Luke Seomore
{{short description|British film director and musician}}
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| birth_place = Essex, England
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| occupation = Film director, musician,
| yearsactive = 2005–present
| website = {{url|https://blessedaretheheartsthatbend.bandcamp.com}}
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Luke Seomore is an English film director, and musician, part of a critically acclaimed filmmaking duo working alongside English director Joseph Bull. He often performs and writes under the moniker ‘Blessed are the Hearts that Bend'.{{Cite web|url=https://shots.net/news/view/a-paramedics-pain|title=A paramedic's pain | shots|website=shots}} Seomore's work includes music videos, Feature films, television and art installations. They write and direct their films together, while Seomore composes original soundtracks. Their debut feature Blood Cells premiered at 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://web.labiennale.org/en/cinema/archive/71st-festival/line-up/off-sel/bcc/blood-cells.html |title=La Biennale di Venezia - Blood Cells |access-date=22 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222223229/http://web.labiennale.org/en/cinema/archive/71st-festival/line-up/off-sel/bcc/blood-cells.html |archive-date=22 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Career
Their feature documentary Isolation premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/edinburgh-fest-host-23-world-83484|title=Edinburgh fest to host 23 world premieres|date=6 May 2009|website=The Hollywood Reporter}} The film received numerous positive reviews, The Guardian wrote that Isolation was 'a beautifully attuned piece of work'{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/aug/05/isolation-a-soldiers-tale|title=Isolation: a soldier's tale|date=5 August 2010|website=The Guardian}} while Sight and Sound wrote 'The film replicates this chaos by introducing a potent clash of poetry and magic realism in between the naturalistic interviews.'{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/exclusive/isolation.php |title=BFI | Sight & Sound | Street fighters: Isolation |accessdate=2011-03-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011162317/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/exclusive/isolation.php |archivedate=11 October 2010 |df=dmy-all }} and Little White Lies proclaimed it was one of the three best British films at EIFF, describing the documentary had a 'visually stunning aesthetic that is absolutely riveting, a vital and important documentary that stays with you long after it has finished'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/blog/round-up-edinburgh-film-festival-2009-5712http:/www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/blog/round-up-edinburgh-film-festival-2009-5712|title=littlewhitelies.co.uk|website=www.littlewhitelies.co.uk}}
The film also caught the attention of English film director Ken Loach,{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/10/3d-film-festival-greenwich-indian|title=This week's new film events|date=9 July 2010|website=The Guardian}} who described the film as 'important document of the experiences of ex-soldiers through the eyes of someone who knows.’ Dazed & Confused magazine commissioned a discussion between Seomore and Loach, to celebrate the release of Route Irish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/9996/1/ken-loach-route-irish|title=Ken Loach: Route Irish|date=17 March 2011|website=Dazed}}
Seomore composed the film's entire score and a live soundtrack version of the film premiered at Branchange Film festival in Jersey.{{Cite web | title=Branchage | url=http://2009.branchagefestival.com/news#jersey-war-tunnels-film-announced | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810162922/http://2009.branchagefestival.com/news | access-date=2025-01-08 | archive-date=2011-08-10}} After Jersey the film backed by live score (additional musicians Michael Garrad and David Stephens) sold out two dates at The Roundhouse and one date at the Barbican.{{cite web |url=http://www.defnetmedia.com/listings-gigs-events/event/184-film-isolation.html |title=Pick a Category - then press GO! - Film: Isolation |website=www.defnetmedia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321164353/http://www.defnetmedia.com/listings-gigs-events/event/184-film-isolation.html |archive-date=2012-03-21}}{{cite web |url=http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/isolation-4447 |title=Roundhouse > Whats On > Isolation |website=www.roundhouse.org.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111055656/http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/isolation-4447 |archive-date=2010-01-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/cinema|title=What's on – Cinema | Barbican|website=www.barbican.org.uk|date=17 November 2023 }}
In July 2010 Picturehouse Cinemas released Isolation nationwide. The film toured throughout the UK, a live score was performed at each screening by Seomore alongside musicians Michael Garrad and David Stephens.{{Cite web|url=https://www.netribution.co.uk/index.php|title=Home - Netribution|website=www.netribution.co.uk}}
Music videos
The duo have produced numerous music videos and documentaries for such acts as, Four Tet, Steve Reid, Tricky (who described them as 'genius'), Liquid Liquid, Wild Beasts (shot in a blizzard, where Seomore contracted frostbite{{cite web |url=http://www.promonews.tv/2010/02/11/wild-beasts’-we-still-got-the-taste-of-dancin-on-our-tongues-by-luke-seomore-joseph-bull/ |title=Wild Beasts' We Still Got the Taste Of Dancin' On Our Tongues by Luke Seomore & Joseph Bull {{!}} Promo News |website=www.promonews.tv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329142757/http://www.promonews.tv/2010/02/11/wild-beasts%E2%80%99-we-still-got-the-taste-of-dancin-on-our-tongues-by-luke-seomore-joseph-bull |archive-date=2010-03-29}}), Duffy, British Sea Power{{Cite web|url=https://www.roughtraderecords.com/|title=Rough Trade Records|first=Rough Trade|last=Records|website=Rough Trade Records}} and The Last Shadow Puppets whom Alex Turner and Miles Kane hired to document the making of their album 'Age of the understatement'{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a87744/monkeys-star-making-film-about-new-album/|title=Monkeys star making film about new album|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|date=26 January 2008|website=Digital Spy}}
Filmography
- Lost & Found: Jim Lee (short) (2005)
- Isolation (2010)
- The First Dead Lies (short) (2012)
- Blood Cells (2015)
Moving Image Art
- Forgotten Landscapes (2009) (Installation){{cite web| url = http://www.timeout.com/london/art/event/159011/luke-seomore-and-joseph-bull| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100916195002/http://www.timeout.com/london/art/event/159011/luke-seomore-and-joseph-bull| archive-date = 2010-09-16| title = Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull at The Belfry - Bethnal Green to Hackney - Time Out London}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3495803}}
- [https://www.thetimes.com/article/blood-cells-pwglbw3c2f8 The Times Blood Cells review]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/aug/05/isolation-a-soldiers-tale Guardian article and Interview With Luke Seomore about Isolation]
- [http://www.itsnicethat.com/authors/institute-for-eyes Interview with It's Nice that]
- [https://archive.today/20130505044038/http://picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/film/Isolation Isolation's official Picturehouse site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100821115603/http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/whats-on/2009/isolation/credits Isolation at Edinburgh Film Festival]
- [http://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2011/categories/mags/magazine-newspaper-design/23405/granta-110-sex D & AD Award for Granta]
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