been there then as he has very much matured over the years into what I consider an extremely good looking fella, however still having those boyish looks about him and that cockney bad lad charm.
... ...main characters, all best of friends who join up over the weekend purely to get completely and utterly wasted on whatever substances are available. The film itself portrays they early nineties when the clubbing scene was at its climax and it seemed to be the done thing to live for the weekend to arrive. It gives you a completely accurate account of what it would have been like to be in your late teens, early twenties and what the weekend would consist ...
blondgem 05.06.2008
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INTRODUCTION
Human Traffic is in no way about pedestrians walking down roads. This particularly funny and intresting film is about the club culture today. The film begins with the easy introduction of its main characters.
CHARACTERS
Jip (john simm) is the main character in this film. He is presented as the level headed normal one of the group. But, with one problem. His sexual paranoia. Unable to raise the major on request, this feeling of paranoia ... ...shop where he works and there is an obvious discomfort between the two and his mind makes up a range of reactions the lover may display towards him. None come to fruitation tho.
His mate, who has one of the more glamourous jobs selling vinyls is named koop (shaun parkes). He is the overlly aggresive one who thinks his girlfriend sleeps around and that everyone wants to sleep with her. This is shown in the film when moff (another friend) is looking ...
harrikrishna 11.04.2007
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Advantages: Classic film, can be watched many times and enjoyed by all Disadvantages: Few extra features, doesn't vary a lot to the normal edition of the film
...the same as the normal Human Traffic dvd.
So I recommend if you want to buy this film, go for the normal edition. Unless of course the remixed edition is cheaper or the same price then you might aswell get the remixed edition! I only paid £5 for this edition. Bargain! ...
plack_uk 21.10.2005
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Advantages: Realistic. Danny Dyer. Disadvantages: Weak Storyline.
...English budget film is Trainspotting. Human Traffic does'nt have as strong storyline in comparison, but the references to the different effects of drugs, alcohol are particularly similar. The film does seem to promote the use of drug use, but does show towards the end how it can affect you and your closest friends and family.
Considering the actors in this film did not get paid, but spent six weeks in Cardiff actually taking drugs on set, makes ...
Steved21 23.06.2007
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The story of five individuals who spend the week working in mundane jobs, waiting for the weekend. Then they find themselves in a world of parties, pubs and clubs. An outlook on nineties youth culture. Soundtrack by Fat Boy Slim, Armand Van Helden, Orbital and Underworld, mixed by Pete Tong.
The Making Of Human Traffic, Deleted Scenes, Pubroom Paranoia Short Film, Boom Boom Short Film, Human Traffic Pop Promo, Trailer
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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Review
"...HUMAN TRAFFIC rings sweet and true....Good acting gives [the film] its soul..." (Sight and Sound, p.46-7, 01/06/1999)
"Well cast, engagingly played and directed with a stylistic pedal to the metal..." (Variety, p.34, 14/06/1999)
DVD Description
The Ecstasy-fuelled youth culture of England is examined in this buoyant, good-natured film from 25-year-old newcomer, Justin Kerrigan. A group of young Welsh revellers, including Jip (John Simm), Lulu (Lorrain Piliongon), and Koop (Shaun Parkes) endure their mundane jobs all week, and then cut loose on a typically wild Friday night of dancing, drinking, drugging, shagging, and then recovering in order to deal with their parents come Sunday. The film's guileless pro-drug stance may prove off-putting to more jaded and conservative audiences, but as a "peak" at England's thriving 1990s counterculture, it's a fun, fascinating document, and a cheery companion to TRAINSPOTTING (which was obviously a huge inspiration). Kerrigan fills the film with lots of surreal and fantastical digressions, direct addresses to the camera, and quote-worthy bits of slang. Energetic electronica pulses throughout for a dynamite score, which combines with the high-spirited performances of the cast and makes for good time, whatever your "buzz" may be. Its honesty about the good, great, and not-so-great aspects of the lifestyle should ring true to those familiar with the scene, and provide others with a thrilling, propaganda-free glimpse into club-kid nightlife.
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